# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helenita-vargas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:33:19.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helenita-vargas"
name: "Helenita Vargas"
slug: "helenita-vargas"
description: "Sofía Helena Vargas Marulanda (1934–2011), known as Helenita Vargas or La Ronca de Oro, was a Colombian singer. She recorded over 30 albums, and is known for her distinctive singing style that Jaime Andrés Monsalve described as \"a husky voice that flows through our ears, minds, and hearts like velvet.\""
tagline: "Colombian singer (1934-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helena_Vargas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-03-03"
deathDate: "2011-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.95
  momentum:             2.177985948477752
  historical:           7.133770666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.helenitavargas.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5012611"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%92%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Ελενίτα Βάργκας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenita_Vargas"
    title: "Helenita Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenita_Vargas"
    title: "Helenita Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenita_Vargas"
    title: "Helenita Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "هلنیتا وارگاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenita_Vargas"
    title: "Helenita Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenita_Vargas"
    title: "Helenita Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06f095e5-f713-4358-8eeb-3c0ca8be4e60"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5893684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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