# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/goapele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:52.463Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/goapele"
name: "Goapele"
slug: "goapele"
description: "Goapele Mohlabane is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. Her name means to move forward in Setswana, a Southern African language."
tagline: "American soul and R&B singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goapele_-_One_Music_Festival.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: "1977-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             0.2364938164460837
  historical:           6.769848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Goapele"
    handle:    "Goapele"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/goapele/"
    handle:    "goapele"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/goapele"
    handle:    "goapele"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1506573/"
    handle:    "nm1506573"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5cgtn5YWC3Fr06wTps1dBq"
    handle:    "5cgtn5YWC3Fr06wTps1dBq"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://goapele.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/110393"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جواپيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goapele"
    title: "Goapele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goapele"
    title: "Goapele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goapele"
    title: "Goapele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goapele"
    title: "Goapele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fc272874-7f58-40ab-979c-1a1250f365f1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109564"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1381870"
    title: "Goapele Mohlabane"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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