# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christy-essien-igbokwe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:52:30.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christy-essien-igbokwe"
name: "Christy Essien-Igbokwe"
slug: "christy-essien-igbokwe"
description: "Christiana Uduak Essien-Igbokwe, MFR was a Nigerian musician and actress. Dubbed \"Nigeria's Lady of Songs,\" she was known for her the hit tracks \"Seun Rere\", \"Tete Nu Na Ula\", \"Ife\", \"Hear the Call\", and \"Give Me a Chance\". She was the first female president of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) and the chairperson and managing director of Soul Train Entertainment."
tagline: "Nigerian actress and singer (1960-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christy_Essien_Igbokwe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-11-11"
deathDate: "2011-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.52
  momentum:             15.32104637336504
  historical:           9.764581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  250
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/837560"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "كريستى اسين يجبوكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Essien-Igbokwe"
    title: "Christy Essien-Igbokwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Essien-Igbokwe"
    title: "Christy Essien-Igbokwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Uduak_Essien-Igbokwe"
    title: "Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Essien-Igbokwe"
    title: "Christy Essien-Igbokwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Essien-Igbokwe"
    title: "Christy Essien-Igbokwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86"
    title: "ക്രിസ്റ്റി എസ്സിയൻ-ഇഗ്ബോക്വെ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Essien-Igbokwe"
    title: "Christy Essien-Igbokwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%92"
    title: "کرسٹی ایسین اگبوکوے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Essien-Igbokwe"
    title: "Christy Essien-Igbokwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Christy_Essien_Igbokwe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cbd2fc31-e1ee-492c-a36e-659ff4ccf42e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5113640"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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