# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jody-watley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:50:37.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jody-watley"
name: "Jody Watley"
slug: "jody-watley"
description: "Jody Vanessa Watley is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer. Watley began her career in show business as one of the dancers on the musical television show, Soul Train, from 1974 until 1977. Watley first found musical success in 1977 when she became a part of the original lineup of the R&B group Shalamar, which also featured Jeffrey Daniel and lead vocals by Howard Hewett. The group recorded the hits \"The Second Time Around\", \"A Night to Remember\" and \"Dead Giveaway\". After recording several albums with the group, Watley left the group in 1983."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jwaffairs93_mini.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: "1959-01-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.63
  momentum:             8.204647244647244
  historical:           19.376648
  currentAttention:     19.04
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 250
totalFollowers: 104000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jodywatley"
    handle:    "jodywatley"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jodywatley/"
    handle:    "jodywatley"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JodyWatleyOfficial"
    handle:    "JodyWatleyOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914448/"
    handle:    "nm0914448"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/71aKjsWKYqASAffyIQaocZ"
    handle:    "71aKjsWKYqASAffyIQaocZ"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNVLWowT5o5VBkWq8IlX7nA"
    handle:    "@jodywatley"
    followers: 104000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/13820"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "جودي واتلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "چودى واتلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "جودی واتلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョディ・ワトリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%95%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჯოდი ვოტლი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EB%94%94_%EC%9B%8C%ED%8B%80%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "조디 워틀리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Уотли, Джоди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Watley"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/699e687d-9e77-4fd0-9b7a-54d2aaadf05b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228273"
    title: "Jody Watley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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