# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-ward-q3398790
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:23:45.819Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-ward-q3398790"
name: "Jim Ward"
slug: "jim-ward-q3398790"
description: "James David Ward is an American musician. A self-taught guitarist and pianist, he is the lead singer and guitarist for the alternative rock band Sparta, with whom he has recorded five studio albums. Ward is also a co-founder of the post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, which he formed in 1994 with Cedric Bixler-Zavala."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Ward_1.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: "1976-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.31
  momentum:             15.1130017224281
  historical:           7.00412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jimwardofficial"
    handle:    "jimwardofficial"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jimwardofficial/"
    handle:    "jimwardofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jimwardofficial"
    handle:    "jimwardofficial"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/522313"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيم وارد (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "جيم وارد (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward_(musician)"
    title: "Jim Ward (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward"
    title: "Jim Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "ジム・ワード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward"
    title: "Jim Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/da9ed660-3aef-4c2d-bcc0-89e512696baf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398790"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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