# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bana
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:54:37.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bana"
name: "Bana"
slug: "bana"
description: "Adriano Gonçalves, known by his stage name Bana and called the \"King of Morna\", was a Cape Verdean singer and performer of the morna style, the plaintive, melodic lament which is a staple musical style of the country."
tagline: "Cape Verdean singer (1932–2013)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-03-05"
deathDate: "2013-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.811705333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://bana.sapo.cv/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/800583"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_(cantant)"
    title: "Bana (cantant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_(singer)"
    title: "Bana (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_(cantante)"
    title: "Bana (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_(chanteur)"
    title: "Bana (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_(zanger)"
    title: "Bana (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_(cantor)"
    title: "Bana (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Бана (певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA)"
    title: "Бана (співак)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8589ab83-e07b-45a7-bd9f-0ea9547a312c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4853750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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