# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dev-hynes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:51:54.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dev-hynes"
name: "Dev Hynes"
slug: "dev-hynes"
description: "Devonté Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and director based in New York City. From 2004 to 2006, Hynes was a member of the band Test Icicles, playing guitar, synth, and occasionally performing vocals. They released one full-length album in 2005. Hynes went on to release two solo studio albums as Lightspeed Champion, and subsequently five more as Blood Orange, between 2008 and 2025."
tagline: "British musician (born 1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lightspeed_Champion_at_Primavera_Sound_Festival.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: "1985-12-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.44
  momentum:             1.74
  historical:           16.41166133333333
  currentAttention:     13.88
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  220
  category: null
totalFollowers: 187000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/devhynes"
    handle:    "devhynes"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/devhynes/"
    handle:    "devhynes"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://bloodorange.net/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/devhynes"
    handle:    "devhynes"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2910622/"
    handle:    "nm2910622"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LEeAFiJF8OuPx747e1wxR"
    handle:    "6LEeAFiJF8OuPx747e1wxR"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Z9sE9kQelyDVtYT5vzFzA"
    handle:    "@devhynes"
    followers: 187000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ديڤ هينيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devont%C3%A9_Hynes"
    title: "Devonté Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes"
    title: "Dev Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devont%C3%A9_Hynes"
    title: "Devonté Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes"
    title: "Dev Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes"
    title: "Dev Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "دو هاینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devont%C3%A9_Hynes"
    title: "Devonté Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes"
    title: "Dev Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "デヴ・ハインズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%95_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "დევ ჰაინსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightspeed_Champion"
    title: "Lightspeed Champion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Orange"
    title: "Blood Orange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes"
    title: "Dev Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Hynes"
    title: "Dev Hynes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Девонте Гайнс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311177"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1677382"
    title: "Devonté Hynes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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