# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-kowalczyk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:17:03.157Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-kowalczyk"
name: "Ed Kowalczyk"
slug: "ed-kowalczyk"
description: "Ed Kowalczyk is an American singer, songwriter, musician who is the lead singer of the rock band Live. He launched a solo career after leaving Live in 2009, releasing his first album, Alive, in 2010. He rejoined Live in December 2016."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Kowalczyk.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: "1971-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.45
  momentum:             3.747963063552417
  historical:           10.19261066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/EDDIEKLIVE"
    handle:    "EDDIEKLIVE"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468567/"
    handle:    "nm0468567"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://edkowalczyk.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "إد كووالتشيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "اد كووالتشيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%86%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "اد کووالچیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Ед Ковалчик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kowalczyk"
    title: "Ed Kowalczyk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kowalczyk"
    title: "Ed Kowalczyk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kowalczyk"
    title: "Ed Kowalczyk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kowalczyk"
    title: "Ed Kowalczyk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kowalczyk"
    title: "Ed Kowalczyk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf22d8ea-2872-4b51-85d5-0772e7db505f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2021888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95532"
    title: "Ed Kowalczyk"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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