# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cui-jian
# Generated: 2026-09-02T22:14:14.101Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cui-jian"
name: "Cui Jian"
slug: "cui-jian"
description: "Cui Jian is a Chinese singer-songwriter and musician. Known for his countercultural impact, he has launched a ground-breaking musical trend of Chinese rock and pop, dubbed the \"Godfather of Chinese Rock\". With poetic, socially conscious lyrics, his experimental approach features multiple traditional instruments, eclectic musical elements and cultural references from different eras. Cui is widely deemed the most influential rock musician in China as well as one of the greatest and most prominent figures in Chinese music."
tagline: "Chinese rock musician of Korean descent"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CuiJian2_2007_Hohaiyan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.347688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191277/"
    handle:    "nm0191277"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1cUYiXxia1CUsYP51gsDeh"
    handle:    "1cUYiXxia1CUsYP51gsDeh"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cuijian.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/908249"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سوي جيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سوى جيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کی جین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کی جین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E5%81%A5"
    title: "崔健"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EA%B1%B4"
    title: "최건"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%83%D0%B9_%D0%A6%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Цуй Цзянь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%83%D0%B9_%D0%A6%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Цуй Цзянь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سوی جیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E5%81%A5"
    title: "崔健"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E5%81%A5"
    title: "崔健"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cui_Jian"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E5%81%A5"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d457f05e-8802-4888-83a6-b07d3df3bbf3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932489"
    title: "Cui Jian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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