# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/finley-quaye
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:49:53.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/finley-quaye"
name: "Finley Quaye"
slug: "finley-quaye"
description: "Finley Quaye is a Scottish musician. He won the 1997 Mobo Award for best reggae act, and the 1998 BRIT Award for Best Male Solo Artist. His debut album, Maverick a Strike, a fusion of many styles including reggae and soul, was a commercial success and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry."
tagline: "British musician, singer, recording artist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-03-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.82
  momentum:             16.00178434871272
  historical:           10.22204266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.finleyquayeusa.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/24653"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "فينلى كواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Quaye"
    title: "Finley Quaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e6fbff56-aee6-4f80-8f6f-d8c345694074"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1382742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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