# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-kiwanuka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:55:25.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-kiwanuka"
name: "Michael Kiwanuka"
slug: "michael-kiwanuka"
description: "Michael Samuel Kiwanuka is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is currently signed to Polydor Records. His debut album Home Again (2012) went gold in the United Kingdom, while his second album Love & Hate (2016) debuted at the top of the charts. He has been nominated for numerous honours, including Brit Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, BBC Music Awards, and Grammy Awards. He won the BBC's Sound of... in 2012 and the Mercury Prize in 2020. His most recent album, Small Changes, was released in November 2024."
tagline: "English singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Glasto24_2806_300624_(47_of_382)_(53837926593)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1988-05-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           71.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.75485733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 227000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MichaelKiwanuka"
    handle:    "MichaelKiwanuka"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michaelkiwanuka/"
    handle:    "michaelkiwanuka"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.michaelkiwanuka.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/michaelkiwanuka"
    handle:    "michaelkiwanuka"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4886946/"
    handle:    "nm4886946"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0bzfPKdbXL5ezYW2z3UGQj"
    handle:    "0bzfPKdbXL5ezYW2z3UGQj"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCycTYb9eH0T1gx8xGOsHrcw"
    handle:    "@michaelkiwanukavevo"
    followers: 227000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2281535"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "مايكل كيوانوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "مايكل كيوانوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "مایکل کیوانوکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "مایکل کیوانوکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%94"
    title: "מייקל קיוונוקה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D4%BF%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1"
    title: "Մայքլ Կիվանուկա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AF%E3%83%8C%E3%82%AB"
    title: "マイケル・キワヌカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Киванука, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kiwanuka"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Майкл Ківанука"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/11f570ff-44d9-4e9c-8812-e6d56103c5c1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355431"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1959579"
    title: "Michael Kiwanuka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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