# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/the-singing-nun
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:22.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/the-singing-nun"
name: "The Singing Nun"
slug: "the-singing-nun"
description: "Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers, religious name Luc Gabriel,, better known as Sœur Sourire and often called \"The singing nun\" in English-speaking countries, was a singer-songwriter and former member of a community of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. In 1963, she acquired widespread fame with the release of the Belgian French song Dominique, which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and other charts, along with her debut album."
tagline: "Belgian nun and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sor_Sonrisa.gif?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1933-10-17"
deathDate: "1985-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.50796533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812123/"
    handle:    "nm0812123"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IXxyuP3QA8yla9rF1on6b"
    handle:    "6IXxyuP3QA8yla9rF1on6b"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.singingnun.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/322936"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ذا سينجينج نون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckersov%C3%A1"
    title: "Jeanine Deckersová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Nun"
    title: "The Singing Nun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sor_Sonrisa"
    title: "Sor Sonrisa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckers"
    title: "Jeanine Deckers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckers"
    title: "Jeanine Deckers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckers"
    title: "Jeanine Deckers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckers"
    title: "Jeanine Deckers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "スール・スーリール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%85%B8%EB%9E%98%ED%95%98%EB%8A%94_%EC%88%98%EB%85%80"
    title: "노래하는 수녀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckers"
    title: "Jeanine Deckers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckers"
    title: "Jeanine Deckers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%86%D9%86"
    title: "دی سنگنگ نن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Deckers"
    title: "Jeanine Deckers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Деккерс, Жаннин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur_Sourire"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c26869b8-a6f1-49e3-a2e1-9cb70304f3fe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235449"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2846672"
    title: "Sœur Sourire"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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