# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-etheridge
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:47:59.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-etheridge"
name: "Melissa Etheridge"
slug: "melissa-etheridge"
description: "Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Her self-titled debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 and its lead single, \"Bring Me Some Water\", garnered Etheridge her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female in 1989. Her second album, Brave and Crazy, appeared that same year and earned Etheridge two more Grammy nominations. In 1992, Etheridge released her third album, Never Enough, and its lead single, \"Ain't It Heavy\", won Etheridge her first Grammy Award."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MelissaEtheridgeHWOFSept2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "melissa_etheridge"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "멀리사 에더리지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melissa Etheridge"
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    title: "Melissa Etheridge"
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    title: "Melissa Etheridge"
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    title: "Melissa Etheridge"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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