# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abu-bakr-salem
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:21:40.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abu-bakr-salem"
name: "Abu Bakr Salem"
slug: "abu-bakr-salem"
description: "Abu Bakr Salem Balfaqih, also known by his kunya Abu Aseel, was a Yemeni-Saudi singer, poet, and composer of Hadhrami origins. He was nicknamed \"The Father of Khaliji Music\" and \"The one with the golden larynx\". Abu Bakr is known in the Arab world for his unique voice."
tagline: "Yemeni-Saudi singer, poet, and composer of Hadhrami origins"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abu_Bakr_Salem_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-03-17"
deathDate: "2017-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.212466666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_Salem"
    title: "Abu Bakr Salem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "أبو بكر سالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "ابو بكر سالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b0b889b4-e694-41ec-9092-e510edd51bc9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_Salem_Belfkih"
    title: "Abu Bakr Salem Belfkih"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%DA%A9%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "ابوبکر سالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12177902"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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