# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-mason
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:22:09.588Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-mason"
name: "Barbara Mason"
slug: "barbara-mason"
description: "Barbara Mason is an American soul singer with several R&B and pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her self-written 1965 hit song \"Yes, I'm Ready\". She has released 12 albums, including her 1965 debut with Yes, I'm Ready, and has had 14 top 40 hits on the US Billboard R&B chart."
tagline: "American musician"
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: "1947-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.01
  momentum:             1.30188679245283
  historical:           10.15637866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556589/"
    handle:    "nm0556589"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://barbaramasonmusic.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/48720"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باربرا ماسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باربرا ماسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mason"
    title: "Barbara Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mason"
    title: "Barbara Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mason"
    title: "Barbara Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mason"
    title: "Barbara Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mason"
    title: "Barbara Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Mason"
    title: "Barbara Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "బార్బరా మాసన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91cfbe94-7fc3-4bcc-9d95-767d87ac2ae5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528298"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4720253"
    title: "Barbara Mason"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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