# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-van-shelton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:26:54.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-van-shelton"
name: "Ricky Van Shelton"
slug: "ricky-van-shelton"
description: "Ricky Van Shelton is an American retired country music singer. Active between 1986 and 2006, he charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. This figure includes 10 number-one hits: \"Somebody Lied\", \"Life Turned Her That Way\", 'Don't We All Have the Right\", \"I'll Leave This World Loving You\", \"From a Jack to a King\", \"Living Proof\", \"I've Cried My Last Tear for You\", \"Rockin' Years\", \"I Am a Simple Man\", and \"Keep It Between the Lines\". Besides these, seven more of his singles landed in the top 10 on the same chart. He also released nine studio albums, of which his first four were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America."
tagline: "American country music artist"
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: "1952-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.359408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887973/"
    handle:    "nm0887973"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickyvanshelton.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريكي فان شيلتون"
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    title: "ريكى فان شيلتون"
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  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ریکی فان شیلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton"
    title: "Ricky Van Shelton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton"
    title: "Ricky Van Shelton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton"
    title: "Ricky Van Shelton"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton"
    title: "Ricky Van Shelton"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton"
    title: "Ricky Van Shelton"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Ricky Van Shelton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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