# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-lynn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:36:09.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-lynn"
name: "Barbara Lynn"
slug: "barbara-lynn"
description: "Barbara Lynn is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit, \"You'll Lose a Good Thing\" (1962). In 2018, Lynn received a National Heritage Fellowship. In 2026 Lynn was further honored by being inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BarbaraLynn_nojhf_Apr252008.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: "1942-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.99813333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1240646/"
    handle:    "nm1240646"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/59964"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "باربرا لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "باربرا لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lynn"
    title: "Barbara Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lynn"
    title: "Barbara Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lynn"
    title: "Barbara Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lynn"
    title: "Barbara Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lynn"
    title: "Barbara Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バーバラ・リン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Линн, Барбара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lynn"
    title: "Barbara Lynn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/facb97f4-4674-40d0-b060-433e9a1a49cb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q807545"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2927058"
    title: "Barbara Lynn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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