# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:20:49.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-watson"
name: "Patrick Watson"
slug: "patrick-watson"
description: "Patrick Watson is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec, who has formed a band also named Patrick Watson, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for its experimental musicianship. Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007."
tagline: "American-born Canadian singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick_Watson_(2008).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.69
  momentum:             3.687823318742539
  historical:           14.495324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  84
  category: null
totalFollowers: 414000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/patrickwatson"
    handle:    "patrickwatson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/patrickwatsonofficial/"
    handle:    "patrickwatsonofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/patrickwatsonofficial"
    handle:    "patrickwatsonofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2291582/"
    handle:    "nm2291582"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.patrickwatson.net/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCneHYHbkZzWFGmw2O7UkhrQ"
    handle:    "@patrickwatsonofficial"
    followers: 414000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/211761"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باتريك واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "باتريك واتسون (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پاتریک واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson_(Musiker)"
    title: "Patrick Watson (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson_(musician)"
    title: "Patrick Watson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Patrick Watson (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "پاتریک واتسون (نوازنده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson_(musicien)"
    title: "Patrick Watson (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson"
    title: "Patrick Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson"
    title: "Patrick Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Уотсон, Патрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson"
    title: "Patrick Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Патрік Вотсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_Watson_(musician)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/592da4c4-9618-4a1a-a944-e60c05c39037"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1026437"
    title: "Patrick Watson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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