# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-chapman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:12:18.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-chapman"
name: "Mike Chapman"
slug: "mike-chapman"
description: "Michael Donald Chapman is an Australian record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Smokie, Mud and Racey with business partner Nicky Chinn, creating a sound that became identified with the \"Chinnichap\" brand. He later produced breakthrough albums for Blondie and the Knack. Chapman received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2014 Australia Day Honours."
tagline: "Australian record producer and songwriter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-04-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.24
  momentum:             1.115767417496071
  historical:           17.63051333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mikechapman1000"
    handle:    "mikechapman1000"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mikechapmanproducer/"
    handle:    "mikechapmanproducer"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1088720/"
    handle:    "nm1088720"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dXUks6yUrIy5IYKFn45iq"
    handle:    "7dXUks6yUrIy5IYKFn45iq"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مايك شابمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مايك شابمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مایک شابمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マイク・チャップマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chapman"
    title: "Michael Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Чепмен, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "مائیک چیپ مین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Chapman"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cc75b164-273c-4dce-9cdf-292045a0d38b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2783080"
    title: "Mike Chapman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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