# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-kerr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:04:18.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-kerr"
name: "Jim Kerr"
slug: "jim-kerr"
description: "James Kerr is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, best known for being the frontman of the rock band Simple Minds. Commercially successful singles released by Simple Minds include \"Glittering Prize\" (1982), \"Someone Somewhere in Summertime\" (1982), \"Waterfront\" (1983), \"Don't You \", and \"Alive and Kicking\" (1985), as well as the UK number one single \"Belfast Child\" (1989)."
tagline: "Scottish singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simple_Minds_-_2018173230404_2018-06-22_Rock_the_Ring_-_1D_X_MK_II_-_2793_-_AK8I5209.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.32
  momentum:             0.03289018141531644
  historical:           19.443244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002318/"
    handle:    "nm1002318"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/109287"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "جيم كير (مغن مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جيم كير (مغنى-كاتب اغانى من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジム・カー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Керр, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_Kerr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7d2d3544-fe1d-4dfd-80fe-eafe92dc1356"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127615"
    title: "Jim Kerr"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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