# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kahaiali-i
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:37:14.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kahaiali-i"
name: "William Kahaiali'i"
slug: "william-kahaiali-i"
description: "William Awihilima Kahaialiʻi, known as Willie K, was a Hawaiian musician who performed in a variety of styles, including blues, rock, opera and Hawaiian music."
tagline: "Hawaiian-American artist (1960-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_%22Willie_K%22_Kahaiali'i.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1960-10-17"
deathDate: "2020-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.8153
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3607586/"
    handle:    "nm3607586"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1420040"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_K"
    title: "Willie K"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Awihilima_Kahaiali%CA%BBi"
    title: "William Awihilima Kahaialiʻi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_K"
    title: "Willie K"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_K"
    title: "Willie K"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_K"
    title: "Willie K"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_K"
    title: "Willie K"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ed73c602-b50c-4efd-84dc-b15c3ac38694"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2577900"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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