# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erykah-badu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:41:14.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erykah-badu"
name: "Erykah Badu"
slug: "erykah-badu"
description: "Erica Abi Wright, known professionally as Erykah Badu, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Influenced by R&B, soul, and hip-hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut studio album Baduizm (1997), placed her at the forefront of the neo soul movement, earning her the nickname \"Queen of Neo Soul\" by music critics."
tagline: "American neo-soul singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erykah_Badu_in_Nation19_Magazine.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: "1971-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.692968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/fatbellybella"
    handle:    "fatbellybella"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/erykahbadu/"
    handle:    "erykahbadu"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@erykahbadu"
    handle:    "erykahbadu"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "UC36iCaFC7QmEMWjOPUTDJmA"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/erykahbadu"
    handle:    "erykahbadu"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004721/"
    handle:    "nm0004721"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "7IfculRW2WXyzNQ8djX8WX"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://erykah-badu.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إيريكاه بادو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايريكاه بادو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ерика Баду"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erykah Badu"
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    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "אריקה באדו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82"
    title: "Էրիկա Բադու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Erykah Badu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5"
    title: "エリカ・バドゥ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/321531fc-db73-4ffa-a959-61a61a2908c1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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