# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desmond-de-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:17:40.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desmond-de-silva"
name: "Desmond de Silva"
slug: "desmond-de-silva"
description: "Desmond Anaclitus Rajiva de Silva, popularly known as Desmond de Silva, was a Sri Lankan singer, background musician and entertainer. Often regarded as the \"King of Baila\", he is noted for his youthful voice that was said to have changed little over four decades of performing."
tagline: "Sri Lankan singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desmond_de_Silva.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-07-13"
deathDate: "2022"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.24
  momentum:             15.0462962962963
  historical:           6.607812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1826186"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_de_Silva"
    title: "Desmond de Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "دزموند ده سیلوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_de_Silva"
    title: "Desmond de Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%99%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%AF_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F"
    title: "ඩෙස්මන්ඩ් ද සිල්වා"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_de_Silva"
    title: "Desmond de Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desmond_de_Silva"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desmond_de_Silva"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264822"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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