# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gillian-welch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:23:04.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gillian-welch"
name: "Gillian Welch"
slug: "gillian-welch"
description: "Gillian Howard Welch is an American singer-songwriter who performs with guitarist David Rawlings. Their spare, often dark sound, which The New Yorker calls \"at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms\", blends Appalachian, bluegrass, country and Americana."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gillian_Welch_at_MerleFest-2006-04-29.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1967-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.53268666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 38200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gillianwelch"
    handle:    "gillianwelch"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gillianwelchofficial/"
    handle:    "gillianwelchofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "gillianwelch"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919553/"
    handle:    "nm0919553"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BfnitYn08sCHc6hv0dkg"
    handle:    "@gillianwelch"
    followers: 38200
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيليان ويلش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Welch"
    title: "Gillian Welch"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gillian Welch"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "גיליאן ולץ'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Welch"
    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Welch"
    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уэлч, Гиллиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Welch"
    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Welch"
    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442207"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Gillian Welch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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