# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joelma
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:04:02.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joelma"
name: "Joelma"
slug: "joelma"
description: "Joelma da Silva Mendes, best known only as Joelma is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and dancer. The singer since the age of 19, Joelma began her career in 1994, and in 1998 she met and married the musician and producer, Ximbinha, forming with him the Banda Calypso in 1999. As lead vocalist of Banda Calypso, she achieved fame and success, and sold over 15 million copies worldwide. In 2015, Joelma and Ximbinha announced the end of marriage and the band, giving birth to the recording of their first album only in the same year."
tagline: "Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer and choreographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2023-05-22_Joelma_(cropped)01.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-06-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.508617333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  115
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1800000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Joelma"
    handle:    "Joelma"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/joelmaareal/"
    handle:    "joelmaareal"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joelmacalypso"
    handle:    "joelmacalypso"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3566093/"
    handle:    "nm3566093"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://joelmaoficial.com.br/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClPOJqFbYMKGyM2Nqst0NxA"
    handle:    "@joelmaoficial"
    followers: 1800000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4187036"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "جويلما (مغنية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE_(%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%80)"
    title: "জোয়েলমা (সঙ্গীতশিল্পী)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joelma_(singer)"
    title: "Joelma (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joelma"
    title: "Joelma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جوئلما (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1)"
    title: "ژوئلما (خونش‌کر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joelma"
    title: "Joelma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/76ea8cba-eb69-4f64-97a0-ef7751e31887"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10307615"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2597023"
    title: "Joelma"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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