# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viv-albertine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:00:51.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viv-albertine"
name: "Viv Albertine"
slug: "viv-albertine"
description: "Viviane Katrina Louise Albertine is an Australian-born English musician, singer, songwriter and writer. She is best known as the guitarist for the punk band the Slits from 1977 until 1982, with whom she recorded two studio albums. Prior to joining the Slits, Albertine was a member of the Flowers of Romance."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viv_Albertine_O2_Bristol.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1955-12-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             1.921259842519685
  historical:           8.551349333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Viv_Albertine"
    handle:    "Viv_Albertine"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/vivalbertine"
    handle:    "vivalbertine"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016686/"
    handle:    "nm0016686"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vivalbertine.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/344149"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%DA%A4_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤيڤ البيرتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Albertine"
    title: "Viv Albertine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Albertine"
    title: "Viv Albertine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Albertine"
    title: "Viv Albertine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Albertine"
    title: "Viv Albertine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Albertine"
    title: "Viv Albertine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Albertine"
    title: "Viv Albertine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/abb91956-daec-46e2-9a72-115f7e01f461"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4015600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1169836"
    title: "Viv Albertine"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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