# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/whirimako-black
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:41:08.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/whirimako-black"
name: "Whirimako Black"
slug: "whirimako-black"
description: "Barbara Whirimako Black is a New Zealand Māori recording artist and actress."
tagline: "New Zealand singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whirimako_Black_2024_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.8
  momentum:             11.1864406779661
  historical:           8.81134
  currentAttention:     62.14689265536724
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2369949/"
    handle:    "nm2369949"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1026027"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ويريماكو بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirimako_Black"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirimako_Black"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirimako_Black"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirimako_Black"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirimako_Black"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirimako_Black"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirimako_Black"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9852025e-8c13-4122-9109-899284c9cd13"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7993778"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1192236"
    title: "Whirimako Black"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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