# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:51:27.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bt"
name: "BT"
slug: "bt"
description: "Brian Wayne Transeau, known by his initials as BT, is an American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, and audio engineer. An artist in the electronic music genre, he is credited as a pioneer of the trance and intelligent dance music styles that paved the way for EDM, and for \"stretching electronic music to its technical breaking point.\" In 2010, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album for These Hopeful Machines. He creates music within myriad styles, such as classical, film composition, and bass music."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BT_of_All_Hail_The_Silence_03_(cropped).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: "1971-10-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.247284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 40800
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/bt"
    handle:    "bt"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bt/"
    handle:    "bt"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.btmusic.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bt"
    handle:    "bt"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117741/"
    handle:    "nm0117741"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/64MoFdq8ORI3V98AR5SPWL"
    handle:    "64MoFdq8ORI3V98AR5SPWL"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGZD2HPiSnqOvhPvxGP5MQQ"
    handle:    "@thebtchannel"
    followers: 40800
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2737"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%B9%DB%8C_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "بی ٹی (موسیقار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/88e2147d-0332-46f6-85b2-b5f463ba957b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "بي تي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "بى تى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "بی‌تی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wayne_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Wayne Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(musician)"
    title: "BT (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "بی‌تی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(muusikko)"
    title: "BT (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wayne_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Wayne Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99)"
    title: "BT (מוזיקאי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(musisi)"
    title: "BT (musisi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(musicista)"
    title: "BT (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "BT (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85%EA%B0%80)"
    title: "BT (음악가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "BT (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau"
    title: "Brian Transeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5_(%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5)"
    title: "บีที (นักดนตรี)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361431"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6898"
    title: "BT"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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