# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:35:36.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-west"
name: "Matthew West"
slug: "matthew-west"
description: "Matthew Joseph West is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs \"More\", \"You Are Everything\", and \"The Motions\". He was nominated for five Dove Awards in 2005, two of which were for his major-label debut album, Happy. West won the 2013 American Music Award for Best Contemporary Inspirational Artist."
tagline: "American Christian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_West_Live_at_the_Grand_Ole_Opry_December_13%2C_2012_(cropped).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: "1977-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.58
  momentum:             0.1742497579864473
  historical:           10.87218533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 693000
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6e8OTLDQpaz1Tl2GEaxsNj"
    handle:    "Matthew West"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/matthewjwest/"
    handle:    "matthewjwest"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@matthewwesthouse"
    handle:    "matthewwesthouse"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/matthew_west"
    handle:    "matthew_west"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/matthewwest"
    handle:    "matthewwest"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2253174/"
    handle:    "nm2253174"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://matthewwest.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs7x1ETqOho69bBQqHCJx7A"
    handle:    "@matthewwestofficial"
    followers: 693000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/600870"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ماثيو ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%DB%86_%D9%88%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ماتیۆ وێست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_West"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/40baf67d-1490-47e2-95e4-c83273df7c9f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978624"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1660465"
    title: "Matthew West"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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