# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phyllis-hyman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:37:55.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phyllis-hyman"
name: "Phyllis Hyman"
slug: "phyllis-hyman"
description: "Phyllis Linda Hyman was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman's music career spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s, and she was best known for her expansive contralto range. Some of her most notable songs are \"You Know How to Love Me\" (1979), \"Living All Alone\" (1986) and \"Don't Wanna Change the World\" (1991). Hyman is also known for her covers of popular songs, which include renditions of \"Betcha by Golly, Wow\", \"Here's That Rainy Day\", and \"What You Won't Do For Love\"."
tagline: "American rhythm-and-blues singer (1949–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phyllis_Hyman_Tokyo_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-07-06"
deathDate: "1995-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.03947808631649381
  historical:           17.20681066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405198/"
    handle:    "nm0405198"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump