# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-king
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:14:38.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-king"
name: "James King"
slug: "james-king"
description: "James King was an American operatic tenor who had an active international singing career in operas and concerts from the 1950s through 2000. Widely regarded as one of the finest American heldentenors of the post-war period, he excelled in performances of the works of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss."
tagline: "American operatic tenor (1925-2005)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ipxYNujS82tnSr4leJ1jpY0jqV7.jpg"
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: "1925-05-22"
deathDate: "2005-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.11
  momentum:             2.307692307692307
  historical:           13.15921733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454808/"
    handle:    "nm0454808"
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%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيمس كينغ (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "جيمس كينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King"
    title: "James King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King_(S%C3%A4nger%2C_1925)"
    title: "James King (Sänger, 1925)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King_(tenor)"
    title: "James King (tenor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King"
    title: "James King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King_(heldentenor)"
    title: "James King (heldentenor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King"
    title: "James King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King_(tenore)"
    title: "James King (tenore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0_(%E5%A3%B0%E6%A5%BD%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ジェームズ・キング (声楽家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King"
    title: "James King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_King"
    title: "James King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Кинг, Джеймс (оперный певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a09182a2-fa3f-42ce-bf44-75f8c77506a2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580473"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1116824"
    title: "James King"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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