# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vic-chesnutt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:23:00.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vic-chesnutt"
name: "Vic Chesnutt"
slug: "vic-chesnutt"
description: "James Victor Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990. His commercial breakthrough came in 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, a charity record of alternative artists covering his songs."
tagline: "Singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia (1964–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vic_Chesnutt%2C_b.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: "1964-11-12"
deathDate: "2009-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.277006638503319
  historical:           20.01233333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156263/"
    handle:    "nm0156263"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vicchesnutt.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump