# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-payton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:12:29.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-payton"
name: "Nicholas Payton"
slug: "nicholas-payton"
description: "Nicholas Payton is an American trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist. A Grammy Award winner, he is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a writer who comments on subjects including music, race, politics, and life in America."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicholas_Payton_2008.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: "1973-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.79
  momentum:             1.285714285714286
  historical:           10.78474133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3430
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668528/"
    handle:    "nm0668528"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3cwVFmQ6mcUoGR6ZvIPuZ4"
    handle:    "3cwVFmQ6mcUoGR6ZvIPuZ4"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://nicholaspayton.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-rElz7xqZdiO4Jm5CdoM_g"
    handle:    "Nicholas Payton - Topic"
    followers: 3430
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نيتشولاس پايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ニコラス・ペイトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Payton"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5c7b1d11-d3e7-4beb-a6c3-6b79fb427ce9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2016136"
    title: "Nicholas Payton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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