# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-elling
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:14:33.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-elling"
name: "Kurt Elling"
slug: "kurt-elling"
description: "Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter."
tagline: "American jazz singer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KE_Upward_Spiral_headshot_(300x300)_(cropped).png?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: "1967-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.20091066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kurtelling"
    handle:    "kurtelling"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254129/"
    handle:    "nm0254129"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UhC1mCcd9SFXLibHhMX61"
    handle:    "1UhC1mCcd9SFXLibHhMX61"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kurtelling.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "كورت إلينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "كورت الينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "کورت الینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "کورت الینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "קורט אלינג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "カート・エリング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Elling"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Эллинг, Курт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d39b9be-128d-49a4-a1d3-52727c496343"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948868"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1429559"
    title: "Kurt Elling"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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