# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:25:22.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-butler"
name: "William Butler"
slug: "william-butler"
description: "William Pierce Butler is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band for eighteen years, between 2003 and 2021, and played synthesizer, bass, guitar and percussion. He is known for his spontaneity, energy and antics during live performances and is the younger brother of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler. In 2010, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as part of Arcade Fire."
tagline: "American multi-instrumentalist and composer; member of the band Arcade Fire"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arcade_fire_mg_7179.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: "1982-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.96977066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 5060
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/butlerwills"
    handle:    "butlerwills"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/butlerwills/"
    handle:    "butlerwills"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/butlerwills"
    handle:    "butlerwills"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1372622/"
    handle:    "nm1372622"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "1POwuKLQ9xhMZzIYElNtWp"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_GsW9dZyRSl-kydlkesaEA"
    handle:    "@willbutler6888"
    followers: 5060
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "ويليام باتلر (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "ویلیام باتلر (شارکی یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_(Musiker)"
    title: "William Butler (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Butler"
    title: "Will Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler"
    title: "William Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_(musicien)"
    title: "William Butler (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Butler"
    title: "Will Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_(musicista)"
    title: "William Butler (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler"
    title: "William Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Батлер, Уилл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler"
    title: "William Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Butler"
    title: "Will Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/928b0e29-31d2-4c67-8377-ec93d24721b3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3097555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/481525"
    title: "William Butler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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