# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wally-badarou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:48:43.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wally-badarou"
name: "Wally Badarou"
slug: "wally-badarou"
description: "Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola \"Wally\" Badarou is a French musician. Born in France with ancestry from Benin, West Africa, Badarou is known for his close association with the English group Level 42, and for his prolific work as a session musician with a wide variety of performers from around the world."
tagline: "French musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wally_Badarou_Pop_Montreal_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.26
  momentum:             5.771230502599653
  historical:           9.557566666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/WallyBadarou"
    handle:    "WallyBadarou"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/wallybadarou"
    handle:    "wallybadarou"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045954/"
    handle:    "nm0045954"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.wallybadarou.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/9051"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "والى بادارو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Badarou"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/25848dee-8562-4a78-b375-3a80b61da629"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2763710"
    title: "Wally Badarou"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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