# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/declan-mckenna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:44.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/declan-mckenna"
name: "Declan McKenna"
slug: "declan-mckenna"
description: "Declan Benedict McKenna is an English singer-songwriter. He initially gained recognition for winning the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015. McKenna self-released the song \"Brazil\", a protest song criticising FIFA and the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil, as his debut single in December 2015. The song reached number one on Sirius XM Radio's Alt Nation Alt 18 Countdown for 23 January 2016 and held that spot for three weeks. The song also reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs chart. He released his debut studio album, What Do You Think About the Car?, in 2017. McKenna released his second studio album, Zeros, in September 2020, after multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He released his third album, What Happened to the Beach?, in February 2024."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Declan_McKenna%2C_Brixton_Academy%2C_London.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1998-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.040118870728083
  historical:           14.98206266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 433000
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump