# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimi-mbaye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:34:29.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimi-mbaye"
name: "Jimi Mbaye"
slug: "jimi-mbaye"
description: "Mamadou \"Jimi\" Mbaye was a Senegalese guitarist best known for his work with Youssou N'dour. Mbaye developed a unique Senegalese guitar style in which he made his Fender Stratocaster sound like local instruments such as the kora or xalam."
tagline: "Senegalese guitarist (1957–2025)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957"
deathDate: "2025-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.24
  momentum:             2.727272727272727
  historical:           6.608568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4130429"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "چيمى مباى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Mbaye"
    title: "Jimi Mbaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Mbaye"
    title: "Jimi Mbaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Mbaye"
    title: "Jimi Mbaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Mbaye"
    title: "Jimi Mbaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Mbaye"
    title: "Jimi Mbaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d42f3094-8274-4c56-8c82-30f579bdf648"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3844075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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