# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hector-acosta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:04:41.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hector-acosta"
name: "Héctor Acosta"
slug: "hector-acosta"
description: "Héctor Elpidio Acosta Restituyo, better known as Héctor Acosta \"El Torito\" or simply Héctor Acosta, is a Dominican singer and politician. In 2020, he was elected senator representing the Monseñor Nouel Province before the Senate of the Dominican Republic; he was reelected in 2024."
tagline: "Dominican singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hector_Acosta_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.54
  momentum:             0.09863429438543247
  historical:           7.514582666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ElTorito48"
    handle:    "ElTorito48"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4TCAAIMmeZXCTVlHUsicOn"
    handle:    "4TCAAIMmeZXCTVlHUsicOn"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://hectoracosta.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5845884"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "هكتور أكوستا (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "هيكتور اكوستا (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Acosta_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Héctor Acosta (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Acosta_(singer)"
    title: "Héctor Acosta (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Acosta"
    title: "Héctor Acosta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A2%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "هکتور آکوستا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Acosta"
    title: "Héctor Acosta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/20409157-bebb-42d8-b35f-f8544e8c3f2d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17278692"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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