# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/king-kester-emeneya
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:09:26.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/king-kester-emeneya"
name: "King Kester Emeneya"
slug: "king-kester-emeneya"
description: "Jean Baptiste \"King Kester\" Emeneya Mubiala Kwamambu was a Congolese singer."
tagline: "Congolese singer (1956–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_Kester_Emeneya_MDCG.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-11-23"
deathDate: "2014-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           62.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.843848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 48800
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vj4zvjV6RwzPmV5BWJWjN"
    handle:    "5vj4zvjV6RwzPmV5BWJWjN"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUaXWdwVk24YksEIMlcrLBg"
    handle:    "King Kester Emeneya - Topic"
    followers: 48800
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1211660"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kester_Emeneya"
    title: "King Kester Emeneya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kester_Emeneya"
    title: "King Kester Emeneya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kester_Emeneya"
    title: "King Kester Emeneya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kester_Emeneya"
    title: "King Kester Emeneya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kester_Emeneya"
    title: "King Kester Emeneya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kester_Emeneya"
    title: "King Kester Emeneya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9cd93baa-6902-4c5f-89b2-b53da45eb57a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3197014"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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