# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bessie-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:17:29.954Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bessie-smith"
name: "Bessie Smith"
slug: "bessie-smith"
description: "Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the \"Empress of the Blues\" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists."
tagline: "American blues singer (1892–1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bessiesmith-2.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: "1894-04-15"
deathDate: "1937-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.488464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/112325122116167"
    handle:    "112325122116167"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807439/"
    handle:    "nm0807439"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ESobCkc6JI4tIMxQttqeg"
    handle:    "5ESobCkc6JI4tIMxQttqeg"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيسي سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
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    title: "Беси Смит"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μπέσι Σμιθ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Smith"
    title: "Bessie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%99_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA'"
    title: "בסי סמית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump