# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cynthia-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:58:12.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cynthia-johnson"
name: "Cynthia Johnson"
slug: "cynthia-johnson"
description: "Cynthia Johnson is an American singer, songwriter and television personality. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the disco and funk group Lipps Inc. with the worldwide smash hit \"Funkytown\"."
tagline: "American singer, leader of Lipps Inc."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cynthia_Johnson%2C_perfoming_at_the_VIP_screening_of_the_Funkytown_Movie_produced_by_Megabien_Entertainment.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: "1956-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.495585333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5687832/"
    handle:    "nm5687832"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cynthiajohnson.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/159617"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سينثيا جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سينثيا جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Johnson"
    title: "Cynthia Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Johnson"
    title: "Cynthia Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سینتیا جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Johnson"
    title: "Cynthia Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Johnson"
    title: "Cynthia Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f8acc561-47ab-4598-8fba-a2289cbdbe76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5200089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3296303"
    title: "Cynthia Johnson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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