# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-mcknight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:10.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-mcknight"
name: "Brian McKnight"
slug: "brian-mcknight"
description: "Brian Kainoa Makoa McKnight Sr. is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality, and multi-instrumentalist. An R&B performer, he is recognized for his strong head voice, high belting range, and melisma."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter, producer, and R&B musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_McKnight_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1969-06-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.515896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1270000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ItsBMcKnight"
    handle:    "ItsBMcKnight"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/brianmcknight23/"
    handle:    "brianmcknight23"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005213/"
    handle:    "nm0005213"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6k0IBR0lU42s2GYpNX7kA9"
    handle:    "6k0IBR0lU42s2GYpNX7kA9"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bmcknight.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNe-E58GAqEaTMYubPb762g"
    handle:    "@mcknightohana"
    followers: 1270000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "براين ماكنايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "براين ماكنايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Брайън Макнайт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%95%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "برایان مەکنایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ブライアン・マックナイト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "브라이언 맥나이트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Макнайт, Брайан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99_%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "ไบรอัน แม็กไนต์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_McKnight"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf75ef89-7b4c-4771-ac43-4d5c10617190"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1153370"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151245"
    title: "Brian McKnight"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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