# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lila-downs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:31.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lila-downs"
name: "Lila Downs"
slug: "lila-downs"
description: "Ana Lila Downs Sánchez is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised in Oaxaca, she primarily studied at the Institute of Arts by Oaxaca and briefly attended the University of Minnesota, before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She soon began performing in the traditional music scene of Oaxaca City."
tagline: "Mexican American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018_MX_MM_LILA_DOWNS_(45614732444).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           80.14
  momentum:             8.2948121459902
  historical:           24.620172
  currentAttention:     13.04
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   235
  country:  5
  category: 216
totalFollowers: 174000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LilaDownsOficial"
    handle:    "LilaDownsOficial"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/liladowns/"
    handle:    "liladowns"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.liladowns.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/liladowns"
    handle:    "liladowns"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1105038/"
    handle:    "nm1105038"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrV2lNMrGwTeqdRTBPD2VnQ"
    handle:    "@liladownsvevo"
    followers: 174000
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    title: "লীলা দাঅন্স"
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    title: "Lila Downs"
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    title: "Lila Downs"
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    title: "Lila Downs"
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    title: "Lila Downs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill