# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glen-velez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:18:25.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glen-velez"
name: "Glen Velez"
slug: "glen-velez"
description: "Glen Velez is a four-time Grammy winning American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world. Velez is married to Loire."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GlenVelez.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1949"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.43
  momentum:             3.134328358208955
  historical:           9.211736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1380
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2179166/"
    handle:    "nm2179166"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/15iQ5XT6Esaps90Qp8XlXr"
    handle:    "15iQ5XT6Esaps90Qp8XlXr"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJpgBIbDjHOPMxXyv6-6ow"
    handle:    "Glen Velez - Topic"
    followers: 1380
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Velez"
    title: "Glen Velez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "قلن ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Velez"
    title: "Glen Velez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Velez"
    title: "Glen Velez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_V%C3%A9lez"
    title: "Glen Vélez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "گلن ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Velez"
    title: "Glen Velez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Velez"
    title: "Glen Velez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cf682e14-a639-444b-9128-86ad5e5b9188"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5615918"
    title: "Glen Velez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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