# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:27:27.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cham"
name: "Cham"
slug: "cham"
description: "Cham is a Jamaican-born dancehall singer, mostly known for his 2006 single \"Ghetto Story\" from his major label debut album of the same name, a song which led to multiple \"story\" songs by other artists in a similar vein. He is currently signed to Atlantic Records, and was known as Baby Cham until 2005. He is still called Baby Cham by his fans from around the world despite the name change."
tagline: "Jamaican musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baby_Cham_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.45
  momentum:             0.7797537619699041
  historical:           7.695034666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheCham"
    handle:    "TheCham"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5G8IlDlnPQPN4YmtJ6NDxK"
    handle:    "5G8IlDlnPQPN4YmtJ6NDxK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cham-music.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/21801"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "تشام (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_(Musiker)"
    title: "Cham (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_(singer)"
    title: "Cham (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_(zanger)"
    title: "Cham (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_(cantor)"
    title: "Cham (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_(singer)"
    title: "Cham (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_(%C5%9Fark%C4%B1c%C4%B1)"
    title: "Cham (şarkıcı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/02f412ba-daac-430f-a934-6e897b611472"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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