# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tq
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:39:14.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tq"
name: "TQ"
slug: "tq"
description: "Terrance Quaites, known professionally by his initials TQ, is an American R&B singer. He is best known for his hit song \"Westside\", which became a top 40 hit in several countries in 1998."
tagline: "American R&B singer"
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: "1976-05-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             0.003892565200467107
  historical:           8.825853333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TQtheTrojan"
    handle:    "TQtheTrojan"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIYf9s_ts7Op3bf7uyhsz1g"
    handle:    "UCIYf9s_ts7Op3bf7uyhsz1g"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheRealTQ"
    handle:    "TheRealTQ"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5a6nqHiBS9v3CxYOs7ttET"
    handle:    "5a6nqHiBS9v3CxYOs7ttET"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/85141"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%83"
    title: "تك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrance_Quaites"
    title: "Terrance Quaites"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TQ_(singer)"
    title: "TQ (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/TQ_(chanteur)"
    title: "TQ (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/TQ"
    title: "TQ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrance_Quaites"
    title: "Terrance Quaites"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/TQ_(cantor)"
    title: "TQ (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/TQ"
    title: "TQ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fe47130b-6abd-403e-8829-42f55a21a086"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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