# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josh-wink
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:13:48.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josh-wink"
name: "Josh Wink"
slug: "josh-wink"
description: "Joshua Winkelman, better known by his stage name Josh Wink, is an American electronic dance music DJ, label owner, producer and remixer. He is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S. In 1995, he released several hits, including \"Don't Laugh\", \"I'm Ready\", and \"Higher State of Consciousness,\" which topped the dance charts in Europe. He has had many club hits such as \"How's Your Evening So Far?\" and \"Superfreak (Freak)\" and has also gained much attention for his remixes of Stabbing Westward, FC Kahuna, Paul Oakenfold, Moby, Towa Tei, Ladytron and Depeche Mode, among others."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josh_Wink_2007-05-13_DSCF4134.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: "1970-04-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.914978666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/joshwink1"
    handle:    "joshwink1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JoshWinkOfficial"
    handle:    "JoshWinkOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9787877/"
    handle:    "nm9787877"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DQLkRykAsF6paJnlIMX4H"
    handle:    "6DQLkRykAsF6paJnlIMX4H"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joshwink.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B4_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "چوش وينك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%88_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA"
    title: "Джош Уинк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wink"
    title: "Josh Wink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wink"
    title: "Josh Wink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wink"
    title: "Josh Wink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wink"
    title: "Josh Wink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wink"
    title: "Josh Wink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A9_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7"
    title: "ג'וש וינק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wink"
    title: "Josh Wink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/996a7ed9-d3ae-4a09-819d-c864e7056b47"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399103"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1101364"
    title: "Josh Wink"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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