# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-bethania
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:35:41.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-bethania"
name: "Maria Bethânia"
slug: "maria-bethania"
description: "Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show \"Opinião\" (\"Opinion\"), she is \"The Queen of Brazilian Music\". Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single \"Carcará\", the artist became a star in Brazil. She is the most awarded artist in the history of the Brazilian Music Awards."
tagline: "Brazilian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/26_Pr%C3%AAmio_da_M%C3%BAsica_Brasileira_(18709432655).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.181528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  242
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mariabethaniaoficial/"
    handle:    "mariabethaniaoficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079147/"
    handle:    "nm0079147"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3f5VCwd57gZsqMad28jyLV"
    handle:    "3f5VCwd57gZsqMad28jyLV"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mariabethania.com.br/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ماريا بيثينيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מריה בתניה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماریا بتانیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%81_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "ماریہ بیتھنیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Maria Bethânia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maria_Beth%C3%A2nia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b3998c06-04e6-4b1d-bd2a-d5b83572ae7b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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