# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nick-mccarthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:22:55.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nick-mccarthy"
name: "Nick McCarthy"
slug: "nick-mccarthy"
description: "Nicholas John McCarthy is an English-German musician. His main focus is on songwriting and song production. He is also a guitarist, singer and keyboard player. McCarthy was a founding member of the Glasgow-based band Franz Ferdinand, and remained until his departure in 2016."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franz_Ferdinand_(band)_2008.11.24_009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.83039466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/nickch4ins"
    handle:    "nickch4ins"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nick_mccarthy_official/"
    handle:    "nick_mccarthy_official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643080/"
    handle:    "nm1643080"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيتشولاس مكارثى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_McCarthy"
    title: "Nicholas McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCarthy"
    title: "Nick McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Маккарти, Николас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_McCarthy"
    title: "Nicholas McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/deaf2729-cc2b-4a84-8acb-0cea2e5fee49"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump