# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carter-beauford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:30:23.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carter-beauford"
name: "Carter Beauford"
slug: "carter-beauford"
description: "Carter Anthony Beauford is an American drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band. He is known for his ability to adapt to a variety of genres, and both his ambidextrous and his open-handed drumming styles. He plays the drums and sings backing vocals in the band. Beauford was ranked number 10 by a Rolling Stone magazine reader's poll in 2010 for the greatest drummers of all time."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carter_Beauford_behind_drums.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1256893677055278
  historical:           12.55088666666667
  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/nm0064469/"
    handle:    "nm0064469"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/258s0DZjItQyqGxafXEpo5"
    handle:    "Carter Beauford"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كارتر بوفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carter Beauford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Beauford"
    title: "Carter Beauford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Beauford"
    title: "Carter Beauford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Beauford"
    title: "Carter Beauford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Beauford"
    title: "Carter Beauford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Beauford"
    title: "Carter Beauford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carter Beauford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Beauford"
    title: "Carter Beauford"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Beauford"
    title: "Carter Beauford"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump