# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirley-caesar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:01:53.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirley-caesar"
name: "Shirley Caesar"
slug: "shirley-caesar"
description: "Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams, known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer. Her career began in 1951, when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. Throughout her seven decade career, Caesar has often been referred to as the \"First Lady of Gospel Music\" and \"The Queen of Gospel Music\". Her accolades include 12 Grammy Awards, 15 Dove Awards, and 14 Stellar Awards."
tagline: "American gospel singer, evangelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirley_Ceasar_1997.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: "1938-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.87186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/pastorscaesar/"
    handle:    "pastorscaesar"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Pastor.ShirleyCaesar"
    handle:    "Pastor.ShirleyCaesar"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128376/"
    handle:    "nm0128376"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5hrUVXJsPParZB87QtAz1R"
    handle:    "5hrUVXJsPParZB87QtAz1R"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://shirleycaesar.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesarov%C3%A1"
    title: "Shirley Caesarová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "შერლი სიზარი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%B1"
    title: "شرلی سیزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Caesar"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2bb81df0-e9e2-42ee-9708-d30b0c85d946"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7498714"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232770"
    title: "Shirley Caesar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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