# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phyllis-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:20.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phyllis-nelson"
name: "Phyllis Nelson"
slug: "phyllis-nelson"
description: "Phyllis Nelson was an American singer, most famous for her 1985 song \"Move Closer\", which topped the chart in the United Kingdom. Her son is the singer and record producer Marc Nelson, who was a member of Boyz II Men."
tagline: "American musician (1950-1998)"
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: "1950-10-03"
deathDate: "1998-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.520126666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1162744/"
    handle:    "nm1162744"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/56935"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فيليس نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فيليس نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Nelson"
    title: "Phyllis Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Nelson"
    title: "Phyllis Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Nelson"
    title: "Phyllis Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Nelson"
    title: "Phyllis Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bd239a7f-e774-4cdf-9132-29a0b9f7a795"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5075128"
    title: "Phyllis Nelson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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