# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franca-masu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:36:58.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franca-masu"
name: "Franca Masu"
slug: "franca-masu"
description: "Franca Masu is a singer songwriter often working in the Catalan Algherese dialect. At her debut Tony Scott declared her \"one of Italy's top vocal talents\". \nShe is an occasional actress and poet, and her songs often incorporate the work of Algherese poets.\nShe also sings in Portuguese and is a fine exponent of fado.\nShe has released several CDs and has performed concerts in Italy and across Europe."
tagline: "Italian singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franca_Masu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.6
  momentum:             4.25414364640884
  historical:           7.475954666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/FrancaMasu"
    handle:    "FrancaMasu"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/alguimia_franca_masu/"
    handle:    "alguimia_franca_masu"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4bK1FF5RmHkakZQOXiFPNQ"
    handle:    "4bK1FF5RmHkakZQOXiFPNQ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.francamasu.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2490150"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "فرانكا ماسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Masu"
    title: "Franca Masu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Masu"
    title: "Franca Masu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Masu"
    title: "Franca Masu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Masu"
    title: "Franca Masu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Masu"
    title: "Franca Masu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Masu"
    title: "Franca Masu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47f9bd13-ca39-408b-b467-f25eb56de3d7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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