# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toyin-sokefun-bello
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:19:30.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toyin-sokefun-bello"
name: "Toyin Sokefun-Bello"
slug: "toyin-sokefun-bello"
description: "Toyin Sokefun-Bello, who is better known as TY Bello, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, photographer and philanthropist. Prior to pursuing a solo career, she was a member of the now defunct gospel band Kush. Bello is currently a member of the Nigerian photography collective, Depth of Field. She has released the albums Greenland (2008), The Future (2011), The Morning Songbook (2014), Africa Awake (2021), We Are Fire (2022), Heaven Has Come (2023), and The Spirit of Light (2024)."
tagline: "Nigerian singer,singerwritter, photographer and Philanthropist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ty_Bello_talking_iconic_photography_Nov_2017.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: "1978-01-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.21
  momentum:             3.185840707964601
  historical:           11.75208933333333
  currentAttention:     14.48109412711182
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  41
  category: null
totalFollowers: 333000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tybellotweets"
    handle:    "tybellotweets"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tybello/"
    handle:    "tybello"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialtybello"
    handle:    "officialtybello"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "2iWK4awJAvQtgg1cUHaU9J"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://tybello.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuK5A1Zmf8CxHD5ar3hlxg"
    handle:    "@tybellochannel"
    followers: 333000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Bello"
    title: "Ty Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ٹی وائی بیلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "TY Bello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/TY_Bello"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f0aad82f-e36d-4ae1-bdfe-a4895bc6b42b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20687449"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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