# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruben-studdard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:41:43.376Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruben-studdard"
name: "Ruben Studdard"
slug: "ruben-studdard"
description: "Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as the winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his recording of \"Superstar\". In the years following Idol, Studdard has released seven studio albums, including his platinum-selling debut, Soulful, and the top-selling gospel follow-up, I Need an Angel. He is most well known for his recording career, which has produced hits including \"Flying Without Wings\", \"Sorry 2004\", and \"Change Me\", but he has also segued into television and stage work. Most notably, he starred as Fats Waller in a national tour revival of Ain't Misbehavin', which spawned a Grammy-nominated soundtrack."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruben_Studdard_2.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: "1978-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             13.82060185185185
  historical:           21.459752
  currentAttention:     34.56
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  194
  category: 216
totalFollowers: 224000
platforms:
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    handle:    "RubenStuddardMusic"
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    handle:    "realrubenstuddard"
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    handle:    "RubenStuddard"
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    handle:    "@realrubenstuddard"
    followers: 224000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "루벤 스터다드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ruben Studdard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Ruben Studdard"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump