# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wanda-young
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:51:14.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wanda-young"
name: "Wanda Young"
slug: "wanda-young"
description: "Wanda LaFaye Young, was an American singer, known for being a member of the Motown all-female singing group the Marvelettes, and after 1965, the lead singer."
tagline: "American soprano (1943–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wanda_Young_1963_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-08-09"
deathDate: "2021-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.968325333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4041653/"
    handle:    "nm4041653"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f25bc5df-d98b-461a-8bd5-2fa2e0548af2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/687468"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "واندا يونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "واندا يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Young"
    title: "Wanda Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Young"
    title: "Wanda Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Young"
    title: "Wanda Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7967149"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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