# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-abrahams
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:39:56.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-abrahams"
name: "Chris Abrahams"
slug: "chris-abrahams"
description: "Christopher Robert Lionel Abrahams is a New Zealand-born, Australian-based musician. He is a founding mainstay member of experimental, jazz trio the Necks (1987–present), collaborated with Melanie Oxley as a soul pop duo (1989–2003), and has issued ten solo albums."
tagline: "New Zealand musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Abrahams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-04-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.276134666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008998/"
    handle:    "nm0008998"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/280447"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "كريس أبراهامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "كريس ابراهامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "کریس ابراهامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abrahams"
    title: "Chris Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abrahams"
    title: "Chris Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abrahams"
    title: "Chris Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3ac5c83b-757f-473f-abda-677d07fd3135"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5105673"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3456076"
    title: "Chris Abrahams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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