# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alice-tan-ridley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:37:45.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alice-tan-ridley"
name: "Alice Tan Ridley"
slug: "alice-tan-ridley"
description: "Alice Tan Ridley was an American gospel and R&B singer, the mother of actress Gabourey Sidibe, and sister of feminist and activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes. Ridley advanced to the semi-finals of the NBC television series America's Got Talent, after previously winning $25,000 in the pilot episode of 30 Seconds to Fame. Ridley released her debut album Never Lost My Way at the age of 63 in September 2016."
tagline: "American singer (1952–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alice_Tan_Ridley_Performing_In_Times_Square_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1952-12-21"
deathDate: "2025-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.862681333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/alicetanridley/"
    handle:    "alicetanridley"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1792542/"
    handle:    "nm1792542"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alicetanridley.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5357a6b4-f6a0-43c5-b161-e78d9ea4ff92"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Tan_Ridley"
    title: "Alice Tan Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Tan_Ridley"
    title: "Alice Tan Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "أليس تان ريدلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "اليس تان ريدلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Tan_Ridley"
    title: "Alice Tan Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4726120"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3881519"
    title: "Alice Tan Ridley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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