# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tilahun-gessesse
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:55:12.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tilahun-gessesse"
name: "Tilahun Gessesse"
slug: "tilahun-gessesse"
description: "Tilahun Gessesse was an Ethiopian singer regarded as one of the most popular Ethiopian artists of the 20th century. Noted by his tenor voice, he was nicknamed \"The Voice\" during his country's \"Golden Age\" in the 1960s. Tilahun was an eminent singer whose works are attributed legacy to Ethiopian music. Besides his popularity, he raised money for aid during the famines of the 1970s and 1980s and earned the affection of the nation, being awarded a doctorate degree by the Addis Ababa University and also winning a lifetime achievement award from the Ethiopian Fine Art and Mass Media Prize Trust."
tagline: "Ethiopian musician (1940-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tilahun.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-09-29"
deathDate: "2009-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.033012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tilahungessesse"
    handle:    "tilahungessesse"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3125103"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8C%A5%E1%88%8B%E1%88%81%E1%8A%95_%E1%8C%88%E1%88%A0%E1%88%A0"
    title: "ጥላሁን ገሠሠ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "تيلاهون جيسيسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilahun_Gesesse"
    title: "Tilahun Gesesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilahun_Gessesse"
    title: "Tilahun Gessesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlahoun_G%C3%A8ss%C3%A8"
    title: "Tlahoun Gèssè"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlahoun_G%C3%A8ss%C3%A8ss%C3%A8"
    title: "Tlahoun Gèssèssè"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilahun_Gesesse"
    title: "Tilahun Gesesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xilaahun_Gassassee"
    title: "Xilaahun Gassassee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "تلاہون گیسیسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6847c3df-a5ec-4ce8-882e-258ea0988c46"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335753"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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