# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-de-barros
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:38:54.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-de-barros"
name: "Maria de Barros"
slug: "maria-de-barros"
description: "Maria de Barros is a singer most associated with Cape Verde, the land of her parents. Growing up in Nouakchott, Mauritania, she moved to the United States at the age of 11, living in Providence, Rhode Island in her youth with her four siblings, and connecting more closely with her heritage in the local Cape Verdean community. She is married to, Mel Wilson Jr., a bassist with Toots and the Maytals."
tagline: "Cape Verdean singer"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.09
  momentum:             3.651877133105802
  historical:           7.881066666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mariadebarros"
    handle:    "mariadebarros"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/78957182562"
    handle:    "78957182562"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/588955"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Barros"
    title: "Maria de Barros"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Barros"
    title: "Maria de Barros"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Barros"
    title: "Maria de Barros"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Barros"
    title: "Maria de Barros"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Barros"
    title: "Maria de Barros"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Barros"
    title: "Maria de Barros"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Barros"
    title: "Maria de Barros"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/642b4142-bd0e-459e-a249-fd4a872f5217"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2481755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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