# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/omara-portuondo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:37:04.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/omara-portuondo"
name: "Omara Portuondo"
slug: "omara-portuondo"
description: "Omara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer. A founding member of the popular vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida, Portuondo has collaborated with many important Cuban musicians during her long career, including Julio Gutiérrez, Juanito Márquez and Chucho Valdés. Although primarily known for her rendition of boleros, she has recorded in a wide range of styles from jazz to son cubano. Since 1996, she has been part of the Buena Vista Social Club project, touring extensively and recording several albums with the ensemble. She won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album in 2009, a Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album in 2023, a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, and she received three Grammy Award nominations in 2019 and a nomination in 2024."
tagline: "Cuban singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_cantant_cubana_Omara_Portuondo_(3736772084).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1376146788990826
  historical:           22.892284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "OmaraPortuondo"
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    handle:    "OmaraPortuondo"
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    handle:    "nm0692548"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.omaraportuondo.com"
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    title: "ომარა პორტუონდო"
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    title: "Omara Portuondo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump