# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gladys-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:58:06.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gladys-knight"
name: "Gladys Knight"
slug: "gladys-knight"
description: "Gladys Maria Knight is an American singer and actress. Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald \"Bubba\" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. She has won seven Grammy Awards, and is often referred to as the \"Empress of Soul\"."
tagline: "American singer (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gladys_Knight_-_2016.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: "1944-05-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4355995900239153
  historical:           24.73036133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MsGladysKnight"
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    handle:    "msgladysknight"
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    url:       "http://gladysknight.com/"
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    title: "غلاديس نايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gladys Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gladys Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gladys Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gladys Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump