# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/haddaway
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:36:53.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/haddaway"
name: "Haddaway"
slug: "haddaway"
description: "Nestor Alexander Haddaway is a Trinidadian-American singer and songwriter, long based in Germany. He is best known for his 1993 hit single \"What Is Love\", which reached number 1 in 13 countries."
tagline: "Trinidadian -German singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haddaway_Dezember_2015_in_D%C3%BCsseldorf.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.85450133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/HADDYMUSIX"
    handle:    "HADDYMUSIX"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/haddawayofficial/"
    handle:    "haddawayofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/haddawaychannel"
    handle:    "haddawaychannel"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1658362/"
    handle:    "nm1658362"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://haddaway.eu"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هاداواي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاداواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاداوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хадауей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "האדאוויי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "해더웨이 (음악가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddaway"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231901"
    title: "Haddaway"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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