# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-w-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:17:42.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-w-smith"
name: "Michael W. Smith"
slug: "michael-w-smith"
description: "Michael Whitaker Smith is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when \"Place in This World\" hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 18 million albums."
tagline: "American musician and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.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: "1957-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.17805733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 958000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/michaelwsmithofficial"
    handle:    "michaelwsmithofficial"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mwsmithofficial/"
    handle:    "mwsmithofficial"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://michaelwsmith.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/michaelwsmith"
    handle:    "michaelwsmith"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809363/"
    handle:    "nm0809363"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5aBxFPaaGk9204ssHUvXWN"
    handle:    "5aBxFPaaGk9204ssHUvXWN"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8RMiXtAP2yQFg6fz_Zg14Q"
    handle:    "@michaelwsmithtv"
    followers: 958000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل دبلیو اسمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکڵ دەبلیوو. سمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل دبلیو اسمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մայքլ Ուիթաքեր Սմիթ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BBW%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9"
    title: "マイケル・W・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마이클 W. 스미스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maikls_Vitakers_Smits"
    title: "Maikls Vitakers Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смит, Майкл Уитакер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Smith"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مائیکل ڈبلیو سمتھ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f444240-5397-4e63-a3e8-a3eac2aace32"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357515"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99253"
    title: "Michael W. Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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