# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-mcdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:53.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-mcdonald"
name: "Paul McDonald"
slug: "paul-mcdonald"
description: "Paul McDonald is an American singer-songwriter from Huntsville, Alabama, who as of 2011 resides in Nashville. McDonald placed 8th on the tenth season of American Idol and since 2005, he has been the lead singer of the band Hightide Blues which was renamed The Grand Magnolias in 2010."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paulidol.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: "1984-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.476089333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/PMcDonaldAI10"
    handle:    "PMcDonaldAI10"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/thepaulmcdonald/"
    handle:    "thepaulmcdonald"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thepaulmcdonald.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/875267ab-9d61-4145-9e05-aa642836c4eb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "باول مكدونالد (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "پول مكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McDonald"
    title: "Paul McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McDonald_(musician)"
    title: "Paul McDonald (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%93_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99)"
    title: "פול מקדונלד (מוזיקאי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McDonald"
    title: "Paul McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4216674"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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