# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/danny-gokey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:06:48.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/danny-gokey"
name: "Danny Gokey"
slug: "danny-gokey"
description: "Daniel Jay Gokey is an American singer and former church music director. He was the third-place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. After his placing on the show, Gokey signed to 19 Recordings and RCA Nashville at the beginning of a career in country music, releasing the single \"My Best Days Are Ahead of Me.\" His debut album, My Best Days, was released in March 2010."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DannyGokeyLifest2019.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: "1980-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.67
  momentum:             1.402116402116402
  historical:           10.66905866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dannygokey"
    handle:    "dannygokey"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/dannygokey/"
    handle:    "dannygokey"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3333669/"
    handle:    "nm3333669"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://dannygokey.com"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دانى جوكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gokey"
    title: "Danny Gokey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gokey"
    title: "Danny Gokey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gokey"
    title: "Danny Gokey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gokey"
    title: "Danny Gokey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gokey"
    title: "Danny Gokey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gokey"
    title: "Danny Gokey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ダニー・ゴーキー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EB%8B%88_%EA%B3%A0%ED%82%A4"
    title: "대니 고키"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%E5%B0%BC%C2%B7%E5%AF%87%E5%A5%87"
    title: "丹尼·寇奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3015250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3377421"
    title: "Danny Gokey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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