# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-tomson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:58:02.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-tomson"
name: "Chris Tomson"
slug: "chris-tomson"
description: "Christopher William Tomson, commonly known by his initials \"CT\", is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the drummer for New York–based indie rock band Vampire Weekend. He is also the lead vocalist and guitarist for a side project called Dams of the West, for which he writes and records the entirety of its music."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christomson2007.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: "1984-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.731610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/therealCT1"
    handle:    "therealCT1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3593699/"
    handle:    "nm3593699"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.damsofthewest.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1033886"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "كريس تومسون (عازف جيتار من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tomson"
    title: "Chris Tomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tomson"
    title: "Chris Tomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "כריס תומסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tomson"
    title: "Chris Tomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tomson"
    title: "Chris Tomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9c6c8d78-737a-4586-8324-9be75d6b2c47"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1357865"
    title: "Chris Tomson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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