# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-beckett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:25:42.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-beckett"
name: "William Beckett"
slug: "william-beckett"
description: "William Beckett is an American musician who is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Chicago-based rock band The Academy Is..., who signed to Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. While still in high school in 2003, Beckett and guitarist Mike Carden came together from rival bands in Chicago to form The Academy Is... In addition to founding the band, Beckett and Carden are credited as the primary songwriters. A third core member of the band was Adam Siska, Beckett's classmate and friend from Barrington High School."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_B_-_Warped_2013.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: "1985-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.4
  momentum:             1.493416493416493
  historical:           12.78607866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Beckett (singer)"
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    title: "William Beckett"
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    title: "William Beckett"
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    title: "William Beckett"
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    title: "William Beckett"
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    title: "William Beckett"
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    title: "William Beckett"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump