# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-meloy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:37.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-meloy"
name: "Colin Meloy"
slug: "colin-meloy"
description: "Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is an American musician, singer-songwriter and author best known as the frontman of the Portland, Oregon, indie folk rock band the Decemberists. In addition to vocals, he performs with an acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, harmonica and percussion instruments."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Decemberists_at_Yale%2C_28_April_2009_-_33.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: "1974-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.074572
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/colinmeloy"
    handle:    "colinmeloy"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/colinmeloy"
    handle:    "colinmeloy"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2891374/"
    handle:    "nm2891374"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://colinmeloy.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/370758"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "كولين ميلوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Meloy"
    title: "Colin Meloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Meloy"
    title: "Colin Meloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Meloy"
    title: "Colin Meloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Meloy"
    title: "Colin Meloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Meloy"
    title: "Colin Meloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Meloy"
    title: "Colin Meloy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Colin_Meloy"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c58ad99e-47ba-454b-abbe-cd72a691b46b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1194157"
    title: "Colin Meloy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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