# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cassandra-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:20:23.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cassandra-wilson"
name: "Cassandra Wilson"
slug: "cassandra-wilson"
description: "Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as \"a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field\" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work. She has won numerous awards, including two Grammys, and was named \"America's Best Singer\" by Time magazine in 2001."
tagline: "American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cassandra_Wilson.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: "1955-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.004768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/reallycassandra"
    handle:    "reallycassandra"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/361569243871752"
    handle:    "361569243871752"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933147/"
    handle:    "nm0933147"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cassandrawilson.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كاساندرا ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كاساندرا ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilson"
    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "커샌드라 윌슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilson"
    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilson"
    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilson"
    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilson"
    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уилсон, Кассандра"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilson"
    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cassandra_Wilsonov%C3%A1"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1246316"
    title: "Cassandra Wilson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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