# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bootsy-collins
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:46:31.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bootsy-collins"
name: "Bootsy Collins"
slug: "bootsy-collins"
description: "William Earl \"Bootsy\" Collins is an American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s before joining the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, Collins established himself as one of the leading names and innovators in funk music with his driving basslines and humorous vocals. He later formed his own P-Funk side project known as 'Bootsy's Rubber Band'. He has been a frequent collaborator with musicians from a variety of genres, including dance music, electronic big beat, and alternative metal (Praxis), among others. In 1997 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Collins number four in its list of the 50 greatest bassists of all time."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_%22Bootsy%22_Collins_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1951-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 128000
platforms:
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    handle:    "Bootsy_Collins"
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    title: "Bootsy Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bootsy Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump