# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/errol-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:16:25.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/errol-brown"
name: "Errol Brown"
slug: "errol-brown"
description: "Errol Ainsworth Glenstor Brown MBE was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for his Outstanding Contribution to British Music."
tagline: "British singer and songwriter (1948–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1998_hot_chocolate_cologne.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: "1943-11-12"
deathDate: "2015-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.46
  momentum:             0.09385999217833398
  historical:           15.50769733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113537/"
    handle:    "nm0113537"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.errolbrown.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ایرول براون (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Έρολ Μπράουν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Браун, Эррол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Brown"
    title: "Errol Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump