# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amanda-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:23:13.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amanda-black"
name: "Amanda Black"
slug: "amanda-black"
description: "Amanda Benedicta Antony, known professionally as Amanda Black, is a South African singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Gcuwa, her career began in 1999 at the age of 6 singing in church choirs. Amanda was a contestant on Idols South Africa season 11. Black relocated to Johannesburg in 2016 to pursue her music career. She signed a record deal with Ambitiouz Entertainment in 2016 and achieved recognition in the same year following the release of her hit single \"Amazulu\", which was nominated for several music awards."
tagline: "South African singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amanda_Black_Blue_and_Pink%2C_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1993-07-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.22
  momentum:             13.42105263157895
  historical:           11.019728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  85
  category: null
totalFollowers: 396
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AmandaBlackSA"
    handle:    "AmandaBlackSA"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/amandablacksa/"
    handle:    "amandablacksa"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/811956975597817"
    handle:    "811956975597817"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tyWwKFEbho8Vh4qczqbIo"
    handle:    "Amanda Black"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://amandablack.co.za/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGcLDWQQhEaledWD1WWXndA"
    handle:    "Amanda Black - Topic"
    followers: 396
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59eb2f70-b694-4003-bcfc-cb6fe44999bd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "أماندا بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Amanda Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amanda_Black"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30006172"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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