# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vadu
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:59.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vadu"
name: "Vadú"
slug: "vadu"
description: "Vadú, nickname of Osvaldo Furtado, was a Cape Verdean singer and musician. He defined himself as a real \"Badiu\" or ironically as a \"civilized Black\"."
tagline: "Musical artist (1977–2010)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-01-31"
deathDate: "2010-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.46
  momentum:             15.88082901554404
  historical:           5.474226666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vad%C3%BA"
    title: "Vadú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vad%C3%BA"
    title: "Vadú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vad%C3%BA"
    title: "Vadú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vad%C3%BA"
    title: "Vadú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vad%C3%BA"
    title: "Vadú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vad%C3%BA"
    title: "Vadú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3553168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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