# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esperanza-spalding
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:10:43.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esperanza-spalding"
name: "Esperanza Spalding"
slug: "esperanza-spalding"
description: "Esperanza Emily Spalding, sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two honorary doctorates: one from her alma mater Berklee College of Music and one from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)."
tagline: "American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IPWH-Creativity-WH06-Spalding_smaller_0.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: "1984-10-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.261052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/EspeSpalding"
    handle:    "EspeSpalding"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/esperanzaspalding/"
    handle:    "esperanzaspalding"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding"
    handle:    "EsperanzaSpalding"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3037166/"
    handle:    "nm3037166"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "5bepW5vcdRzheNc0F8lHJ5"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إسبيرانزا سبالدنغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسبيرانزا سبالدنج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسپرانزا اسپالدینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "এস্পারেন্জা স্পলডিং"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسپرانزا اسپالدینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "אספרנסה ספולדינג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Էսպերանսա Սփոլդինգ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エスペランサ・スポルディング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "에스페란사 스폴딩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Esperanza Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0"
    title: "Сполдинг, Эсперанса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5c12b265-5e59-44e0-b657-5cf4169f7316"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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