# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bizunesh-bekele
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:50:57.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bizunesh-bekele"
name: "Bizunesh Bekele"
slug: "bizunesh-bekele"
description: "Bizunesh Bekele was an Ethiopian soul singer who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s of Golden Age. She was referred to as \"Aretha Franklin of Ethiopia\" due to similitude of musical style. Her songs were released in her native Amharic language."
tagline: "Ethiopian singer popular in 60s and 70s"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Bizunesh_Bekele.jpeg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936"
deathDate: "1990-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.341973333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6035005"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A5%E1%8B%99%E1%8A%90%E1%88%BD_%E1%89%A0%E1%89%80%E1%88%88"
    title: "ብዙነሽ በቀለ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيزونيش بيكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizunesh_Bekele"
    title: "Bizunesh Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizunesh_Bekele"
    title: "Bizunesh Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizunesh_B%C3%A9k%C3%A9l%C3%A9"
    title: "Bizunesh Békélé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A9_%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "ביזונש בקלה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%92"
    title: "بیزونیش بیکیلے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizunesh_Bekele"
    title: "Bizunesh Bekele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0cb91707-8590-46ee-bb33-957fdddb7b7b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879274"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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