# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:02.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wes"
name: "Wes"
slug: "wes"
description: "Wes Madiko, better known mononymously as Wes, was a Cameroonian musician. He is probably best known among Western audiences for his cover of \"Upendi\", from The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, as well as work with Deep Forest and his own 1997 hit \"Alane\" produced by Michel Sanchez."
tagline: "Cameroonian musician (1964-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wes_Madico_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-01-15"
deathDate: "2021-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           66.21
  momentum:             1.989888046226074
  historical:           12.11952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 32200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/madikowes"
    handle:    "madikowes"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/WesMadiko"
    handle:    "WesMadiko"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3501320/"
    handle:    "nm3501320"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tXUeiWOSod3mSQ2lOautf"
    handle:    "3tXUeiWOSod3mSQ2lOautf"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ5FljB1FIMGClSW_CNh-RQ"
    handle:    "@wesvevo"
    followers: 32200
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/68127"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ويس ماديكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Madiko"
    title: "Wes Madiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_(singer)"
    title: "Wes (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Madiko"
    title: "Wes Madiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes"
    title: "Wes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A1_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99)"
    title: "וס (מוזיקאי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Madiko"
    title: "Wes Madiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B3"
    title: "ウエス・マディコ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes"
    title: "Wes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Madiko"
    title: "Wes Madiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Madiko"
    title: "Wes Madiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_(mwimbaji)"
    title: "Wes (mwimbaji)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/26dc1641-9e83-46bb-ba77-bf331ca41bfb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349703"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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