# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baaba-maal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:02:32.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baaba-maal"
name: "Baaba Maal"
slug: "baaba-maal"
description: "Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary."
tagline: "Senegalese singer (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baaba_Maal_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-11-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.79345866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/baabamaal"
    handle:    "baabamaal"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/baabamaalofficial/"
    handle:    "baabamaalofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/baabamaal"
    handle:    "baabamaal"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539838/"
    handle:    "nm0539838"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "49z6oAiD2RpyUf5yLJs7Nf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.baabamaal.tv/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بابا مال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бааба Маал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Baaba_Maal"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cec7447d-a39c-41c5-ba74-5d7057e5c731"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684021"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200635"
    title: "Baaba Maal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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