# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brenda-russell
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:13:37.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brenda-russell"
name: "Brenda Russell"
slug: "brenda-russell"
description: "Brenda Russell is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical range which encompasses R&B, pop, soul, dance, and jazz. She has received five Grammy nominations, winning in 2017 for writing the music for The Color Purple."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brenda_Russell.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: "1949-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.87
  momentum:             10
  historical:           14.87517866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751041/"
    handle:    "nm0751041"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2O8VlquQPITO4tT3SWs95W"
    handle:    "2O8VlquQPITO4tT3SWs95W"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brendarussell.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بريندا راسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "بریندا راسیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "برندا راسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ブレンダ・ラッセル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Расселл, Бренда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Russell"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47ab22b9-95cb-4920-aa54-7756113e69f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2373269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2167925"
    title: "Brenda Russell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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