# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-cleveland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:27:48.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-cleveland"
name: "James Cleveland"
slug: "james-cleveland"
description: "James Edward Cleveland was an American gospel singer, musician, and composer. Known as the \"King of Gospel\", Cleveland was a driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound by incorporating traditional black gospel, soul, pop, and jazz in arrangements for mass choirs."
tagline: "American gospel singer, musician, and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seum_msu_edu-museum-tes-gospel-gospel16_jpg_.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: "1931-12-05"
deathDate: "1991-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.52
  momentum:             0.476190476190476
  historical:           10.21538266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166482/"
    handle:    "nm0166482"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5g1lWbZIQ0LCWbKmRJDSSn"
    handle:    "5g1lWbZIQ0LCWbKmRJDSSn"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جيمس كليفلاند (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جيمس كليفلاند (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جیمس کلیفلاند (شارکی یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cleveland_(Musiker)"
    title: "James Cleveland (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cleveland"
    title: "James Cleveland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cleveland"
    title: "James Cleveland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cleveland"
    title: "James Cleveland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cleveland"
    title: "James Cleveland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cleveland"
    title: "James Cleveland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/12e88ee2-c7c6-496d-bb8c-3c31e366c721"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4845705"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2177643"
    title: "James Cleveland"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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