# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gil-semedo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:41:22.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gil-semedo"
name: "Gil Semedo"
slug: "gil-semedo"
description: "Gil Semedo Moreira, better known by his stage name Gil Semedo, is a Cape Verdean recording artist, songwriter, businessman, and record producer. He rose to prominence in 1991 following the release of \"Menina\", the first single from his debut album bearing the same name. Gil is one of the most famous musicians who sings in the Cabo Verdean language (Kriolu), having sold over a million records and creating his own music genre ‘Cabo Swing’."
tagline: "Cape Verdean musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gil_Semedo_Live.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.84
  momentum:             20.13110429117536
  historical:           6.821096
  currentAttention:     25.72
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gilsemedo"
    handle:    "gilsemedo"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gilsemedo"
    handle:    "gilsemedo"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gilsemedo.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1406831"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Semedo"
    title: "Gil Semedo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Semedo"
    title: "Gil Semedo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Semedo"
    title: "Gil Semedo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Semedo"
    title: "Gil Semedo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Semedo"
    title: "Gil Semedo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Semedo"
    title: "Gil Semedo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c03e186c-c7b3-4f7d-a609-96ee3d8b228a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327163"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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