# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-mari-chan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:56:42.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-mari-chan"
name: "José Mari Chan"
slug: "jose-mari-chan"
description: "Jose Mari Lim Chan, is a Filipino singer and songwriter. Regarded as one of the country's most renowned balladeers and composers, he is popularly dubbed as the \"King of Philippine Christmas Carols\". As of 2001, Chan has sold two million albums and has garnered 37 platinum records to his credit, becoming one of the best-selling Filipino recording artists of all time. He is best known for his signature song \"Christmas in Our Hearts\", which is the biggest selling Filipino Christmas song in history, including hits such as \"A Perfect Christmas\", \"Beautiful Girl\" and \"Please Be Careful with My Heart\"."
tagline: "Filipino singer, composer, record producer and arranger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jose_Mari_Chan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-03-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.75
  momentum:             2.450780621242083
  historical:           8.674916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150953/"
    handle:    "nm0150953"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1EHAbA1GMYOfkh9ds9eNfS"
    handle:    "1EHAbA1GMYOfkh9ds9eNfS"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://josemarichan.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2614778"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan"
    title: "Jose Mari Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/99c41ec3-b5bc-4dac-a7ca-07b3e8fdcb2a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "چوس مارى تشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan"
    title: "Jose Mari Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan"
    title: "Jose Mari Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mari_Chan"
    title: "José Mari Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan"
    title: "Jose Mari Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan"
    title: "Jose Mari Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Mari_Chan"
    title: "Jose Mari Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1287165"
    title: "Jose Mari Chan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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