# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephin-merritt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:02:40.581Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephin-merritt"
name: "Stephin Merritt"
slug: "stephin-merritt"
description: "Stephin Merritt is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the songwriter and principal singer of the bands the Magnetic Fields, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes. He is known for his distinctive bass voice."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephin-merritt-at-cadogan-hall-crop.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: "1966-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.98061733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 576
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581445/"
    handle:    "nm0581445"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2x7iCl510O317XjOcG7iOf"
    handle:    "2x7iCl510O317XjOcG7iOf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.houseoftomorrow.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWCAtSh01n3dzV_jF0wfyfw"
    handle:    "Stephin Merritt - Topic"
    followers: 576
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ستيفين ميريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "استفن مریت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "استفن مریت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephin_Merritt"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fec52bf2-450e-4ca7-a517-c3f2097d964c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2395308"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1478995"
    title: "Stephin Merritt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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