# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheila-e
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:29:47.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheila-e"
name: "Sheila E."
slug: "sheila-e"
description: "Sheila Cecilia Escovedo, known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Regarded as one of the greatest percussionists of her generation, she is a multi-instrumentalist known for playing drums and percussion. She is sometimes referred to as the \"Queen of Percussion\". Her music incorporates a wide variety of styles, including R&B, funk, jazz, pop, synth-pop, latin pop, and salsa."
tagline: "American singer and percussionist (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheila_E._2014.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: "1957-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           75.48
  momentum:             3.555150410209662
  historical:           22.76873066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 92800
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/SheilaEdrummer"
    handle:    "SheilaEdrummer"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sheilaedrummer/"
    handle:    "sheilaedrummer"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SheilaEDrummer"
    handle:    "SheilaEDrummer"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0246994/"
    handle:    "nm0246994"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OQrOpxSIfPai3cFaN4v4P"
    handle:    "6OQrOpxSIfPai3cFaN4v4P"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sheilae.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzFnt_2NfIyvtYOyVOOSng"
    handle:    "@sheilae"
    followers: 92800
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A5%D9%8A."
    title: "شيلا إي."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%89."
    title: "شيلا اى."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A7%DB%8C."
    title: "شیلا ای."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BBE"
    title: "シーラ・E"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%A4%EB%9D%BC_E."
    title: "실라 E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E"
    title: "Sheila E"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%98."
    title: "Шейла И."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sheila_E."
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e6e4b25d-37d7-4fc1-9022-2b83a298fad8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250905"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103901"
    title: "Sheila E."
    type:  "DATABASE"

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