# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/perla-batalla
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:43:16.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/perla-batalla"
name: "Perla Batalla"
slug: "perla-batalla"
description: "Perla Batalla is an American vocalist, composer and arranger who first gained international attention as a backup singer for Leonard Cohen before embarking on a solo career at his encouragement. Her debut album, Perla Batalla, was released on Discovery Records in 1994. She formed her own record label, Mechuda Music, and released the album Mestiza in 1998, making sales through her website. Discoteca Batalla (2002) was recorded as an homage to her parents' record shop of the same name. In 2005, Batalla recorded a tribute album to Cohen, titled Bird on the Wire, and featured in Hal Willner's Cohen tribute concert film, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Perla_laugh_thumb.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: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.354321333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060686/"
    handle:    "nm0060686"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/533662"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "پيرلا باتالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perla_Batalla"
    title: "Perla Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perla_Batalla"
    title: "Perla Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perla_Batalla"
    title: "Perla Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "پرلا باتلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perla_Batalla"
    title: "Perla Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perla_Batalla"
    title: "Perla Batalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3dbe74c1-a0e4-4345-99e7-8a5a9f1d3609"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7169121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1688091"
    title: "Perla Batalla"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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