# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pato-banton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:26:01.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pato-banton"
name: "Pato Banton"
slug: "pato-banton"
description: "Pato Banton is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. He received the nickname Pato Banton from his stepfather: his first name Pato is derived from the Jamaican owl's \"patoo, patoo\" call, while his second name is the DJ slang word \"banton\", which means heavyweight lyricist or storyteller. In 1994, he achieved a number 1 on the UK Singles Chart with a cover of The Equals' \"Baby, Come Back\", featuring Robin and Ali Campbell of UB40."
tagline: "British reggae musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pato_Banton_-_January_2015_Denver_Interview_03_(cropped).png?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: "1961-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.33
  momentum:             3.15
  historical:           7.966566666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.patobanton.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/22078"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پاتو بانتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato_Banton"
    title: "Pato Banton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato_Banton"
    title: "Pato Banton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato_Banton"
    title: "Pato Banton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato_Banton"
    title: "Pato Banton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato_Banton"
    title: "Pato Banton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pato_Banton"
    title: "Pato Banton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/71e439be-9da4-40ed-a52a-6b1f950cd31a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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