# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rita-macneil
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:44:46.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rita-macneil"
name: "Rita MacNeil"
slug: "rita-macneil"
description: "Rita MacNeil was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, \"Flying On Your Own\", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she had hits on the country and adult contemporary charts throughout her career. In the United Kingdom, MacNeil's song \"Working Man\" was a No. 11 hit in 1990."
tagline: "Canadian singer (1944-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rita_MacNeil_Live_at_the_National_Arts_Centre%2C_Ottawa%2C_Ontario.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-05-28"
deathDate: "2013-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.36
  momentum:             6.072736787022501
  historical:           7.487814666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534118/"
    handle:    "nm0534118"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gx2oyS38qjt5BP8lGxgye"
    handle:    "0gx2oyS38qjt5BP8lGxgye"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ritamacneil.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ريتا ماكنيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_MacNeil"
    title: "Rita MacNeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_MacNeil"
    title: "Rita MacNeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_MacNeil"
    title: "Rita MacNeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_MacNeil"
    title: "Rita MacNeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_MacNeil"
    title: "Rita MacNeil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af8e4395-f4c5-41b6-9efc-d052a8d06b73"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7336562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3125508"
    title: "Rita MacNeil"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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