# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:55:25.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-wright"
name: "Betty Wright"
slug: "betty-wright"
description: "Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as \"Clean Up Woman\" and \"Tonight Is the Night\". Wright was also prominent in her use of whistle register."
tagline: "American singer (1953-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BettyWright_20091402.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: "1953-12-21"
deathDate: "2020-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           73.67
  momentum:             3.942565978671908
  historical:           18.00113733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 379000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MsBettyWright"
    handle:    "MsBettyWright"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealbettywright/"
    handle:    "therealbettywright"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0PDqlUGugF5Jt6DZyATvfz"
    handle:    "Betty Wright"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MsBettyWright"
    handle:    "MsBettyWright"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1678013/"
    handle:    "nm1678013"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.bettywright.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKV53OCO-0sAC6OzGO0s2Fg"
    handle:    "@bettywrightmusic"
    followers: 379000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيتي رايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيتى رايت"
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    title: "بتی رایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "بتی رایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ベティ・ライト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Wright"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eed5f159-4858-4464-93c3-fc2da3796446"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547181"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1967324"
    title: "Betty Wright"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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