# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-lemalu
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:39:38.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-lemalu"
name: "Jonathan Lemalu"
slug: "jonathan-lemalu"
description: "Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu is a New Zealand bass baritone opera singer. Born to Samoan parents who had emigrated to New Zealand, he was educated in Dunedin. His first singing teacher was Honor McKellar, who began teaching him while he attended Otago Boys' High School. He studied both Law and Music at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1999."
tagline: "New Zealand singer (1976— )"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_Lemalu_27_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.11
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.144169333333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2397256"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lemalu"
    title: "Jonathan Lemalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lemalu"
    title: "Jonathan Lemalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lemalu"
    title: "Jonathan Lemalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lemalu"
    title: "Jonathan Lemalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lemalu"
    title: "Jonathan Lemalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/156bfdf9-5c9c-4019-9a6f-69fcc0947092"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3183409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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