# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-carter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:38.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-carter"
name: "Betty Carter"
slug: "betty-carter"
description: "Betty Carter was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. Vocalist Carmen McRae once remarked: \"There's really only one jazz singer—only one: Betty Carter.\""
tagline: "American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter (1929–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betty_Carter%2C_Jazzs%C3%A4ngerin.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: "1929-05-16"
deathDate: "1998-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.56591866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "6HB1MchEEMg40EisSJuenZ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://bettycarter.org/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Բեթի Քարթեր"
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    title: "Betty Carter"
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    title: "Бетти Картер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump