# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilfrido-vargas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:18:19.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilfrido-vargas"
name: "Wilfrido Vargas"
slug: "wilfrido-vargas"
description: "Wilfrido Radamés Vargas Martínez is a Dominican musician, composer, arranger and band leader. He was instrumental in making the merengue style a worldwide phenomenon."
tagline: "Dominican musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilfrido_Vargas3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.56
  momentum:             8.24455205811138
  historical:           10.66556133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vargasmwilfrido"
    handle:    "vargasmwilfrido"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/wilfridovargasmusic"
    handle:    "wilfridovargasmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1705163/"
    handle:    "nm1705163"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://wilfridovargas.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1127855"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B9%CE%BB%CF%86%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%BF_%CE%92%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Γουιλφρίδο Βάργας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrido_Vargas"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2eee971d-9972-474c-897f-f89ed6b18954"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973166"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1667687"
    title: "Wilfrido Vargas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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