# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juanita-du-plessis
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:55:38.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juanita-du-plessis"
name: "Juanita du Plessis"
slug: "juanita-du-plessis"
description: "Juanita du Plessis is a Namibian-South African Afrikaans country singer. She became known for her song Ska-Rumba. Du Plessis' singing career began in 1998 with her debut album Juanita. That year she won the CMA awards as best singer, best songwriter and the Association's Award for outstanding achievement."
tagline: "South African singer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1972-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.10817466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  40
  category: null
totalFollowers: 212000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jduplessis"
    handle:    "jduplessis"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/juanitaduplessis.page"
    handle:    "juanitaduplessis.page"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dtmhKnycd3REPNNixXGHO"
    handle:    "7dtmhKnycd3REPNNixXGHO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://juanitaduplessis.co.za/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeImqU_zOlDu_nXpOAPo2kg"
    handle:    "@juanitaduplessis"
    followers: 212000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4742675"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "خوانيتا دو بليسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Juanita du Plessis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Juanita_du_Plessis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a20116e-c1d9-412f-a985-0239c4d3e24b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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