# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-i-a
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:08:06.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-i-a"
name: "M.I.A."
slug: "m-i-a"
description: "Mathangi Arulpragasam, known as Maya and professionally as M.I.A., is a British singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and activist. Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music with electronic instruments and samples."
tagline: "British singer and rapper (born 1975)"
image: "https://www.famousbirthdays.com/thumbnails/mia-medium.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           79.37
  momentum:             11.61975734433701
  historical:           26.680092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  122
  category: null
totalFollowers: 476000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MIAuniverse"
    handle:    "MIAuniverse"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/miamatangi/"
    handle:    "miamatangi"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/miauk"
    handle:    "miauk"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1756665/"
    handle:    "nm1756665"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QJIPDAEDILuo8AIq3pMuU"
    handle:    "0QJIPDAEDILuo8AIq3pMuU"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQukyhPqB1ScInTe0dxj0Iw"
    handle:    "@miavevo"
    followers: 476000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/141549"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7cf0ea9d-86b9-4dad-ba9e-2355a64899ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%85.%D8%A2%D9%8A.%D8%A3%D9%8A%D9%87_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "إم.آي.أيه (مغنية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85.%D8%A2%D9%89.%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ام.آى.اى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85.%D8%A7%DB%8C.%D8%A7%DB%8C."
    title: "ام.ای.ای."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B9_%D0%95%D0%B9"
    title: "Ем Ай Ей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)"
    title: "M.I.A. (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._I._A."
    title: "M. I. A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)"
    title: "M.I.A. (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(cantante)"
    title: "M.I.A. (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85.%D8%A2%DB%8C.%D8%A7%DB%8C."
    title: "ام.آی.ای."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AE.%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%88.%E0%A4%8F."
    title: "एम.आई.ए."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(penyanyi_rap)"
    title: "M.I.A. (penyanyi rap)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "M.I.A. (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "M.I.A."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/M.I.A."
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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