# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tanya-stephens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:10:50.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tanya-stephens"
name: "Tanya Stephens"
slug: "tanya-stephens"
description: "Vivienne Tanya Stephenson, known by her stage name Tanya Stephens, is a Jamaican reggae singer and deejay who emerged in the late 1990s. She is most known for her hits \"Yuh Nuh Ready Fi Dis Yet\" — later featured on the Reggae Gold 1997 compilation album — and \"It's a Pity\", for which Stephens achieved international recognition. She and business partner Andrew Henton have together co-founded Tarantula Records."
tagline: "Jamaican reggae singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tanya_Stephens_-_Ilosaarirock_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.28
  momentum:             6.496604915491917
  historical:           12.30007466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vL0HKEtNHGobKmDNarMFQ"
    handle:    "0vL0HKEtNHGobKmDNarMFQ"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/215374"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "تانيا ستيفنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "تانيا ستيفنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Stephens"
    title: "Tanya Stephens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2eef73b4-a222-4669-9f2c-7284b076e9c7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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