# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-yon-ja
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:19:10.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-yon-ja"
name: "Kim Yon-ja"
slug: "kim-yon-ja"
description: "Kim Yon-ja is a South Korean singer. She is considered a pioneer of Korean music abroad, having launched a successful career in Japan in the 1980s, where she is known as \"the empress of enka.\""
tagline: "South Korean singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/171129_MBN_%ED%9E%88%EC%96%B4%EB%A1%9C%EC%BD%98%EC%84%9C%ED%8A%B8_%EA%B9%80%EC%97%B0%EC%9E%90_(%EC%84%A0%EC%83%9D%EB%8B%98)_%EC%A7%81%EC%B0%8D_04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-01-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.220104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/50JS00aAUtpHZOVW3P0K0A"
    handle:    "キム・ヨンジャ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kimyonja.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/531755"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yon-ja"
    title: "Kim Yon-ja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%AB%D5%B4_%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BB%D5%A1"
    title: "Քիմ Յոնջա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yon-ja"
    title: "Kim Yon-ja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3"
    title: "キム・ヨンジャ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%97%B0%EC%9E%90"
    title: "김연자"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%81%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0"
    title: "Ким Ёнджа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/635a4b40-e88b-4c7d-9b22-ea1f2ca22ed4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855848"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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