# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rhett-akins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:58:53.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rhett-akins"
name: "Rhett Akins"
slug: "rhett-akins"
description: "Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for that label, followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment. Overall, his albums have accounted for fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, including the number one \"Don't Get Me Started\" from 1996."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Rhett-Akins-Performs-in-Indianapolis-2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Rhett-Akins-Performs-in-Indianapolis-2019_%28cropped%29.jpg"
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: "1969-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.08
  momentum:             3.899371207019893
  historical:           8.227134666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rhettakins"
    handle:    "rhettakins"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officialrhettakins/"
    handle:    "officialrhettakins"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/rhettakins"
    handle:    "rhettakins"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015397/"
    handle:    "nm0015397"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4qivGtDBIkQFLCeduRpi24"
    handle:    "4qivGtDBIkQFLCeduRpi24"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rhettakins.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1323475"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Akins"
    title: "Rhett Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Akins"
    title: "Rhett Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Akins"
    title: "Rhett Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Akins"
    title: "Rhett Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Akins"
    title: "Rhett Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_Akins"
    title: "Rhett Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ec368f41-e204-4270-96ca-f846d7ae5585"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3375182"
    title: "Rhett Akins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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