# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chad-vangaalen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:02:27.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chad-vangaalen"
name: "Chad VanGaalen"
slug: "chad-vangaalen"
description: "Chad VanGaalen is a Canadian musician, animator, and artist from Calgary, Alberta."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chad_VanGaalen_at_Primavera_2009_(a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.498058666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ChadVangaalen"
    handle:    "ChadVangaalen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4848801/"
    handle:    "nm4848801"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/597yzFFRvWnxCtDInHwciZ"
    handle:    "597yzFFRvWnxCtDInHwciZ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chadvangaalen.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/574673"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشاد ڤانجالين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_VanGaalen"
    title: "Chad VanGaalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_VanGaalen"
    title: "Chad VanGaalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_VanGaalen"
    title: "Chad VanGaalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_VanGaalen"
    title: "Chad VanGaalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_VanGaalen"
    title: "Chad VanGaalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5c5c11b-153d-4f28-9525-db5ec1bfe0ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2182259"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1900532"
    title: "Chad VanGaalen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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