# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karine-polwart
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:02.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karine-polwart"
name: "Karine Polwart"
slug: "karine-polwart"
description: "Karine Polwart is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide. She has been most recognised for her solo career, winning three awards at the BBC Folk Awards in 2005, and was previously a member of Malinky and Battlefield Band."
tagline: "Scottish folk singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karine_Polwart_at_Tribute_to_Alistair_Hulett_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1970-12-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.8432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/karinepolwart"
    handle:    "karinepolwart"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5083940/"
    handle:    "nm5083940"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.karinepolwart.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/598529"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart"
    title: "Karine Polwart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart"
    title: "Karine Polwart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart"
    title: "Karine Polwart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart"
    title: "Karine Polwart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Polwart"
    title: "Karine Polwart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ce987a5-9e9e-499a-a2d0-1582c1d8410b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729615"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1241907"
    title: "Karine Polwart"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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