# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-j-chenier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:51:26.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-j-chenier"
name: "C. J. Chenier"
slug: "c-j-chenier"
description: "C. J. Chenier is an American zydeco musician. He is the son of zydeco musician Clifton Chenier. In 1987, Chenier followed in his father's footsteps and led his father's band as an accordion performer and singer of zydeco, a blend of cajun and creole music. With five previous albums to his credit, by 1994, Chenier began to record for Chicago-based Alligator Records."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C.J._Chenier.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: "1957-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.22
  momentum:             8.471001757469244
  historical:           7.904502666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alligator.com/index.cfm?section=artists&amp;artistid=38"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/333234"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%89._%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "سى. جيه. تشينير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Chenier"
    title: "C. J. Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Chenier"
    title: "C. J. Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Chenier"
    title: "C. J. Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.J._Chenier"
    title: "C.J. Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.J._Chenier"
    title: "C.J. Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B5"
    title: "Си Джей Шенье"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5133038-c9d7-4fa2-8ec4-a44199571e25"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2930445"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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