# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaya
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:14:26.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaya"
name: "Jaya"
slug: "jaya"
description: "Maria Luisa Ramsey Kagahastian, known professionally as Jaya, is a Filipino singer, actress, and television personality. Referred to as the country's \"Queen of Soul\", she is known for her distinctively deep voice and soulful singing style. She was a talent of GMA Network but later transferred to ABS-CBN, where she served as one of the head jury of the Tawag ng Tanghalan segment of the Philippine noontime variety show It's Showtime and performer on ASAP. Jaya is the second Filipino recording artist to chart in the United States, with her debut single \"If You Leave Me Now\" peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart."
tagline: "Filipino singer (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaya_(Singer).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.87
  momentum:             5.118363864162868
  historical:           10.52204533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jayasoul"
    handle:    "jayasoul"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jaya/"
    handle:    "jaya"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jayaramseyofficial"
    handle:    "jayaramseyofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1558336/"
    handle:    "nm1558336"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2TeEZ5rfw62Mw15I4RFjXK"
    handle:    "2TeEZ5rfw62Mw15I4RFjXK"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/114087"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "جايا (مغنية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87)"
    title: "جايا (مغنيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جایا (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_(singer)"
    title: "Jaya (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_(cantante)"
    title: "Jaya (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_(penyanyi)"
    title: "Jaya (penyanyi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_(cantante)"
    title: "Jaya (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_(penyanyi)"
    title: "Jaya (penyanyi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya"
    title: "Jaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya"
    title: "Jaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jaya_(singer)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1ba482c6-5fb4-4395-a913-3954777fce20"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1814675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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