# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emel-aykanat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:51:27.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emel-aykanat"
name: "Emel Aykanat"
slug: "emel-aykanat"
description: "Emel Aykanat, better known as Emel, is a Turkish-Swiss singer. Her first big success came with the single Somebody Dance with Me with DJ BoBo."
tagline: "Swiss singer (1975-)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-06-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.691938666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8327194/"
    handle:    "nm8327194"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.emel.ch"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/269645"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emel_(S%C3%A4ngerin)"
    title: "Emel (Sängerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emel_Aykanat"
    title: "Emel Aykanat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emel_Aykanat"
    title: "Emel Aykanat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emel_Aykanat"
    title: "Emel Aykanat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emel_Aykanat"
    title: "Emel Aykanat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emel_Aykanat"
    title: "Emel Aykanat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ba6c5aea-3aa0-45a4-8664-17ab2a29e529"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432738"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4825455"
    title: "Emel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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