# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruthie-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:25:12.120Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruthie-foster"
name: "Ruthie Foster"
slug: "ruthie-foster"
description: "Ruthie Cecelia Foster is an American singer-songwriter of blues and folk music. She mixes a wide palette of American song forms, from gospel and blues to jazz, folk and soul. She has often been compared to Bonnie Raitt and Aretha Franklin. Foster has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards for Best Blues Album and Best Contemporary Blues Album, and won her first Grammy on February 2, 2025."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruthie_Foster3_-_1-24-07_-_Photo_by_Anthony_Pepitone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1964"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.274448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ruthiefoster.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/714704"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "روثى فوستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthie_Foster"
    title: "Ruthie Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthie_Foster"
    title: "Ruthie Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthie_Foster"
    title: "Ruthie Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthie_Foster"
    title: "Ruthie Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthie_Foster"
    title: "Ruthie Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthie_Foster"
    title: "Ruthie Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthie_Foster"
    title: "Ruthie Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Фостер, Рути"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e2fe01d9-5295-4701-9987-f2c303908e25"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436735"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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