# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bettye-lavette
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:13.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bettye-lavette"
name: "Bettye LaVette"
slug: "bettye-lavette"
description: "Bettye LaVette is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim, and was named on many critics' \"Best of 2005\" lists. Her next album, The Scene of the Crime, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards. She received the Legacy of Americana Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Americana Music Honors & Awards."
tagline: "American soul singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bettye_LaVette_Wikipedia.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: "1946-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             0.1730769230769231
  historical:           14.74928666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BettyeLaVette"
    handle:    "BettyeLaVette"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/bettyelavette"
    handle:    "bettyelavette"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2082110/"
    handle:    "nm2082110"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/55U998XxmxjicLMKDSz6R3"
    handle:    "55U998XxmxjicLMKDSz6R3"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bettyelavette.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بيتى لافيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%96_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8D%D1%82"
    title: "Бэці Лавэт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "بتی لاوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Бетти ЛаВетт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettye_LaVette"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453456"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231891"
    title: "Bettye LaVette"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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