# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taylor-hicks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:55:09.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taylor-hicks"
name: "Taylor Hicks"
slug: "taylor-hicks"
description: "Taylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who won the fifth season of American Idol in May 2006. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released two independent albums. Upon winning Idol, he was signed to Arista Records, under which his self-titled major label debut was released on December 12, 2006."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taylor_Hicks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             14.31396786155748
  historical:           23.28892133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "TaylorHicks"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/taylorhicksofficial/"
    handle:    "taylorhicksofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TaylorRHicks"
    handle:    "TaylorRHicks"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm2212558"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.taylorhicks.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "تايلور هيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taylor Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taylor Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taylor Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taylor Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taylor Hicks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Taylor Hicks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump