# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tona-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:18:46.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tona-brown"
name: "Tona Brown"
slug: "tona-brown"
description: "Tona Brown is an American violinist and mezzo-soprano who performs internationally and is the first transgender woman to perform at Carnegie Hall. She was the first African American transgender woman to perform for an American president."
tagline: "US violinist, mezzo soprano"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tona_Brown_singing.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "trans woman"
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: "1979-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.96
  momentum:             2.758620689655172
  historical:           7.003996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tonacity/"
    handle:    "tonacity"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tonacity1"
    handle:    "tonacity1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6221411/"
    handle:    "nm6221411"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://tonabrown.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64eade1e-ce96-4a02-91c0-eaf28158c568"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tona_Brown"
    title: "Tona Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tona_Brown"
    title: "Tona Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tona_Brown"
    title: "Tona Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تونا براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tona_Brown"
    title: "Tona Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6"
    title: "Տոնա Բրաուն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Браун, Тона"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52686584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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