# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/b-j-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:34:16.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/b-j-thomas"
name: "B. J. Thomas"
slug: "b-j-thomas"
description: "Billy Joe Thomas was an American singer widely known for his country, contemporary Christian, and pop hits of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s."
tagline: "American singer (1942-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B.J._Thomas_1972.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: "1942-08-07"
deathDate: "2021-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.73343333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheBJThomas"
    handle:    "TheBJThomas"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/104617172614"
    handle:    "104617172614"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858504/"
    handle:    "nm0858504"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0uUNzXylqsZdmFDwdxaP1V"
    handle:    "0uUNzXylqsZdmFDwdxaP1V"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bjthomas.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/182608"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Thomas"
    title: "B.J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "بيلي جو طوماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "بى. توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C._%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "بی. جی. توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Би Джей Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Thomas"
    title: "B.J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C._%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "بی. جی. توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Thomas"
    title: "B.J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E3%83%BBJ%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9"
    title: "B・J・トーマス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._%ED%86%A0%EB%A8%B8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "B. J. 토머스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Thomas"
    title: "B.J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Thomas"
    title: "B.J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Thomas"
    title: "B.J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Thomas"
    title: "B. J. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Томас, Би Джей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/42a19448-ff60-4fd2-9d10-959bf2000729"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706518"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1011260"
    title: "B.J. Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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