# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jorge-onate
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:52:16.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jorge-onate"
name: "Jorge Oñate"
slug: "jorge-onate"
description: "Jorge Antonio Oñate González was a Colombian singer and composer, one of the most renowned of the vallenato musical genre. As of 2004 and since the beginning of his career in 1968 he had achieved 25 gold discs, 7 platinum discs and 6 double platinum for his sales, among other numerous musical accomplishments. He had also successfully entered politics as councilor of his hometown, while deputising for Alfredo Cuello Dávila, representing the department of Cesar."
tagline: "Colombian vallenato singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-03-31"
deathDate: "2021-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.98366133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jorge_onate"
    handle:    "jorge_onate"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jorgeonatemusic/"
    handle:    "jorgeonatemusic"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jorgeonate.com/index2.swf"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "چورج اونات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate"
    title: "Jorge Oñate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate"
    title: "Jorge Oñate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate"
    title: "Jorge Oñate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate"
    title: "Jorge Oñate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%E3%83%86"
    title: "ジョルゲ・オニャテ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%EB%A5%B4%ED%97%A4_%EC%98%A4%EB%83%90%ED%85%8C"
    title: "호르헤 오냐테"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate"
    title: "Jorge Oñate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate"
    title: "Jorge Oñate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_O%C3%B1ate"
    title: "Jorge Oñate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B1%AA%E5%B0%94%E8%B5%AB%C2%B7%E5%A5%A5%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E7%89%B9"
    title: "豪尔赫·奥尼亚特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5198c684-0b1a-41d7-a8ba-cd9651947c52"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6278435"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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