# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glen-ballard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:20.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glen-ballard"
name: "Glen Ballard"
slug: "glen-ballard"
description: "Basil Glen Ballard Jr. is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer. He is best known for co-writing and producing on Wilson Phillips' debut and sophomore albums, Wilson Phillips and Shadows and Light, as well as co-writing and producing on Alanis Morissette's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill and Dave Matthews Band's 2001 album Everyday. As a songwriter, he co-wrote songs including \"All I Need\", \"Man in the Mirror\", \"Hold On\", \"Hand in My Pocket\", and Josh Groban's \"Believe\". As a producer, he has worked with Van Halen, Bon Jovi, No Doubt, Shelby Lynne, Goo Goo Dolls, P.O.D., Annie Lennox and others."
tagline: "American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer"
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: "1953-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.881736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "glenballard"
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    handle:    "glenballardofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004722/"
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    title: "Glen Ballard"
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    title: "Баллард, Глен"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump