# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kate-rusby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:13:38.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kate-rusby"
name: "Kate Rusby"
slug: "kate-rusby"
description: "Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer-songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Sometimes called the \"Barnsley Nightingale\", she has headlined various British folk festivals, and is one of the best known contemporary English folk singers. In 2001 The Guardian described her as \"a superstar of the British acoustic scene.\" In 2007 the BBC website described her as \"The first lady of young folkies\". She is one of the few folk singers to have been nominated for the Mercury Prize."
tagline: "English folk singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kate_Rusby_-_Cambridge_Folk_Festival_50th_Anniversary_(14828569321)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           64.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.116496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 13800
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2159637/"
    handle:    "nm2159637"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.katerusby.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMaYGDyyYZMbLowVdYf8TA"
    handle:    "@katerusbyofficial"
    followers: 13800
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيت روسبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusbyov%C3%A1"
    title: "Kate Rusbyová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BA%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ケイト・ラズビー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62b86b55-e0aa-446f-b326-054576968310"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/210038"
    title: "Kate Rusby"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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