# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nitin-sawhney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:07:22.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nitin-sawhney"
name: "Nitin Sawhney"
slug: "nitin-sawhney"
description: "Nitin Sawhney is a British musician, producer and composer. A recipient of the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award in 2017, among multiple international awards throughout his career. Sawhney's work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics, and spirituality. Sawhney is also active in the promotion of arts and cultural matters, is chair of the PRS Foundation, sits on the board of trustees of theatre company Complicité, and is a patron of numerous film festivals, venues, and educational institutions. In 2021, he was an ambassador for the Royal Albert Hall."
tagline: "British Indian musician, producer and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nitin_Sawhney_2.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: "1964-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.01948666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "thenitinsawhney"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/NitinSawhney"
    handle:    "NitinSawhney"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0768095"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5NCKpzuowtihcIrIHFjKbJ"
    handle:    "5NCKpzuowtihcIrIHFjKbJ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nitinsawhney.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيتين ساوانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney"
    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney"
    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney"
    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney"
    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney"
    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney"
    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney"
    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "นิทิน ซอว์นีย์"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Nitin Sawhney"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump