# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:07:35.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-thomas"
name: "Carl Thomas"
slug: "carl-thomas"
description: "Carlton Neron Thomas is an American R&B singer from Aurora, Illinois. He was discovered by American rapper Puff Daddy, who signed Thomas to Bad Boy Records, a then-imprint of Arista Records in 1997. He became best known for his 2000 single \"I Wish\", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded his debut studio album, Emotional (2000)."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Thomas_at_Legends_of_Bad_Boy_concert.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: "1972-06-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.93
  momentum:             6.217640706758853
  historical:           11.745224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mr_carl_thomas"
    handle:    "mr_carl_thomas"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/carlthomasmusic"
    handle:    "carlthomasmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1843819/"
    handle:    "nm1843819"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6I6t21SFbxZ7RbQgD5dN7U"
    handle:    "6I6t21SFbxZ7RbQgD5dN7U"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://carlthomaslive.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/54813"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "كارل توماس (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "كارل توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "کارل توماس (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Thomas_(singer)"
    title: "Carl Thomas (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Thomas"
    title: "Carl Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "کارل توماس (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Thomas"
    title: "Carl Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Thomas_(cantante)"
    title: "Carl Thomas (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "カール・トーマス (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Thomas"
    title: "Carl Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Thomas_(mwimbaji)"
    title: "Carl Thomas (mwimbaji)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e33755fb-961d-452d-a944-705130436d67"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145643"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1249963"
    title: "Carl Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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