# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kristine-w
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:45:42.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kristine-w"
name: "Kristine W"
slug: "kristine-w"
description: "Kristine Elizabeth Weitz, widely known by her stage name Kristine W, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and entrepreneur. She is most widely known as a dance music artist. Born and raised in Pasco, Washington, she found early success competing in pageants and talent contests, winning Miss Washington 1981 and a Preliminary Swimsuit Award as well as a Non-Finalist Talent award in the Miss America pageant. Kristine W is now one of the most popular dance club artists of all time, with 17 No. 1s to date on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. She is currently listed among Billboard's 8 Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists, and she was ranked number three in Billboard's Top Dance Artists of the Decade. She is especially popular in the gay community and is an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights, frequently performing at pride rallies and charity events for pro-LGBT organizations throughout the U.S."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kristine_W.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: "1962-06-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.49
  momentum:             11.26447576677131
  historical:           11.20115733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KristineWmusic"
    handle:    "KristineWmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kristinew"
    handle:    "kristinew"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3172360/"
    handle:    "nm3172360"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kristinew.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/207744"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "كريستين دبليو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "کریستین دبلیو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_W"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/93a1aab7-bdbc-4334-bcf6-6889f7a2682a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456964"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4825526"
    title: "Kristine W"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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