# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nico-carstens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:29:46.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nico-carstens"
name: "Nico Carstens"
slug: "nico-carstens"
description: "Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens, commonly known as Nico Carstens, was a South African composer, accordionist, and bandleader."
tagline: "South African musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-02-10"
deathDate: "2016-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.58
  momentum:             9.916455696202531
  historical:           7.272534666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  217
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5171121/"
    handle:    "nm5171121"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/886029"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Carstens"
    title: "Nico Carstens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "نيكو كارستنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "نيكو كارستنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Carstens"
    title: "Nico Carstens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Carstens"
    title: "Nico Carstens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Carstens"
    title: "Nico Carstens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/41af9d3a-8ae8-4b73-8e7b-cba95483cfc1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7028768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1162601"
    title: "Nico Carstens"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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