# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-connolly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:10:01.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-connolly"
name: "Brian Connolly"
slug: "brian-connolly"
description: "Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and known for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice."
tagline: "Scottish singer-songwriter (1945–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Connolly_1976.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-10-05"
deathDate: "1997-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.53
  momentum:             1.03142310897593
  historical:           16.14344133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2541218/"
    handle:    "nm2541218"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://thesweet.com/nc.htm"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برایان کونولی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Коннолли, Брайан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1658624"
    title: "Brian Connolly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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