# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:50:54.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-james"
name: "Sonny James"
slug: "sonny-james"
description: "James Hugh Loden, known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, \"Young Love\", topping both the Billboard Hot Country and Disk Jockey singles charts. Dubbed the \"Southern Gentleman\" for his congenial manner, his greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love. James had 72 country and pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983, including an unprecedented five-year streak of 16 straight Billboard Hot Country number-one singles among his 26 Billboard Hot Country number-one hits. From 1964 to 1976, James placed 21 of his albums in the top 10 of Billboard Top Country Albums. James was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1961 and co-hosted the first Country Music Association Awards show in 1967. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007."
tagline: "American country music singer-songwriter (1928–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonny_James.png?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: "1929-05-01"
deathDate: "2016-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.22538533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416933/"
    handle:    "nm0416933"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0c08N8UlFjDaup9TNDaWxy"
    handle:    "0c08N8UlFjDaup9TNDaWxy"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sonnyjames.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/364540"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "سوني جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "سونى جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سانی جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سانی جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Джеймс, Сонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df822e9b-b88e-4940-b5c9-05f8be9a2e64"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302274"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/214900"
    title: "Sonny James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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