# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mercer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:08.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mercer"
name: "James Mercer"
slug: "james-mercer"
description: "James Russell Mercer is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the founder, vocalist, lead songwriter, and sole remaining original member of the indie rock group The Shins. In 2009, Mercer and producer Danger Mouse formed the side project Broken Bells, for which they released a self-titled album in March 2010, followed by After the Disco in 2014, and then Into the Blue in 2022. Mercer also has acted, appearing in Matt McCormick's feature film Some Days Are Better Than Others, which premiered in 2010."
tagline: "American guitarist and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Mercer_of_Broken_Bells_(close_up).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.411896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 476
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jmercer97/"
    handle:    "jmercer97"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jamesuMusic"
    handle:    "jamesuMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2843407/"
    handle:    "nm2843407"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.theshins.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuwPqIO6Y-r3pcVJpdz5ofw"
    handle:    "James Mercer - Topic"
    followers: 476
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاميس ميرسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mercer"
    title: "James Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز مرسر (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8E%D8%B1"
    title: "جەیمز مێرسێر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mercer"
    title: "James Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mercer_(Musiker)"
    title: "James Mercer (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mercer_(musician)"
    title: "James Mercer (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mercer"
    title: "James Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B1_(%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جیمز مرسر (نوازنده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mercer_(musicista)"
    title: "James Mercer (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Mercer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f077dcb1-d53b-4674-8a91-079c2db02e7c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932634"
    title: "James Mercer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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