# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raj-begum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:42:00.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raj-begum"
name: "Raj Begum"
slug: "raj-begum"
description: "Raj Begum was a Kashmiri playback and folk singer often called the \"Nightingale\" or \"Melody Queen\" of Kashmir. She popularised Kashmiri poetic traditions, and received the Padma Shri in 2002 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2013."
tagline: "Indian singer (1927-2016)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-03-27"
deathDate: "2016-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.32
  momentum:             4.109890109890109
  historical:           6.889778666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%85"
    title: "راج بیگم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bequm"
    title: "Ray Bequm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AE"
    title: "রাজ বেগম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Begum"
    title: "Raj Begum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%81%D9%95_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%85"
    title: "راجہٕ بیگم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%82"
    title: "രാജ് ബീഗം"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%85"
    title: "راج بیگم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ராஜ் பேகம்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82"
    title: "రాజ్ బేగం"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7285242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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