# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:29:57.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-johnson"
name: "Louis Johnson"
slug: "louis-johnson"
description: "Louis Johnson was an American bass guitarist. Johnson was best known for his work with the group the Brothers Johnson and his session playing on several hit albums of the 1970s and 1980s, including the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson's Thriller."
tagline: "American bass guitarist, songwriter (1955–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Johnson.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: "1955-04-13"
deathDate: "2015-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.07
  momentum:             1.217292377701934
  historical:           11.35395733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/321966"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AC_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA)"
    title: "لويس جونسون (منتج أسطوانات)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لويس جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson_(bassist)"
    title: "Louis Johnson (bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson"
    title: "Louis Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson"
    title: "Louis Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson"
    title: "Louis Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88)"
    title: "ルイス・ジョンソン (ベーシスト)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson"
    title: "Louis Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson"
    title: "Louis Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson"
    title: "Louis Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Johnson"
    title: "Louis Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/58aa29ec-4b08-4ce1-81aa-a4f0a7a2c9cb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2407789"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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