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Matt Mays

Canadian musician
Person human Q3299526

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
August 10, 1979
Place of birth
Hamilton
Country of citizenship
Canada[6]
Occupation
singer, songwriter, composer
Educated at
Auburn Drive High School[7]
Genre
indie rock[10]
Official website
www.mattmays.com[13]
Work location
Dartmouth[14]
Family name
Mays[11]
Given name
Matt[12]
Instrument
guitar, voice[15][16]
Member of
The Guthries[8]
Participant in
Calgary Folk Music Festival 2023[17]
Social media followers
24k (24k–29k, n=5)[19][20][21][22][23]
Start of work period
1990[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Matt Mays en Matt Mays & El Torpedo fr Matt Mays and El Torpedo fr Matt Mays & El Torpedo
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000073759772
VIAF cluster ID
80189602
Library of Congress authority ID
no2019014546
GND ID
135447135
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mattmays.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
matt_mays
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000499663
Apple Music artist ID
409141419
Artsdata.ca ID
K12-9
Bandcamp profile ID
mattmays
Billboard artist ID
matt-mays
Deezer artist ID
266178
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135447135
Discogs artist ID
585707
Europeana entity
agent/base/162221
Facebook username
mattmaysmusic
Freebase ID
/m/0bqw2b
Instagram username
mattmaysmusic
Last.fm ID
Matt+Mays
MusicBrainz artist ID
87f02750-fb8a-462c-9f3d-a43ec609fcb1
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
180405
Rate Your Music artist ID
matt_mays
Songkick artist ID
389607
Spotify artist ID
0VlFTYaJsPHdN3Vb3EvBsn
Threads username
mattmaysmusic
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJh4BgYwjfgRFBPPbyqJDq
X (Twitter) username
mattmays, MattMays
Yandex Music artist ID
70963
YouTube playlist ID
PLB9399B3FE05F9DC2

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 4
Coyote, Matt Mays, Twice Upon a Hell of a Time, When the Angels Make Contact
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Occupation 2
singer, songwriter
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Genre 1
indie rock
Given name 1
Matt
Instance of 1
human
Mb:member of band 1
The Guthries
Place of birth 1
Hamilton
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Dartmouth
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Summary

Matt Mays was born on August 10, 1979[1], in Hamilton[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], and composer[5].

FAQs

Where was Matt Mays born?

Matt Mays's place of birth was Hamilton[2].

What did Matt Mays do for work?

Matt Mays worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], and composer[5].

Where did Matt Mays go to school?

Matt Mays was educated at Auburn Drive High School[7].

Related Entities

Canada Hamilton

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . calgaryfolkfest.com. Retrieved . calgaryfolkfest.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . calgaryfolkfest.com. Retrieved . calgaryfolkfest.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 266178
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63224|batch #63224]]: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 17d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → The Guthries
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'sw']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/60524|batch #60524]]"
  3. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Threads username → mattmaysmusic
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Threads username: mattmaysmusic, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1784430393010"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Auburn Drive High School
    Participant in → Calgary Folk Music Festival 2023
    Place of birth → Hamilton
    Work period start → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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