# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/black-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:41.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/black-francis"
name: "Black Francis"
slug: "black-francis"
description: "Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, known professionally as Black Francis and formerly Frank Black, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Pixies. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career releasing fifteen albums and forming his band, the Catholics. Pixies regrouped in 2004, and he declared his solo career to be over in 2013."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pixies-Frank_Black.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.45
  momentum:             0.9723706931995724
  historical:           23.29406533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1101451/"
    handle:    "nm1101451"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.frankblack.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلک فرانسیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frank Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ブラック・フランシス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Блэк Фрэнсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Francis"
    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c63a33b6-1277-4ff0-8bc7-49a9fffe4e2e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2914936"
    title: "John Francis Black II"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump