# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlos-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:11:08.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlos-johnson"
name: "Carlos Johnson"
slug: "carlos-johnson"
description: "Carlos Johnson is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is left-handed, but plays a right-handed instrument upside-down like players such as Otis Rush, Albert King, and Jimi Hendrix. Johnson is known for his aggressive playing which has attracted audiences in Chicago blue scene since the 1970s. He has played on recordings of notable musicians including Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues and Son Seals."
tagline: "American blues guitarist and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CarlosJohnson2008.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: "1953-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.81
  momentum:             11.12903225806451
  historical:           8.748633333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3292916"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "كارلوس جونسون (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "كارلوس جونسون (مغنى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Johnson_(Bluesmusiker)"
    title: "Carlos Johnson (Bluesmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Johnson_(blues_musician)"
    title: "Carlos Johnson (blues musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "カルロス・ジョンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Johnson_(bluesmuzikant)"
    title: "Carlos Johnson (bluesmuzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Johnson_(muzyk)"
    title: "Carlos Johnson (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81_(%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD)"
    title: "Джонсон, Карлос (блюзмен)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/83a6e6d5-99fa-4fa1-a134-4277e4af2dc4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5042233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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