# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/telek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:42:20.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/telek"
name: "Telek"
slug: "telek"
description: "George Telek Mamua MBE, commonly known simply as Telek, is a musician and singer from Papua New Guinea. He has won one ARIA Award for this 1997 self-titled album. Telek sings in his native language, Kuanua, and in Tok Pisin. Many of his songs are sung in three-part harmonies that are characteristic of the Tolai."
tagline: "Papua New Guinean musician and singer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Not_Drowning_Waving_-_Melbourne_Recital_Centre_2.jpg/330px-Not_Drowning_Waving_-_Melbourne_Recital_Centre_2.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.09
  momentum:             3.577464788732394
  historical:           6.817352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14471636/"
    handle:    "nm14471636"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://telek.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1100029"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Telek"
    title: "George Telek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Telek"
    title: "George Telek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telek"
    title: "Telek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Telek"
    title: "George Telek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Telek"
    title: "George Telek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telek"
    title: "Telek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/caa89c09-0e7e-49ba-a38b-5782c36906a5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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