# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-whalum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:14:29.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-whalum"
name: "Kirk Whalum"
slug: "kirk-whalum"
description: "Kirk Whalum is an American R&B and smooth jazz saxophonist and songwriter. He has recorded a series of commercially successful and critically acclaimed solo studio albums, as well as several film soundtracks, with his music spanning a range of genres from pop to R&B to smooth jazz. Whalum has received one Grammy Award from a total of 12 nominations."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirk_Whalum.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: "1958-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             0.3563941299790356
  historical:           11.02225333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KirkWhalum"
    handle:    "KirkWhalum"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kirkwhalum/"
    handle:    "kirkwhalum"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KirkWhalum"
    handle:    "KirkWhalum"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923547/"
    handle:    "nm0923547"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6v2VjBVPcGVbBqJrUWYiG1"
    handle:    "6v2VjBVPcGVbBqJrUWYiG1"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kirkwhalum.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "کیرک والوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Whalum"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Whalum"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Whalum"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Whalum"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Whalum"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Whalum"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0"
    title: "カーク・ウェイラム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Whalum"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%87%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E5%8D%8E%E4%BC%A6"
    title: "寇克·华伦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/adb405f2-f5c3-442b-b12d-01ebc488f688"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1493594"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5056017"
    title: "Kirk Whalum"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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