# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-devaughn
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:42:53.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-devaughn"
name: "William DeVaughn"
slug: "william-devaughn"
description: "William Edward DeVaughn Jr. is an American R&B/soul singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known for the million-selling hit song \"Be Thankful for What You Got\" in 1974."
tagline: "American R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist"
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: "1947-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.865484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2076543/"
    handle:    "nm2076543"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/146143"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام ديڤاوجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "উইলিয়াম ডিভন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_DeVaughn"
    title: "William DeVaughn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_DeVaughn"
    title: "William DeVaughn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_DeVaughn"
    title: "William DeVaughn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_DeVaughn"
    title: "William DeVaughn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e547ca1c-f9fb-46fb-aee7-9a300622b513"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313596"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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