# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laura-branigan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:49:18.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laura-branigan"
name: "Laura Branigan"
slug: "laura-branigan"
description: "Laura Ann Kruteck was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 cover of Umberto Tozzi's single \"Gloria\", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. In 1984, she reached number one in Canada and Germany and No. 4 in the U.S. with \"Self Control\". \"Gloria\" and \"Self Control\" were also successful in the United Kingdom, each hitting the top 10 on the UK singles chart."
tagline: "American singer and actress (1952–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laura_Branigan_c._1982.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: "1952-07-03"
deathDate: "2004-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           75.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           27.759552
  currentAttention:     15.24
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 226
totalFollowers: 123000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/laurabranigan"
    handle:    "laurabranigan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/laurabranigan"
    handle:    "laurabranigan"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105104/"
    handle:    "nm0105104"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4463nfFMmK1cwAWBQDwT5e"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.laurabraniganonline.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUr6-Fbc5f5FH9f0YNWLfQ"
    handle:    "Laura Branigan - Topic"
    followers: 123000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لورا برانيجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Laura Branigan"
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    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Branigan"
    title: "Laura Branigan"
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    title: "لورا برانیگن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Branigan"
    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Branigan"
    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Branigan"
    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "לורה ברניגן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217510"
    title: "Laura Branigan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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