# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-joao
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:46:49.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-joao"
name: "Maria João"
slug: "maria-joao"
description: "Maria João Monteiro Grancha is a Portuguese jazz singer. She is known for her vocal flexibility and improvisational skills. Although considered a jazz singer, she incorporates folk music, avant-garde, and electronica."
tagline: "Portuguese singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-06-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.83
  momentum:             13.79761904761905
  historical:           11.641724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  59
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1240
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mariajoaomusic/"
    handle:    "mariajoaomusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mariajoaomgrancha"
    handle:    "mariajoaomgrancha"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8640339/"
    handle:    "nm8640339"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0jgkYmoEBi6R0MfysJpz7N"
    handle:    "0jgkYmoEBi6R0MfysJpz7N"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mariajoao.org/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSmAD0IfmpY7B_Sc1f4jww"
    handle:    "@mariajoao-i7d"
    followers: 1240
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/110008"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "ماريا جواو (مغنية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "ماريا جواو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o"
    title: "Maria João"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o_(singer)"
    title: "Maria João (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o_(chanteuse)"
    title: "Maria João (chanteuse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%96'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%90%D7%95"
    title: "מריה ז'ואאו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マリア・ジョアン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1)"
    title: "ماریا ژائو (خونش‌کر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o"
    title: "Maria João"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o"
    title: "Maria João"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o_(cantora)"
    title: "Maria João (cantora)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a9fd4d49-cffc-40d5-bd17-0ba6dc0f811a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447738"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2346"
    title: "Maria João"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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