# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/machel-montano
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:06:12.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/machel-montano"
name: "Machel Montano"
slug: "machel-montano"
description: "Machel Montano is a Trinidadian singer, songwriter and record producer. He is widely regarded for globalising and pioneering the soca music genre. Renowned for his high-energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable performances, Montano is one of Trinidad and Tobago's most popular musicians of all time."
tagline: "Trinidadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Machel_Montano_(Reggae_Awards_2007).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.280064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/machelmontanohd"
    handle:    "machelmontanohd"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/machelmontano/"
    handle:    "machelmontano"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/32582666928"
    handle:    "32582666928"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3017466/"
    handle:    "nm3017466"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.machelmontano.com"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wxP7SSzfvi21Cnl8JicdQ"
    handle:    "Machel Montano"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/261682"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machel_Montano"
    title: "Machel Montano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machel_Montano"
    title: "Machel Montano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machel_Montano"
    title: "Machel Montano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machel_Montano"
    title: "Machel Montano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%95"
    title: "מאשל מונטנו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B"
    title: "मचेल मोन्टानो"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machel_Montano"
    title: "Machel Montano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machel_Montano"
    title: "Machel Montano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cf5ffa07-4fb4-47a1-9d61-8721ae9af576"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3080388"
    title: "Machel Montano"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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