# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-bega
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:16.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-bega"
name: "Lou Bega"
slug: "lou-bega"
description: "David Lubega Balemezi, known professionally as Lou Bega, is a German singer. His 1999 song \"Mambo No. 5\", a remake of Pérez Prado's 1949 instrumental piece, reached no. 1 in many European countries and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Bega added words to the song and sampled the original version extensively. Bega's signature musical sounds consist of combining musical elements of the 1940s and 1950s with modern beats and grooves."
tagline: "German singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou_Bega_-_2018111210128_2018-04-21_30_Jahre_Radio_Regenbogen_-_Sven_-_1D_X_MK_II_-_0516_-_AK8I7268_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-04-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.41
  momentum:             15.11378600128305
  historical:           24.478344
  currentAttention:     68.03125
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  45
  category: null
totalFollowers: 681000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/loubegaofficial"
    handle:    "loubegaofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066665/"
    handle:    "nm0066665"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/46lnlnlU0dXTDpoAUmH6Qx"
    handle:    "46lnlnlU0dXTDpoAUmH6Qx"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.lou-bega.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCprPnL_u2gW-vTuVr9RG7Ug"
    handle:    "@loubegaofficial"
    followers: 681000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لو بيجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "لو بيجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95_%D7%91%D7%92%D7%94"
    title: "לו בגה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%AC"
    title: "ルー・ベガ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ლუ ბეგა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "루 베가"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Лу Бега"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lou_Bega"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124366"
    title: "Lou Bega"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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