# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-grand
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:16:17.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-grand"
name: "Otis Grand"
slug: "otis-grand"
description: "Fred Bishti, known professionally as Otis Grand, was a Lebanese-born American blues musician, best known for his album, Perfume & Grime (1996) and his exciting live performances. He was honoured with the Presidential Medal for Arts by the Republic of Lebanon in 2009."
tagline: "American blues musician (1950–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otis-grand.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: "1950-02-14"
deathDate: "2023-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.51
  momentum:             16.71974522292994
  historical:           6.339957333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.otisgrand.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/623606"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "أوتيس غراند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Grand"
    title: "Otis Grand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Grand"
    title: "Otis Grand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Grand"
    title: "Otis Grand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Гранд, Отис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46ae5a28-b213-4a46-83cb-ce28929a2bce"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7108788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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