# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chucho-merchan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:54:49.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chucho-merchan"
name: "Chucho Merchán"
slug: "chucho-merchan"
description: "Jesús Alfredo Merchán, known professionally as Chucho Merchán, is a Colombian session jazz and rock bassist and guitarist. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge University in 1980. He has performed with Nucleus, Eurythmics, The Pretenders, Thomas Dolby, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, David Gilmour, Robi Rosa, Bryan Adams, Kirsty MacColl, Jaguares, and Everything but the Girl."
tagline: "Colombian bassist and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.2
  momentum:             13.33732313501099
  historical:           6.826172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3680
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/chuchomerchan"
    handle:    "chuchomerchan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/chucho.merchanii"
    handle:    "chucho.merchanii"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580327/"
    handle:    "nm0580327"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5o7Q5TZ6ruqfBiC2cIww6J"
    handle:    "5o7Q5TZ6ruqfBiC2cIww6J"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chuchomerchan.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVvXLs2YJpmzov3LciBrdpQ"
    handle:    "@chuchomerchan"
    followers: 3680
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/112872"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تشوتشو ميرتشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chucho_Merchan"
    title: "Chucho Merchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chucho_Merch%C3%A1n"
    title: "Chucho Merchán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chucho_Merch%C3%A1n"
    title: "Chucho Merchán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chucho_Merchan"
    title: "Chucho Merchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0ed1eb1c-c706-41ae-95d4-a165f31d7b3a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/228829"
    title: "Chucho Merchan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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