# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:11.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-ward"
name: "M. Ward"
slug: "m-ward"
description: "Matthew Stephen \"M.\" Ward is an American singer-songwriter, Grammy nominated producer and guitarist from Glendale, California. Ward's solo work is a mixture of folk and blues-inspired Americana analog recordings. He has released 12 studio albums since 1999, primarily through the independent label Merge Records. In addition to his solo work, he is a member of indie pop duo She & Him and folk-rock supergroup Monsters of Folk, and also participates in recording, producing, and playing with multiple other artists."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M_Ward_Glastonbury_2009-1.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: "1973-10-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.76
  momentum:             6.471272002656924
  historical:           15.02375066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mwardtweeting"
    handle:    "mwardtweeting"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mwardmusic"
    handle:    "mwardmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1943488/"
    handle:    "nm1943488"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6nXSnNEdLuKTzAQozRtqiI"
    handle:    "6nXSnNEdLuKTzAQozRtqiI"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mwardmusic.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ماثيو وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ماثيو وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ام وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ام وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "M. Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE._%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/M._Ward"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/655b3e5b-09e4-45dd-941c-6fa3fc12521b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201514"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223877"
    title: "Vincent M. Ward"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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