# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thelma-houston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:45:34.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thelma-houston"
name: "Thelma Houston"
slug: "thelma-houston"
description: "Thelma Houston is an American singer and actress. Beginning her recording career in the late 1960s, Houston scored a number-one hit in 1977 with her recording of \"Don't Leave Me This Way\", which won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance."
tagline: "American singer (born 1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thelma_Houston_by_Gage_Skidmore.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: "1946-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.07364133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Thelma_Houston"
    handle:    "Thelma_Houston"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/thelmahoustonofficial/"
    handle:    "thelmahoustonofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Thelmahoustonofficial"
    handle:    "Thelmahoustonofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396904/"
    handle:    "nm0396904"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3sgUnR8TF35euWEV07RPyO"
    handle:    "3sgUnR8TF35euWEV07RPyO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thelmahouston.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ثيلما هوستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ثيلما هوستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تلما هیوستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تلما هیوستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%85%80%EB%A7%88_%ED%9C%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4"
    title: "셀마 휴스턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Хьюстон, Тельма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "تھیلما ہیوسٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cb327970-cf95-4f2d-91db-b1b787aa51f9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182337"
    title: "Thelma Houston"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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