# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ercilia-costa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:38:49.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ercilia-costa"
name: "Ercília Costa"
slug: "ercilia-costa"
description: "Ercília Botelho Farinha Costa, known as Ercília Costa, was a Portuguese revue actress and composer and the first internationally renowned fado singer."
tagline: "Portuguese fado singer (1902–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erc%C3%ADlia_Costa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1902-08-03"
deathDate: "1985-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             17.3728813559322
  historical:           8.138589333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182144/"
    handle:    "nm0182144"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1549726"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erc%C3%ADlia_Costa"
    title: "Ercília Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erc%C3%ADlia_Costa"
    title: "Ercília Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erc%C3%ADlia_Costa"
    title: "Ercília Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erc%C3%ADlia_Costa"
    title: "Ercília Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ارسیلیا کوستا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erc%C3%ADlia_Costa"
    title: "Ercília Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ercilia_Costa"
    title: "Ercilia Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2ef52210-fb58-41fb-88cb-4bba2a059989"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10273535"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466827"
    title: "Ercilia Costa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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