# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-pollard
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:11:06.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-pollard"
name: "Robert Pollard"
slug: "robert-pollard"
description: "Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. is an American singer and songwriter. He is the frontman and leader of indie rock band Guided by Voices, of which he is also the only constant member. He has also released 22 solo albums."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2014_Robert_Pollard_(cropped).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: "1957-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.42
  momentum:             0.4600538599640934
  historical:           12.63446266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689496/"
    handle:    "nm0689496"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0L8gNE8U7v7YvefZenVKo5"
    handle:    "0L8gNE8U7v7YvefZenVKo5"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "روبرت بولارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "روبرت بولارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "رابرت پولارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard_(Musiker)"
    title: "Robert Pollard (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard"
    title: "Robert Pollard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard"
    title: "Robert Pollard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "رابرت پولارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard"
    title: "Robert Pollard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard_(musicien)"
    title: "Robert Pollard (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard"
    title: "Robert Pollard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard"
    title: "Robert Pollard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard"
    title: "Robert Pollard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Поллард, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e7f29e49-6078-4528-a5dc-5d0eeb8a1437"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379531"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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