# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-oldham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:56:20.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-oldham"
name: "Will Oldham"
slug: "will-oldham"
description: "Joseph Will Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace. After briefly publishing music under his own name, in 1998 he adopted Bonnie \"Prince\" Billy as the name for most of his work."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will_Oldham_2017.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: "1970-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.83
  momentum:             1.886924150767799
  historical:           17.61843866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646165/"
    handle:    "nm0646165"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2zAvisjImPICTNsRgagqlV"
    handle:    "2zAvisjImPICTNsRgagqlV"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bonnieprincebilly.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ويل أولدهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ويل اولدهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%B5_%D8%A6%DB%86%D9%84%D8%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ویڵ ئۆلدھام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_%22Prince%22_Billy"
    title: "Bonnie \"Prince\" Billy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%94%D7%9D"
    title: "ויל אולדהם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C_%EC%98%AC%EB%8D%A4"
    title: "윌 올덤"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Олдхэм, Уилл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Oldham"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb51090c-662a-47a1-967c-c63292d9831a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709464"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77080"
    title: "Will Oldham"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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