# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sananda-maitreya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:38:45.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sananda-maitreya"
name: "Sananda Maitreya"
slug: "sananda-maitreya"
description: "Sananda Francesco Maitreya, who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987). The album includes the singles \"If You Let Me Stay\", \"Sign Your Name\", \"Dance Little Sister\", and \"Wishing Well\". Maitreya is a multi-instrumentalist and noted for his soulful voice and flamboyant, charismatic and androgynous persona."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/T.T._D'Arby%2C_Bevrijdingspop%2C_Haarlem%2C_2003_-_05.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1962-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.11327066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 147000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sananda.org"
    handle:    "sananda.org"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sananda.maitreya/"
    handle:    "sananda.maitreya"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sanandamaitreya.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sanandamaitreya"
    handle:    "sanandamaitreya"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195403/"
    handle:    "nm0195403"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1JpHKf8Ztyd8HXU8p6m9cc"
    handle:    "1JpHKf8Ztyd8HXU8p6m9cc"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ_lub4220RBkQIkuzgHt3A"
    handle:    "@sanandamaitreya"
    followers: 147000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/46764"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "تيرينس ترينت داربى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sananda_Maitreya"
    title: "Sananda Maitreya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τέρενς Τρεντ ντ' Άρμπι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Trent_D'Arby"
    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ترنس ترنت داربی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sananda_Maitreya"
    title: "Sananda Maitreya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Trent_D'Arby"
    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98_%D7%93'%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99"
    title: "טרנס טרנט ד'ארבי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Թերենս Թրենթ Դ’Արբի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "サナンダ・マイトレイヤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sananda_Maitreya"
    title: "Sananda Maitreya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Trent_D%E2%80%99Arby"
    title: "Terence Trent D’Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Trent_D'Arby"
    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sananda_Maitreya"
    title: "Sananda Maitreya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Trent_D'Arby"
    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%E2%80%99%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Д’Арби, Теренс Трент"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Теренс Трент Д’Арби"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Trent_D'Arby"
    title: "Terence Trent D'Arby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5"
    title: "เทเรนซ์ เทรนต์ ดาร์บี"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%94'%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%96"
    title: "Теренс Трент Д'Арбі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%94'%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91f603ca-b126-42a2-9c29-820ca687347c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552384"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224916"
    title: "Sananda Maitreya"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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