# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-marchand
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:04:52.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-marchand"
name: "Erik Marchand"
slug: "erik-marchand"
description: "Erik Marchand was a French traditional singer and player of the treujenn-gaol. He was born in Paris while his family were of Breton origin, hailing from Quelneuc, Brittany."
tagline: "French musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erik_Marchand_Celtic-procession.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-10-02"
deathDate: "2025-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.19
  momentum:             2.320099255583127
  historical:           7.502414666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5hSLjSyHlBvDCh2fksSu1U"
    handle:    "5hSLjSyHlBvDCh2fksSu1U"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/945420"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إريك مارشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اريك مارشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Marchand"
    title: "Erik Marchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Marchand"
    title: "Erik Marchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Marchand"
    title: "Erik Marchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89rik_Marchand"
    title: "Érik Marchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Marchand"
    title: "Erik Marchand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/18fadad0-7621-4134-80fe-26be8e58f862"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130532"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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