# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vincent-randy-chin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:50:02.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vincent-randy-chin"
name: "Vincent \"Randy\" Chin"
slug: "vincent-randy-chin"
description: "Vincent \"Randy\" Chin was a Jamaican record producer and entrepreneur who ran the Randy's shop, recording studio, and record label, later moving to New York City and setting up the VP Records empire, now the world's largest independent label and distributor of Caribbean music."
tagline: "Jamaican record producer, label owner"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-10-03"
deathDate: "2003-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.674622666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gtDK9g6lTThsjsqhURlIw"
    handle:    "UC6gtDK9g6lTThsjsqhURlIw"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/387238"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤينسينت راندي كين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Chin"
    title: "Vincent Chin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Chin"
    title: "Randy Chin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Chin"
    title: "Vincent Chin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Chin"
    title: "Vincent Chin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Chin"
    title: "Vincent Chin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Chin"
    title: "Vincent Chin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/457875ac-b552-4299-88b0-b467e3444cdf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2947253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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