# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sharon-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:35:19.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sharon-jones"
name: "Sharon Jones"
slug: "sharon-jones"
description: "Sharon Lafaye Jones was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late in life, releasing her first record when she was 40 years old. In 2014, Jones was nominated for her first Grammy, in the category Best R&B Album, for Give the People What They Want."
tagline: "American soul funk singer from NYC"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sharon_Jones_%26_The_Dap-Kings_%40_Pori_Jazz_2.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: "1956-05-04"
deathDate: "2016-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.044487427466151
  historical:           19.62517466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "sharonjones"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Jones_(zangeres)"
    title: "Sharon Jones (zangeres)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sharon Jones"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump