# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simphiwe-dana
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:55:42.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simphiwe-dana"
name: "Simphiwe Dana"
slug: "simphiwe-dana"
description: "Simphiwe Dana is a South African singer and songwriter who works mostly in her mother tongue, the Xhosa language. Dana is also known for her creative social commentary and activism through music as a political art form. Her career in music began in 2002, at the age of 22."
tagline: "South African singer and composer (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simphiwe_Dana_Wien2007b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.1
  momentum:             4.296432246998285
  historical:           18.49553866666667
  currentAttention:     6.56
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/simphiwedana"
    handle:    "simphiwedana"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/simphiwe.dana"
    handle:    "simphiwe.dana"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2514547/"
    handle:    "nm2514547"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "5l39d1wBRlqBC1qhXmYCuu"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.simphiwedana.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سيمفيو دانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Simphiwe_Dana"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448917"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2791137"
    title: "Simphiwe Dana"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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