# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvester
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:30.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvester"
name: "Sylvester"
slug: "sylvester"
description: "Sylvester James Jr., known simply as Sylvester, was an American singer-songwriter. Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the late 1970s and 1980s."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gn3pDWthJqR0VDYGViGD3048og7.jpg"
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: "1947-09-06"
deathDate: "1988-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           72.85
  momentum:             3.7477750865861
  historical:           18.49066533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 62400
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialsylvester"
    handle:    "officialsylvester"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843209/"
    handle:    "nm0843209"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TGTpu4g8siFOIctZuQO7y"
    handle:    "5TGTpu4g8siFOIctZuQO7y"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sylstar.net"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMP_kVnnNPXnwEa9hq56feg"
    handle:    "@sylvestermusicofficial"
    followers: 62400
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/16794"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "سيلفستر (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "سيلفستر (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "سیلفستر (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Силвестър (певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester"
    title: "Sylvester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_James"
    title: "Sylvester James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_James"
    title: "Sylvester James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(singer)"
    title: "Sylvester (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(cantante)"
    title: "Sylvester (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_James"
    title: "Sylvester James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(chanteur)"
    title: "Sylvester (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(cantante)"
    title: "Sylvester (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "シルヴェスター (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%A4%EB%B2%A0%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0_(%EA%B0%80%EC%88%98)"
    title: "실베스터 (가수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(zanger)"
    title: "Sylvester (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(artist)"
    title: "Sylvester (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(cantor)"
    title: "Sylvester (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Сильвестр (певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_James"
    title: "Sylvester James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d3b710b-a5f0-4772-97db-f09e47fbc6d8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500683"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16483"
    title: "Sylvester Stallone"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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