# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-rea
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:45:39.069Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-rea"
name: "Chris Rea"
slug: "chris-rea"
description: "Christopher Anton Rea was an English rock and blues singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was known for his distinctive gravelly voice, slide guitar playing and music style blending soft rock with blues."
tagline: "English male singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Rea_01_AB.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1951-03-04"
deathDate: "2025-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           77.83
  momentum:             4.417216528126378
  historical:           25.824352
  currentAttention:     17.41442667813991
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  192
  category: null
totalFollowers: 313000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/chrisreamusic"
    handle:    "chrisreamusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chrisreamusic/"
    handle:    "chrisreamusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ChrisReaOfficial"
    handle:    "ChrisReaOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713730/"
    handle:    "nm0713730"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "5KEG7G8LDYlHgFDqZyEEs2"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.chrisrea.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxAyTYl5l86rrqpvM-_sEKg"
    handle:    "@chrisreaofficial"
    followers: 313000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "كريس ريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس ريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس ریا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Крис Рия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%A1%CE%AD%CE%B1"
    title: "Κρις Ρέα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "کریس ریا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Chris Rea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Rea"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c707b37e-cb5c-4694-be4d-46beefcb2475"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262314"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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