# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:39:52.558Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-nelson"
name: "Willie Nelson"
slug: "willie-nelson"
description: "Willie Hugh Nelson is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of his album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana."
tagline: "American country musician (born 1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Nelson_in_Redmond%2C_Washington_2008.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: "1933-04-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           31.673236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1150000
platforms:
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    handle:    "WillieNelson"
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    handle:    "willienelsonofficial"
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  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "WillieNelson"
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    handle:    "@willienelson"
    followers: 1150000
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Willie Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie Nelson"
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    title: "Willie Nelson"
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    title: "Willie Nelson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump