# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/candi-staton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:22:14.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/candi-staton"
name: "Candi Staton"
slug: "candi-staton"
description: "Canzetta Maria \"Candi\" Staton is an American singer, best known in the United States for her 1970 cover of Tammy Wynette's \"Stand by Your Man\" and her 1976 disco chart-topper \"Young Hearts Run Free\". In Europe, Staton's biggest selling record is the anthemic \"You Got the Love\" from 1986, released in collaboration with the Source. Staton was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame and is a five-time Grammy Award nominee."
tagline: "American singer–songwriter (born 1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Candi_Staton.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: "1940-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.67132266666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 73000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheRealCandiStaton"
    handle:    "TheRealCandiStaton"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/candistaton/"
    handle:    "candistaton"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.candi-staton.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iamcandistaton"
    handle:    "iamcandistaton"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1922135/"
    handle:    "nm1922135"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "3S34Unhn5yRcaH5K9aU5Et"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcDe9Y3W-S6uANXQwNS-cAA"
    handle:    "@therealcandistaton"
    followers: 73000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كاندى ستاتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "کندی استاتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "キャンディ・ステイトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Стэйтон, Кэнди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi_Staton"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4541974"
    title: "Candi Staton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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