# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcia-griffiths
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:46.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcia-griffiths"
name: "Marcia Griffiths"
slug: "marcia-griffiths"
description: "Marcia Llyneth Griffiths is a Jamaican singer best known for the 1989 remix of her single \"Electric Boogie\", which serves as the music for the four-wall \"Electric Slide\" line dance. It is the best-selling single of all time by a female reggae singer. She has been referred to as the \"Queen of Reggae\"."
tagline: "Jamaican reggae singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruhr_Reggae_Summer_Muelheim_2016_Marcia_Griffiths_05.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.88
  momentum:             1.403743315508021
  historical:           14.38989466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/QUEENMARCIAGRIFFITHS"
    handle:    "QUEENMARCIAGRIFFITHS"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1463681/"
    handle:    "nm1463681"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marcia-griffiths.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارسيا غريفيثز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارسيا جريفيثز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%82%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%B2"
    title: "مارسیا قریفیثز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Griffiths"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f7fb3771-3dc1-4b7b-b144-7f0a43fa1422"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1151717"
    title: "Marcia Griffiths"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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