# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marie-selika-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:27:46.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marie-selika-williams"
name: "Marie Selika Williams"
slug: "marie-selika-williams"
description: "Marie Selika Williams was an American coloratura soprano. She was the first Black artist to perform in the White House."
tagline: "American operatic soprano, known as \"the Queen of Staccato\""
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maud_Cuney_Hare-222-Madame_Selika.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1849"
deathDate: "1937-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.88
  momentum:             1.546052631578947
  historical:           4.812636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "مارى وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Selika_Williams"
    title: "Marie Selika Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Selika_Williams"
    title: "Marie Selika Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Selika_Williams"
    title: "Marie Selika Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Уильямс, Мари Селика"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6763017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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