# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pretty-lights
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:59:41.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pretty-lights"
name: "Pretty Lights"
slug: "pretty-lights"
description: "Derek Vincent Smith, known by his stage name Pretty Lights, is an American electronic music producer. Pretty Lights was originally a music project consisting of Smith and Michal Menert, who left after the release of their first album and returned in 2023. Rick Rubin once described Pretty Lights as \"the face and voice of the new American electronic music scene\"."
tagline: "American electronic music artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pretty_Lights_at_the_Aragon%2C_Chicago_-_8_November_2013.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: "1981-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           66.69
  momentum:             1.318038686459739
  historical:           10.15724266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 140000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/PrettyLights"
    handle:    "PrettyLights"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/prettylights/"
    handle:    "prettylights"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://prettylightsmusic.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/prettylights"
    handle:    "prettylights"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3853370/"
    handle:    "nm3853370"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iVhFmG8YCCEHANGeUUS9q"
    handle:    "4iVhFmG8YCCEHANGeUUS9q"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNworDpSylZcjRNRWYljCg"
    handle:    "@prettylights"
    followers: 140000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Lights"
    title: "Pretty Lights"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a07764c-7cc5-42e9-8205-3de7532f4771"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "بريتي لايتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "بريتى لايتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "بریتی لایتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Lights"
    title: "Pretty Lights"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Lights"
    title: "Pretty Lights"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Lights"
    title: "Pretty Lights"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Lights"
    title: "Pretty Lights"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Lights"
    title: "Pretty Lights"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370375"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929999"
    title: "Pretty Lights"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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