# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nels-cline
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:11:47.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nels-cline"
name: "Nels Cline"
slug: "nels-cline"
description: "Nels Courtney Cline is an American guitarist and composer. He has been a guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004."
tagline: "American guitarist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nels_cline.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: "1956-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.73
  momentum:             10.65989847715736
  historical:           14.408188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/nelscline"
    handle:    "nelscline"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nelscline/"
    handle:    "nelscline"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/nelscline"
    handle:    "nelscline"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166865/"
    handle:    "nm0166865"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.nelscline.com"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3s6o8vxtYJ1utkWl8EXxUp"
    handle:    "Nels Cline"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نيلس كلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "نلز کلاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ネルス・クライン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81"
    title: "Клайн, Нельс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/afa7b889-c499-4194-9367-7b80c9f88325"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617368"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1465177"
    title: "Nels Cline"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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