# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-dalton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:22:03.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-dalton"
name: "Ray Dalton"
slug: "ray-dalton"
description: "Raymond Adrien Dalton is an American singer based in Seattle, Washington. He began his career as a gospel and R&B singer. Dalton gained prominence as the featured artist on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 2011 song \"Can't Hold Us\", which gained popularity between 2012 and 2013, eventually topping the charts in multiple countries including the Billboard Hot 100. The song was certified platinum in the U.S. in April 2013. He has won two MTV Video Music Awards."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Dalton_02_(cropped).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: "1991-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.95
  momentum:             8.678905848563303
  historical:           13.79811333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RayDaltonMusic"
    handle:    "RayDaltonMusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/raydaltonmusic/"
    handle:    "raydaltonmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RayDaltonMusic"
    handle:    "RayDaltonMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5704614/"
    handle:    "nm5704614"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4e0nWw2r4BoQSKPQ2zpU13"
    handle:    "Ray Dalton"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.raydalton.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "راي دالتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رای دالتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ری دالتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A5%D5%B5_%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Ռեյ Դալթոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Dalton"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Далтон, Рэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c7f57c4-8f11-4c59-9d63-bca189f343c1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13426816"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4661903"
    title: "Ray Dalton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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