# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-kadison
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:04:18.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-kadison"
name: "Joshua Kadison"
slug: "joshua-kadison"
description: "Joshua Kadison is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and writer, who was born in Los Angeles, California. He is perhaps best known for the top 40 hits \"Jessie\" and \"Beautiful in My Eyes\" from his debut album, Painted Desert Serenade. He is the son of actress Gloria Castillo, who was the inspiration behind his song \"Mama's Arms\"."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua_Kadison_2008.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: "1963-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.78
  momentum:             15.14873210762398
  historical:           10.21894666666667
  currentAttention:     7.600000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1350762/"
    handle:    "nm1350762"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joshuakadison.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/219074"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوشوا كاديسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kadison"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kadison"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kadison"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kadison"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%8A%88%EC%95%84_%EC%B9%B4%EB%94%94%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "조슈아 카디슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kadison"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kadison"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kadison"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fef99732-88b6-4ac1-9a49-4bfcca88d8fe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2941678"
    title: "Joshua Kadison"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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