# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tank
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:18.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tank"
name: "Tank"
slug: "tank"
description: "Durrell Artaze Babbs, better known by his stage name Tank, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and podcaster. He began his career as a backing vocalist for Aaliyah and Ginuwine, and signed a recording contract with the former's record label, Blackground Records as a performing act in 1998. His 2001 single, \"Maybe I Deserve\" peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and led his debut studio album, Force of Nature (2001). It peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200, while his second album, One Man (2002), peaked within the top 20 and was met with mixed critical reception."
tagline: "American R&B singer and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tank-byPhilipRomano.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: "1976-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           70.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.268596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1220000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/therealtank"
    handle:    "therealtank"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealtank/"
    handle:    "therealtank"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheRealTank"
    handle:    "TheRealTank"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2956469/"
    handle:    "nm2956469"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mwXUEKaW4ftbncf9Hi58l"
    handle:    "4mwXUEKaW4ftbncf9Hi58l"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.therealtank.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1XKkoUW5v2QV5nKwT5quQ"
    handle:    "@therealtank"
    followers: 1220000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/204356"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "تانك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "تانک (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "تانکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Tank (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(entertainer)"
    title: "Tank (entertainer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(cantante)"
    title: "Tank (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C)"
    title: "تانک (خواننده آمریکایی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(chanteur)"
    title: "Tank (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AF"
    title: "Թենկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(cantante_statunitense)"
    title: "Tank (cantante statunitense)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E5%90%88%E8%A1%86%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "タンク (アメリカ合衆国の歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(wokalista)"
    title: "Tank (wokalista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(cantor)"
    title: "Tank (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(s%C3%A5ngare)"
    title: "Tank (sångare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/672728fc-5582-43e2-92c7-9edb01e84801"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2406179"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1744605"
    title: "Tank"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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