# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-franklin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:11:21.180Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-franklin"
name: "Kirk Franklin"
slug: "kirk-franklin"
description: "Kirk Dewayne Franklin is an American gospel singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and choir director. Franklin's accolades include 20 Grammy Awards, and Variety has called him a \"Reigning King of Urban Gospel\", with Franklin being one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. In his earlier career, his act included choirs such as the Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC)."
tagline: "American gospel musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirk_Franklin_at_JoyFest_'17_(cropped).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: "1970-01-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.32
  momentum:             1.036900630356257
  historical:           17.62765466666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kirkfranklin"
    handle:    "kirkfranklin"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004938/"
    handle:    "nm0004938"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kirkfranklin.com"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4akybxRTGHJZ1DXjLhJ1qu"
    handle:    "Kirk Franklin"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيرك فرانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيرك فرانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کیرک فرانکلین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "カーク・フランクリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Franklin"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Франклин, Кирк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کرک فرینکلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154271"
    title: "Kirk Franklin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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