# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niney-the-observer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:00:26.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niney-the-observer"
name: "Niney the Observer"
slug: "niney-the-observer"
description: "Winston Holness, better known as Niney the Observer OD, is a Jamaican record producer and conscious roots reggae singer who is a key figure in the creation of many classic reggae recordings, discomixes and sound system dubplates dating from the 1970s and early 1980s."
tagline: "Jamaican singer, songwriter and music producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niney_The_Observer_(55264180196).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.012924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/79854"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "نينى ذا اوبسيرڤير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niney_the_Observer"
    title: "Niney the Observer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niney_the_Observer"
    title: "Niney the Observer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niney"
    title: "Niney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niney_The_Observer"
    title: "Niney The Observer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niney_The_Observer"
    title: "Niney The Observer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fbca566a-3a40-4649-871f-6367babb768f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3341978"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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