# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-thiessen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:51.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-thiessen"
name: "Matt Thiessen"
slug: "matt-thiessen"
description: "Matthew Arnold Thiessen is a Canadian-born American musician known for being the lead vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Relient K. With Relient K, he has released eight full-length albums, including three that were certified Gold, and three that peaked in the top twenty on the Billboard 200. Outside of his work with Relient K, Thiessen leads a side project called Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes, which released its debut album Wind Up Bird in 2018. In 2009, he co-produced and collaborated on Owl City's album Ocean Eyes."
tagline: "Canadian-American musician (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Thiessen_of_Relient_K.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: "1980-08-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.91754
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MthwTsnAndThEQ"
    handle:    "MthwTsnAndThEQ"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Thiessen"
    title: "Matt Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مت تیسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Thiessen"
    title: "Matt Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thiessen"
    title: "Matthew Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Thiessen"
    title: "Matthew Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Thiessen"
    title: "Matt Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matt Thiessen"
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    title: "Matt Thiessen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump