# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelly-uchendu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:53:15.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelly-uchendu"
name: "Nelly Uchendu"
slug: "nelly-uchendu"
description: "Nelly Uzonna Edith Uchendu, MON, was a Nigerian singer, composer and actress. Revered for modernising traditional Igbo folk music, Uchendu rose to prominence upon the release of her 1976 song \"Love Nwantinti\" which earned her the \"Lady with the Golden Voice\" sobriquet. She released 6 LP recordings during her career."
tagline: "Nigerian singer and composer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Nelly_Uchendu.jpeg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950"
deathDate: "2005-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.48
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           9.476278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  244
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11451582/"
    handle:    "nm11451582"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1440316"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "نيللي أوشيندو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Uchendu"
    title: "Nelly Uchendu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a7233074-244c-4ce1-83e7-16164bb2f00b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27016690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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