# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/king-sunny-ade
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:19:22.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/king-sunny-ade"
name: "King Sunny Adé"
slug: "king-sunny-ade"
description: "Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success and has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time."
tagline: "Nigerian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_Sunny_Ade.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-09-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.47
  momentum:             6.017569546120058
  historical:           18.112752
  currentAttention:     27.35258884600026
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  21
  category: null
totalFollowers: 28700
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/115703645107170"
    handle:    "115703645107170"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011750/"
    handle:    "nm0011750"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-SwmezM_e9jqiQ66uXrgQ"
    handle:    "King Sunny Ade - Topic"
    followers: 28700
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "كينج سونى اد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%87"
    title: "کینگ سانی آده"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Ade"
    title: "Sunny Ade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87"
    title: "キング・サニー・アデ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ade"
    title: "King Sunny Ade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ade"
    title: "King Sunny Ade"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B3%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%92"
    title: "کنگ سنی ادے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "King Sunny Adé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e110caa-e9e8-4c33-98dc-ebbf0c6d2494"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982678"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6023082"
    title: "King Sunny Ade"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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