# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clifton-chenier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:15.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clifton-chenier"
name: "Clifton Chenier"
slug: "clifton-chenier"
description: "Clifton Chenier was an American musician known as a pioneer of zydeco, a style of music that arose from Creole music, with R&B, blues, and Cajun influences. He sang and played the accordion. Chenier won a Grammy Award in 1983."
tagline: "American zydeco accordion player and singer (1925–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clifton_Chenier_1977_32.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: "1925-06-25"
deathDate: "1987-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             0.6692913385826773
  historical:           14.95447066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0968850/"
    handle:    "nm0968850"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كليفتون شينييه"
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    title: "Clifton Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Chenier"
    title: "Clifton Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Chenier"
    title: "Clifton Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Chenier"
    title: "Clifton Chenier"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Chenier"
    title: "Clifton Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Chenier"
    title: "Clifton Chenier"
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    title: "Քլիֆտոն Շենիե"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clifton Chenier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クリフトン・シェニエ"
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    title: "Clifton Chenier"
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    title: "Шенье, Клифтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кліфтон Шеньє"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump