# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tonye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:55:04.049Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tonye"
name: "Tonye"
slug: "tonye"
description: "Tonye Garrick, simply known as Tonye is a British-born Nigerian singer and songwriter. Her a cappella song titled \"What About Us?\" was used at the Nigerian Youth Presidential debate in 2011. Born in England, Tonye was raised in France, Nigeria and the United States of America where she dropped her job as a business consultant to pursue a career in music in 2013. In 2015, she released a marriage-themed single title \"Ari Belema\" which got her nominated in the \"Most Promising Act\" category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. She is signed to Made Men Music Group since April 2016."
tagline: "Nigerian singer, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tonye_Garrick_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1983-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.1
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.535277333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/WhoisTonye"
    handle:    "WhoisTonye"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.iamtonye.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/94242f77-6659-4229-9481-7fed05b9e003"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "تونى (مصممه ازياء من نايجيريا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A6%DB%92_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "ٹونئے گیرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Tonye Garrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tonye_Garrick"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21282387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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