# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/candy-dulfer
# Generated: 2026-09-01T16:09:51.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/candy-dulfer"
name: "Candy Dulfer"
slug: "candy-dulfer"
description: "Candy Dulfer is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist. She is the daughter of jazz saxophonist Hans Dulfer. She began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen. Her breakthrough came with her appearance as the opening act on Madonna's European tour in 1987. Her debut album Saxuality (1990) received a Grammy nomination. She has performed and recorded with her dad Hans, Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison, Angie Stone, Maceo Parker and Rick Braun and has performed live with Alan Parsons (1995), Pink Floyd (1990), and Tower of Power (2014). She hosted the Dutch television series Candy Meets... (2007), in which she interviewed musicians. In 2013, she became a judge in the fifth season of the Dutch version of X Factor."
tagline: "Dutch saxophonist and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Candy_Dulfer_-_26540.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "NL"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump