# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-hewett
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:42.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-hewett"
name: "Howard Hewett"
slug: "howard-hewett"
description: "Howard Hewett Jr. is an American singer–songwriter. Hewett rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the group Shalamar. In 1985, he left the group to pursue his solo career, but he later returned to the group in 2001. He signed with Elektra Records. In 1986, he released his debut solo album I Commit to Love. Hewett and his group Shalamar contributed material to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. The soundtrack won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media in 1986."
tagline: "American recording artist; singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard_Hewett_on_RealTVfilms.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: "1955-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.653332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382040/"
    handle:    "nm0382040"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3S78Gzhp1D01i1x2KGXrnh"
    handle:    "3S78Gzhp1D01i1x2KGXrnh"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hewett"
    title: "Howard Hewett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hewett"
    title: "Howard Hewett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/767a8acd-5a6d-4c6e-b8a3-337c311b2b77"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/50704"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1631827"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83111"
    title: "Howard Hewett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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