# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-skaggs
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:49:09.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-skaggs"
name: "Ricky Skaggs"
slug: "ricky-skaggs"
description: "Rickie Lee Skaggs, known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin, but he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo."
tagline: "American musician, producer, and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricky_Skaggs%2C_Cambridge_Festivals_2001-2014_(967447380).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8722504230118443
  historical:           16.662636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 22500
platforms:
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    handle:    "rickyskaggsofficial"
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    handle:    "rickyskaggs"
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    handle:    "rickyskaggs"
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    handle:    "nm1115270"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Скэггс, Рики"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Ricky Skaggs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump