# Chris Blackwell

> Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell OJ is a Jamaican-British former record producer and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music." Variety describes him as "indisputably one of the greatest record executives in history."

*English record producer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/chris-blackwell

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1937-06-22
- **Died:** 2009
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 18.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085889/ (@nm0085889)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/30414)
- [كريس بلاكويل](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84)
- [كريس بلاكويل](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84)
- [کریس بلاکویل](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84)
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- [Chris Blackwell](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Blackwell)
- [クリス・ブラックウェル](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB)
- [Chris Blackwell](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Blackwell)
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- [Chris Blackwell](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Blackwell)
- [Блэквелл, Крис](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [Chris Blackwell](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Blackwell)
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- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Blackwell)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df763897-680f-4ae7-9a20-dc7d07f60ce7)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861129)
- [Chris Blackwell](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52839)

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