# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shaun-ryder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:29:07.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shaun-ryder"
name: "Shaun Ryder"
slug: "shaun-ryder"
description: "Shaun William George Ryder is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. As the lead vocalist of the rock band Happy Mondays, he was a leading figure in the Madchester cultural scene during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1993, he formed Black Grape with former Happy Mondays dancer Bez. He was the runner-up on the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. In 2005, Ryder collaborated with Gorillaz on \"Dare\", which peaked at number one on the UK singles chart in September 2005, becoming the band's only UK number one single. Ryder is known for his distinctive sprechgesang and lyricism."
tagline: "British singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GorillazO2100821_(102_of_144)_(51387659817)_(cropped).jpg?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: "1962-08-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.3
  momentum:             2.97134066434961
  historical:           11.55290933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/officialswr"
    handle:    "officialswr"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/shaunryderx/"
    handle:    "shaunryderx"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ShaunRyderOfficial"
    handle:    "ShaunRyderOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753145/"
    handle:    "nm0753145"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ONSkkEnOSZVNogu98dvTY"
    handle:    "3ONSkkEnOSZVNogu98dvTY"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/42069"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "شاون ريدير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Райдер, Шон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99_%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "ชอว์น ไรเดอร์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cb72e132-66c1-44c2-986f-eed70d97d29a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141549"
    title: "Shaun Ryder"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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