# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/virginia-astley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:27:17.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/virginia-astley"
name: "Virginia Astley"
slug: "virginia-astley"
description: "Virginia Astley is an English singer-songwriter most active during the 1980s and 1990s. Her songwriting career started in 1980, with her classical training significantly influencing her music. Although most popular in Asia, notably in Japan, she remains a cult artist in her native England."
tagline: "English singer-songwriter"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.787693333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040036/"
    handle:    "nm0040036"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.virginiaastley.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3988"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "فرجينيا أستلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Astley"
    title: "Virginia Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Astley"
    title: "Virginia Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Astley"
    title: "Virginia Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Astley"
    title: "Virginia Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ヴァージニア・アストレイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Astley"
    title: "Virginia Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Astley"
    title: "Virginia Astley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/481320f8-fa5d-4a66-aab7-c69541417466"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3560664"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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