# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-abaya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:48:49.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-abaya"
name: "Marc Abaya"
slug: "marc-abaya"
description: "Ramon Marcelino \"Marc\" Diaz Abaya, is a Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, model, TV host, and VJ known for his work in alternative rock and television. He began his music career as a member of Shirley Beans before joining the original lineup of the alternative rock band Sandwich in 1998 as vocalist and guitarist, contributing to early albums such as Grip Stand Throw (1998), 4-Track Mind (2001), and Thanks to the Moon’s Gravitational Pull (2003). He left the band in 2005."
tagline: "Filipino musician, TV host, VJ and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marc_Abaya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-11-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.46
  momentum:             0.9051724137931035
  historical:           6.446692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MarcAbaya"
    handle:    "MarcAbaya"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marc_abaya/"
    handle:    "marc_abaya"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1669626/"
    handle:    "nm1669626"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4012742"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "مارك ابايا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Abaya"
    title: "Marc Abaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Abaya"
    title: "Marc Abaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Abaya"
    title: "Marc Abaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Abaya"
    title: "Marc Abaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9001903e-1406-46d6-a821-62bf51eccc08"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9028485"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1240550"
    title: "Marc Abaya"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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