# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manu-chao
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:18:35.039Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manu-chao"
name: "Manu Chao"
slug: "manu-chao"
description: "Manu Chao is a French-Spanish musician. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles. With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe. He became a solo artist after its breakup in 1995 and since then has toured regularly with his live band, Radio Bemba Sound System."
tagline: "Spanish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manu_Chao_Live_at_Princep_Ghat_02_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           77.02
  momentum:             0.03541884847557747
  historical:           26.470224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  99
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1480000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/manuchao"
    handle:    "manuchao"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/manuchao"
    handle:    "manuchao"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152050/"
    handle:    "nm0152050"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wH6iStAh4KIaWfuhf0NYM"
    handle:    "6wH6iStAh4KIaWfuhf0NYM"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.manuchao.net/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGpxRavGnm6yym4Pt7B2sg"
    handle:    "@manuchao"
    followers: 1480000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مانو شاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manu Chao"
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    title: "Manu Chao"
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    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manu Chao"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%A6'%D7%90%D7%95"
    title: "מאנו צ'או"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Manu Chao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AA"
    title: "マヌ・チャオ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Manu_Chao"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump