# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-fortin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:30:49.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-fortin"
name: "Fred Fortin"
slug: "fred-fortin"
description: "Fred Fortin is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter. Formerly associated with the bands Galaxie, Gros Mené and Les Breastfeeders, he has also released several solo albums. His 2009 album Plastrer la lune was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_fortin_play_bass-_(par_Jean-Philippe_Tremblay).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.25
  momentum:             6.038135593220338
  historical:           6.627252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/FredericFortin"
    handle:    "FredericFortin"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9353930/"
    handle:    "nm9353930"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ryQZJpg6hSgRjMO5Jh5I1"
    handle:    "Fred Fortin"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.fredfortin.qc.ca/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2511058"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فرد فورتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فرد فورتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fortin"
    title: "Fred Fortin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fortin"
    title: "Fred Fortin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fortin"
    title: "Fred Fortin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1198fbf-7538-4655-bffa-c19e3b8105ae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2109884"
    title: "Fred Fortin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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