# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendy-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:11:49.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendy-matthews"
name: "Wendy Matthews"
slug: "wendy-matthews"
description: "Wendy Joan Matthews is a Canadian-born Australian singer-songwriter who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist. She released Top 20 hit singles in the 1990s including \"Token Angels\", \"Let's Kiss \", \"The Day You Went Away\" and \"Friday's Child\" with Top 20 albums, You've Always Got The Blues, Émigré, Lily, The Witness Tree and her compilation, Stepping Stones. She has won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane she provides \"extraordinary, crystal-clear vocals [...] a soulfulness that was the mark of a truly gifted singer\"."
tagline: "Australian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lisa_and_Wendy_Mathews.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.667932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/wendymatthewsmusic"
    handle:    "wendymatthewsmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560215/"
    handle:    "nm0560215"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.wendymatthews.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/259136"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ويندي ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ويندى ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ویندی ماثیوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Matthews"
    title: "Wendy Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Matthews"
    title: "Wendy Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Matthews"
    title: "Wendy Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e37ec83a-c552-45b7-993f-8dbd206ff539"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15524937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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