# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brenda-k-starr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:14:08.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brenda-k-starr"
name: "Brenda K. Starr"
slug: "brenda-k-starr"
description: "Brenda Joy Kaplan, known by her stage name Brenda K. Starr, is an American singer and songwriter. She is well known originally in R&B, dance and pop but now mostly in salsa-based music. She is also well known for her 1980s work with freestyle music."
tagline: "American musician (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Scher%2C_Lotti_Golden%2C_Arthur_Baker%2C_Brenda_K._Starr%2C_1984_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.56
  momentum:             0.4792332268370607
  historical:           18.805416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officialbrendakstarr/"
    handle:    "officialbrendakstarr"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823472/"
    handle:    "nm0823472"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Ne8hQEmy0eZu9hlE3j58B"
    handle:    "5Ne8hQEmy0eZu9hlE3j58B"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بريندا كي. ستار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "布蘭達·K·斯塔爾"
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    title: "Brenda K. Starr"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump