# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chief-stephen-osita-osadebe
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:00:16.452Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chief-stephen-osita-osadebe"
name: "Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe"
slug: "chief-stephen-osita-osadebe"
description: "Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, often referred to as just Osita Osadebe, was a Nigerian Igbo highlife musician from Atani. During his career spanning over four decades, he became one of the best known musicians of Igbo highlife. His best-known hit was the 1984 single \"Osondi Owendi\", which established him as a leader in the highlife genre and was one of Nigeria's most popular records ever."
tagline: "Nigerian singer-songwriter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Chief_Osadebe.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936"
deathDate: "2007-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.24554
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://stephenositaosadebe.calabashmusic.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/303603"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Stephen_Osita_Osadebe"
    title: "Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cif_Stephen_Osita_Osadebe"
    title: "Cif Stephen Osita Osadebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Stephen_Osita_Osadebe"
    title: "Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Stephen_Osita_Osadebe"
    title: "Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%81_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%92"
    title: "چیف اسٹیفن اوسیٹا اوسیڈیبے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osita_Osadebe"
    title: "Osita Osadebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17ebba35-783a-43fc-b5b7-b2559816e0fa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5096937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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