# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burning-spear
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:49:14.838Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burning-spear"
name: "Burning Spear"
slug: "burning-spear"
description: "Winston Rodney OD, better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots artists to emerge from the 1970s."
tagline: "Jamaican roots reggae musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Burning_Spear_Live.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.14
  momentum:             0.09995002498750626
  historical:           22.891024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/burningspearmusic"
    handle:    "burningspearmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734946/"
    handle:    "nm0734946"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6qaKS0nzGP4hfjl4aFZmEU"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.burningspearwebsite.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ברנינג ספיר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Rodney"
    title: "Winston Rodney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Spear"
    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Spear"
    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Spear"
    title: "Burning Spear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump