# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zane-lowe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:50:44.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zane-lowe"
name: "Zane Lowe"
slug: "zane-lowe"
description: "Alexander Zane Reed Lowe is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter. After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence through presenting on XFM and MTV Europe, developing a DJ career by opening sets for bands and eventually landing a slot on prime-time radio on BBC Radio 1 from 2003 to 2015. In 2015, he was hired by Apple to be the Creative Director of their new world-wide music station, Apple Music 1."
tagline: "New Zealand DJ (born 1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zane_Lowe_1_Big_Weekend.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1973-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.836428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  250
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/zanelowe"
    handle:    "zanelowe"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/zanelowe/"
    handle:    "zanelowe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1888878/"
    handle:    "nm1888878"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.zanelowe.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "زين لوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Lowe"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "زین لو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/60c693ce-2121-47c5-bc20-975e43137e48"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3248734"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1829779"
    title: "Zane Lowe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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