# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bic-runga
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:42:39.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bic-runga"
name: "Bic Runga"
slug: "bic-runga"
description: "Briolette Kah Bic Runga, recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom with her 1997 song \"Sway\"."
tagline: "New Zealand singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Runga2_small.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.03
  momentum:             0.5090612909794339
  historical:           17.25246266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  24
  category: null
totalFollowers: 35200
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/bicrungamusic"
    handle:    "bicrungamusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bicrunga/"
    handle:    "bicrunga"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bicrunga.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bicrunga"
    handle:    "bicrunga"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1001815/"
    handle:    "nm1001815"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3R8AurcQVHkialifehVKXV"
    handle:    "3R8AurcQVHkialifehVKXV"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQO3tFC1TP9y76YDM3rl5Ww"
    handle:    "@bic_runga"
    followers: 35200
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/257813"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "بيك رونجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC"
    title: "ビック・ルンガ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%85_%EB%A3%BD%EA%B0%80"
    title: "빅 룽가"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Рунга, Бик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Runga"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/16063ce0-a93e-41c7-82f9-bdd83066a7fd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467035"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61641"
    title: "Bic Runga"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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