# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bamba-bakya
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:30:25.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bamba-bakya"
name: "Bamba Bakya"
slug: "bamba-bakya"
description: "Bhakkiyaraj, popularly known by his stage name, Bamba Bakya, was an Indian Tamil playback singer and musician. He predominantly worked alongside music composer A. R. Rahman on numerous collaborations in films. He received the name Bamba Bakya after A. R. Rahman asked him to sing songs for him just like African musician Sory Bamba. It later went onto become a stage name as well as an identity of him. He was well known for his unique baritone."
tagline: "Indian playback singer and musician (died 2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Bamba_Bakya.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1980-10-31"
deathDate: "2022-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.75
  momentum:             16.51020408163265
  historical:           6.886970666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm9544069"
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    title: "ବାମ୍ବା ବାକ୍ୟା"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump