# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/somi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:02.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/somi"
name: "Somi"
slug: "somi"
description: "Laura Kabasomi Kakoma, known professionally as Somi or Somi Kakoma, is a Grammy-nominated American-born singer, songwriter, playwright, and actress of Rwandan and Ugandan descent. Somi is the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a Jazz category. She is also the first Rwandan or Ugandan to ever be nominated for a Grammy. She is also the first East African actor to perform on Broadway."
tagline: "American jazz singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SOMI%2C_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85_%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F_%22%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B7%22_%D0%B2_%22%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%22.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: "1979-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.28
  momentum:             0.9278350515463919
  historical:           8.156229333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 922
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/somimusic"
    handle:    "somimusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/somimusic/"
    handle:    "somimusic"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.somimusic.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/somimusic"
    handle:    "somimusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9442278/"
    handle:    "nm9442278"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6UYqtBD79GpmqjttbzV6iA"
    handle:    "6UYqtBD79GpmqjttbzV6iA"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1QUw4lJGEAntipUZCA3vA"
    handle:    "Somi - Topic"
    followers: 922
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4169419"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somi"
    title: "Somi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somi_(singer)"
    title: "Somi (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somi"
    title: "Somi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somi"
    title: "Somi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somi_(onye_na-ab%E1%BB%A5_ab%E1%BB%A5)"
    title: "Somi (onye na-abụ abụ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somi_(African_singer)"
    title: "Somi (African singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%96_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0)"
    title: "Сомі (співачка)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Laura_Kabasomi_Kakoma"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4543030c-19d5-4d0e-be34-c971fd27009a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7560413"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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