# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendy-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:41:58.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendy-james"
name: "Wendy James"
slug: "wendy-james"
description: "Wendy Patricia James is an English singer and songwriter most notable as the lead singer of the pop rock band Transvision Vamp, and for her collaborations with Elvis Costello, James Williamson from Iggy and the Stooges, Lenny Kaye from the Patti Smith Group and James Sclavunos from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. She has released 10 albums from 1988 until 2024."
tagline: "English singer"
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: "1966-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.44
  momentum:             1.467752035065748
  historical:           10.19631866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/THEWENDYJAMES"
    handle:    "THEWENDYJAMES"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/THEWENDYJAMES"
    handle:    "THEWENDYJAMES"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942308/"
    handle:    "nm1942308"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://thewendyjames.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ويندي جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ويندى جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_James"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_James"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_James"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_James"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_James"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_James"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_James"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d431ca51-4638-4e90-9248-5241af1d0260"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2559305"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2228272"
    title: "Wendy James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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