# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jason-scheff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:41:19.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jason-scheff"
name: "Jason Scheff"
slug: "jason-scheff"
description: "Jason Randolph Scheff is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter who was a frontman for the American rock band Chicago from 1985 to 2016. Replacing former lead vocalist Peter Cetera, Scheff was the longest-serving bassist/vocalist of Chicago."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jason_Scheff%2C_bass_and_vocals.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: "1962-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.16
  momentum:             1.410970959225579
  historical:           7.886786666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1827435/"
    handle:    "nm1827435"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xeOqRoM6qFnBUpbIuI7uN"
    handle:    "0xeOqRoM6qFnBUpbIuI7uN"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jasonscheff.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/537331"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "چاسون ستشيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff"
    title: "Jason Scheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff"
    title: "Jason Scheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff"
    title: "Jason Scheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff"
    title: "Jason Scheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff"
    title: "Jason Scheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a885d465-841e-4453-98de-deac13bf8b9a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6163429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181784"
    title: "Jason Scheff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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