# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/corneille
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:26.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/corneille"
name: "Corneille"
slug: "corneille"
description: "Cornelius Nyungura, known by his stage name Corneille, is a German-Rwandan naturalized Canadian R&B singer. He was born in West Germany to Rwandan parents. He spent most of his childhood in Rwanda, and eventually emigrated to Quebec, Canada, in 1997. He sings in French and English. His work is greatly influenced by American funk and soul music; he is inspired by Prince, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder."
tagline: "Canadian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Corneille_artiste.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           71.71
  momentum:             13.44331252751814
  historical:           9.30906
  currentAttention:     60.45070731439851
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  233
  category: null
totalFollowers: 168000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/corneillemusic"
    handle:    "corneillemusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/corneilleofficiel/"
    handle:    "corneilleofficiel"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/corneille.officiel"
    handle:    "corneille.officiel"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1534863/"
    handle:    "nm1534863"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.corneilleofficiel.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCROg8W7bIY_Is57zM5SUz6w"
    handle:    "@corneille"
    followers: 168000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/332529"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyungura_Cornelius"
    title: "Nyungura Cornelius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb1ebbe0-8f26-4a05-b535-8eb12ea711f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كورنيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_(cantant)"
    title: "Corneille (cantant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Corneille (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_(singer)"
    title: "Corneille (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_(cantante)"
    title: "Corneille (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_(chanteur)"
    title: "Corneille (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_(cantor)"
    title: "Corneille (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1546653"
    title: "Corneille"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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