# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marlena-shaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:42:30.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marlena-shaw"
name: "Marlena Shaw"
slug: "marlena-shaw"
description: "Marlina Burgess, professionally known by her stage name Marlena Shaw, was an American singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and continued to perform until her death. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television commercials."
tagline: "American female singer (1942–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marlena_Shaw.png?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: "1942-09-22"
deathDate: "2024-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.31
  momentum:             5.346200522384571
  historical:           16.348356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789862/"
    handle:    "nm0789862"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hirZ8kPPdM9pzXpoagB4w"
    handle:    "0hirZ8kPPdM9pzXpoagB4w"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/artists/marlena-shaw?performance=2460-marlena-shaw#"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/29831"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "مارلينا شاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6"
    title: "マリーナ・ショウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlena_Shaw"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f94db5b3-9260-4e81-9d35-6806e50c713f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456133"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2488889"
    title: "Marlena Shaw"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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