# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cerys-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:47:15.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cerys-matthews"
name: "Cerys Matthews"
slug: "cerys-matthews"
description: "Cerys Elizabeth Matthews is a Welsh singer, songwriter, author, and broadcaster. She was a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and a leading figure in the \"Cool Cymru\" movement of the late 1990s."
tagline: "Welsh singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cerys_Matthews_Glastonbury_2008_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1969-04-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.12
  momentum:             10.16315653219096
  historical:           12.61043066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559959/"
    handle:    "nm0559959"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jTShTMSgJPRtzrW8dzIPi"
    handle:    "4jTShTMSgJPRtzrW8dzIPi"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cerysmatthews.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/276380"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B7%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Мэтьюз, Керис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthewsov%C3%A1"
    title: "Cerys Matthewsová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerys_Matthews"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eae1dc26-f366-4b1a-916a-3d0a6723549f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291300"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1249939"
    title: "Cerys Matthews"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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