# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/moonchild-sanelly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:50:56.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/moonchild-sanelly"
name: "Moonchild Sanelly"
slug: "moonchild-sanelly"
description: "Sanelisiwe Twisha, known professionally as Moonchild Sanelly is a South African musician and dancer. She is known for her signature blue-coloured hair and her self-created music genre called \"Future ghetto funk\". Originally from Port Elizabeth, the singer first came into limelight in the Durban poetry and music scene before relocating to Johannesburg, where she has continued her musical career."
tagline: "South African Xhosa singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moonchild_Sanelly_sings_on_preview_of_MTV_Down_South_2019.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1987-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.4
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.800905333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  243
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Moonsanelly"
    handle:    "Moonsanelly"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/moonchild.sanelly"
    handle:    "moonchild.sanelly"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6281905"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonchild_Sanelly"
    title: "Moonchild Sanelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2f75ab54-9326-4e4b-835c-db38fe0de988"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61746862"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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