# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-whitley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:39:31.481Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-whitley"
name: "Chris Whitley"
slug: "chris-whitley"
description: "Christopher Becker Whitley was an American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Whitley's sound was drawn from the traditions of blues, jazz and rock and he recorded songs by artists from many genres. During his 25-year career, he released 17 albums. While two songs landed in the top 50 of the Billboard mainstream rock charts and he received two Independent Music Awards, he remained on the fringes of both the blues and alternative-rock worlds."
tagline: "American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Whitley_1998.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: "1960-08-31"
deathDate: "2005-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.38
  momentum:             2.115891132572432
  historical:           9.49936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926050/"
    handle:    "nm0926050"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chriswhitley.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/290588"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "كريس وايتلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Whitley"
    title: "Chris Whitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/828d31c5-d15a-4109-9619-ba350309834b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708975"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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