# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/natalie-merchant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:25.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/natalie-merchant"
name: "Natalie Merchant"
slug: "natalie-merchant"
description: "Natalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first seven albums before leaving to begin her solo career in 1993. She has since released nine studio albums as a solo artist."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natalie_Merchant_07_15_2017_-13_(36837904352).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1963-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           76.18
  momentum:             3.782190903267135
  historical:           23.939092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 138000
platforms:
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    handle:    "nataliemerchant"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nataliemerchant/"
    handle:    "nataliemerchant"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nataliemerchant.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/nataliemerchant"
    handle:    "nataliemerchant"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1190322/"
    handle:    "nm1190322"
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-xTVl97pv9ftbOu8UfVy_Q"
    handle:    "@nataliemerchantvideo"
    followers: 138000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ناتالي ميرشانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Natalie Merchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Natalie Merchant"
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    title: "Natalie Merchant"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "നതാലി മർച്ചന്റ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Natalie Merchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Natalie Merchant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мерчант, Натали"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Natalie Merchant"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111977"
    title: "Natalie Merchant"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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