# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/canelita-medina
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:46:35.972Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/canelita-medina"
name: "Canelita Medina"
slug: "canelita-medina"
description: "Canelita Medina was a Venezuelan salsa singer noted for singing in the Cuban Son style. She had always dreamt of becoming a singer as a young girl, imitating the salsa singer Celia Cruz. When she entered a radio talent program on Radio Continente, she caught the attention of talent agents with her unique voice. Over the years, Canelita has achieved great success, both nationally and internationally, and is successful to this day. Through more than 50 years of her life as an artist, Canelita Medina has received many awards."
tagline: "Venezuelan musician"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-02-28"
deathDate: "2023"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.808424
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6648011/"
    handle:    "nm6648011"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eba9e469-99ce-4dff-8736-30666fc6594d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelita_Medina"
    title: "Canelita Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelita_Medina"
    title: "Canelita Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelita_Medina"
    title: "Canelita Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelita_Medina"
    title: "Canelita Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelita_Medina"
    title: "Canelita Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "کانلیتا مدینا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canelita_Medina"
    title: "Canelita Medina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3391388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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