# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nyanda
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:28:34.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nyanda"
name: "Nyanda"
slug: "nyanda"
description: "Nyanda Janelle Thorbourne, better known by her stage name/mononym Nyanda, is a Jamaican-American singer and songwriter from Kingston, Jamaica. Nyanda is a member of the R&B/reggae duo Brick & Lace whose debut album, Love Is Wicked, was released through Geffen / Kon Live in 2007 and featured the chart-topping single \"Love Is Wicked\"."
tagline: "Jamaican musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nyanda_Janelle_Thorbourne%2C_2014_(cropped).jpg?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: "1978-04-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.44
  momentum:             1.889763779527559
  historical:           8.184777333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/nyandaBnL"
    handle:    "nyandaBnL"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nyandabnl/"
    handle:    "nyandabnl"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialnyanda"
    handle:    "officialnyanda"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EgzuWPhhAurJc93qPTD3k"
    handle:    "Nyanda"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6770214"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "نياندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "نياندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "نیاندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanda"
    title: "Nyanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "نیاندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanda"
    title: "Nyanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanda"
    title: "Nyanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanda"
    title: "Nyanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e5eadb6-c269-4c33-808e-64c102c823a0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17543065"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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