# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-sharp-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:23:30.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-sharp-nelson"
name: "Steven Sharp Nelson"
slug: "steven-sharp-nelson"
description: "Steven Sharp Nelson is an American cellist. He is best known as \"The Cello Guy\" of the classical new-age musical group The Piano Guys, with whom he has released eight number-one albums and dozens of music videos. He also has three solo albums to his credit. He is considered a pioneer in \"cello-percussion\", which enhances traditional cello playing with pizzicato and percussive techniques."
tagline: "American musician, cellist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stevesoundcheck.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: "1977-07-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2989130434782609
  historical:           10.76062133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/StevenSharpNelsonMusic"
    handle:    "StevenSharpNelsonMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6098737/"
    handle:    "nm6098737"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/67CqEIMpWuNb6MnpTKjlFv"
    handle:    "67CqEIMpWuNb6MnpTKjlFv"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.stevensharpnelson.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steven Sharp Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sharp_Nelson"
    title: "Steven Sharp Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sharp_Nelson"
    title: "Steven Sharp Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "استیون شارپ نلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нельсон, Стивен Шарп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sharp_Nelson"
    title: "Steven Sharp Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Стівен Шарп Нельсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B2%E8%92%82%E8%8A%AC%C2%B7%E5%A4%8F%E6%99%AE%C2%B7%E5%B0%BC%E5%B0%94%E6%A3%AE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Steven Sharp Nelson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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