# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anita-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:50:31.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anita-ward"
name: "Anita Ward"
slug: "anita-ward"
description: "Anita Ward (sources differ) is an American singer and musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Beginning her professional music career in the late 1970s, Ward is best known for her 1979 million-selling chart-topper R&B/Disco hit \"Ring My Bell\": it was no. 1 on the United States Hot 100, R&B, and Dance charts, and in the United Kingdom."
tagline: "American female singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anita_Ward_(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: "1956-12-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.12
  momentum:             1.820860341779611
  historical:           19.73544266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312854/"
    handle:    "nm1312854"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Dd6jD1AApgtNoU6SJWR7P"
    handle:    "3Dd6jD1AApgtNoU6SJWR7P"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/32156"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "أنيتا وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "انيتا وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "انیتا وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "آنیتا وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "アニタ・ウォード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EB%8B%88%ED%83%80_%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C"
    title: "애니타 워드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Уорд, Анита"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ward"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ffe7875-614f-4823-879b-1fd66574a36d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268681"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4020684"
    title: "Anita Ward"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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