# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-alberto-el-canario
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:02:23.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-alberto-el-canario"
name: "José Alberto, el Canario"
slug: "jose-alberto-el-canario"
description: "José Alberto Justiniano, better known by his stage name José Alberto \"El Canario\", is a salsa singer from the Dominican Republic. José Alberto moved to Puerto Rico with his family at the age of seven, and inspired by his rich Dominican culture went on to polish his singing at Las Antillas Military Academy. He relocated to New York in the early 1970s and sang with several orchestras. He received international attention as the singer of Típica 73 in October 1977."
tagline: "Dominican dinger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto_El_Canario_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.79
  momentum:             1.16358958034909
  historical:           9.719874666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3497269/"
    handle:    "nm3497269"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.elcanario.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/333931"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "چوس البيرتو يل كاناريو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto"
    title: "José Alberto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto"
    title: "José Alberto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto_%22El_Canario%22"
    title: "José Alberto \"El Canario\""
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto_el_Canario"
    title: "José Alberto el Canario"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto"
    title: "José Alberto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto_%22El_Canario%22"
    title: "José Alberto \"El Canario\""
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88"
    title: "ホセ・アルベルト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alberto"
    title: "José Alberto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/96edece9-9bc3-43e1-848b-3f08809381cc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708912"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3086524"
    title: "José Alberto \"El Canario\""
    type:  "DATABASE"

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