# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-kanam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:38:37.195Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-kanam"
name: "Barbara Kanam"
slug: "barbara-kanam"
description: "Barbara Kanam Mutund, known professionally as Barbara Kanam, is a Congolese singer-songwriter, producer, television personality, philanthropist, and politician currently serving as the Director General of the Cultural Promotion Fund. Noted for her coloratura and soprano vocal range, Kanam is considered one of the most influential figures in 21st-century Congolese and African popular music. She sings in French, Swahili, Lingala, and English, often addressing themes such as peace, love, happiness, and women's rights in her lyrics."
tagline: "Congolese guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.06
  momentum:             13.67647058823529
  historical:           10.834488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.myspace.com/barbarakanamofficiel"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2759732"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "باربارا كانام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "باربارا کنام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Barbara Kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Barbara Kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Barbara Kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "باربارا کنام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Barbara Kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Barbara Kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_kanam"
    title: "Barbara kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Barbara Kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Barbara Kanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barbara_Kanam"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59d7ab72-5d9a-4959-b47f-534b15709b73"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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