# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karen-zoid
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:48:18.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karen-zoid"
name: "Karen Zoid"
slug: "karen-zoid"
description: "Karen Zoid is a South African rock singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer and talk show host. Her work in both English and Afrikaans has gathered critical acclaim, and she has been dubbed South Africa's \"Queen of Rock\" by several major local publications. Her followers and, more generally, the South African youth have also been referred to as the \"Zoid Generation\" by the press. Zoid's current band members are Jeandré Schultz (guitar), Werner Ainslie, Anton Eloff (keys) and Giovanni Serci (drums). The singer is also known for hosting the kykNet television series Republiek van Zoid Afrika and was one of the judges on The Voice SA as well."
tagline: "Afrikaans rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karen_zoid_in_2009.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1978-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.88736666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  93
  category: null
totalFollowers: 4180
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/karenzoid"
    handle:    "karenzoid"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/karen_zoid/"
    handle:    "karen_zoid"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/karenzoidofficial"
    handle:    "karenzoidofficial"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1x6N4tQft8TwRuhOfRUgWC"
    handle:    "1x6N4tQft8TwRuhOfRUgWC"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.karenzoid.co.za"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV-sk4vQv7jP0skc7-UQ7vA"
    handle:    "Karen Zoid - Topic"
    followers: 4180
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1090957"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "كارين زويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "కరెన్ జోయిడ్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zoid"
    title: "Karen Zoid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d1a33ee-97a3-43e3-afe8-580d5b8f1105"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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