# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-stein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:23:22.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-stein"
name: "Chris Stein"
slug: "chris-stein"
description: "Christopher Stein is an American musician and songwriter known as the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the 1982 hip hop film Wild Style, and writer of the soundtrack for the 1980 film Union City, as well as an accomplished photographer."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Stein_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-01-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.491704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/chrissteinplays"
    handle:    "chrissteinplays"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/christein/"
    handle:    "christein"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/chrissteinofficial"
    handle:    "chrissteinofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825421/"
    handle:    "nm0825421"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كريس شتاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كريس شتاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کریس استین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کریس استین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B8"
    title: "크리스 스타인"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Стейн, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stein"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7e6ac2a1-a462-4b63-b536-cff0c0ae4cc7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861227"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936885"
    title: "Chris Stein"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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