# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/celia-cruz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:53:34.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/celia-cruz"
name: "Celia Cruz"
slug: "celia-cruz"
description: "Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname La Guarachera de Cuba. In the following decades, she became known internationally as the \"Queen of Salsa\" due to her contributions to Latin music. She sold over 30 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists."
tagline: "Cuban singer (1925–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Celia_Cruz_1957_color.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: "1925-10-21"
deathDate: "2003-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.285144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "CeliaCruzLegacy"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CeliaCruzOficial"
    handle:    "CeliaCruzOficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0190272"
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    handle:    "2weA6hhVqTIN2gSn9PUB9U"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سيليا كروز"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz"
    title: "Celia Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz"
    title: "Celia Cruz"
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    title: "סליה קרוז"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz"
    title: "Celia Cruz"
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  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz"
    title: "Celia Cruz"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump