# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chely-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:57.907Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chely-wright"
name: "Chely Wright"
slug: "chely-wright"
description: "Chely Wright is an American country music artist, activist, author, and corporate executive. She initially rose to fame as a commercial country recording artist with several charting singles, including the number one hit, \"Single White Female.\" She later became known for her role in LGBTQ activism after publicly coming out as a gay woman in 2010. She has sold over 1,500,000 copies and 10,000,000 digital impressions to date in the United States."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chely_Wright_Broadway.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: "1970-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.5
  momentum:             5.441778818022237
  historical:           16.494804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 225
totalFollowers: 14600
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/chelywright"
    handle:    "chelywright"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chelywright/"
    handle:    "chelywright"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/chelyw"
    handle:    "chelyw"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942277/"
    handle:    "nm0942277"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aSIXmBKKrEVIbGLwhedIe"
    handle:    "1aSIXmBKKrEVIbGLwhedIe"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chely.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZr4y1EDmoKjdz1bJdSk1Q"
    handle:    "@chelywrightvevo"
    followers: 14600
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/993876"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "تشيلى وريجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "شلی رایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "شلی رایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Райт, Шели"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chely_Wright"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%87%E8%8E%89%C2%B7%E8%8E%B1%E7%89%B9"
    title: "切莉·莱特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d4e538ad-2936-42ef-9259-77052c4fcdd2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1044949"
    title: "Chely Wright"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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