# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giovanni-hidalgo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:27:54.367Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giovanni-hidalgo"
name: "Giovanni Hidalgo"
slug: "giovanni-hidalgo"
description: "Giovanni Hidalgo, also known as \"Mañenguito\", is a Grammy Award-winning Latin jazz percussionist, widely regarded as one of the greatest conga players in the world. Renowned for his virtuosic speed, precision, and innovation, he revolutionized hand drumming by blending Afro-Caribbean rhythms with jazz, funk, and other global influences."
tagline: "Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giovanni_Hidalgo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1963-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.23114
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383050/"
    handle:    "nm0383050"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5x8FeI2yziZBdKbfAhvms6"
    handle:    "5x8FeI2yziZBdKbfAhvms6"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيوفاني هيدالغو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیوفانی هیدالقو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Hidalgo"
    title: "Giovanni Hidalgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Hidalgo"
    title: "Giovanni Hidalgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Hidalgo"
    title: "Giovanni Hidalgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Hidalgo"
    title: "Giovanni Hidalgo"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Hidalgo"
    title: "Giovanni Hidalgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129784"
    title: "Giovanni Hidalgo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump