# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilson-das-neves
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:12:54.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilson-das-neves"
name: "Wilson das Neves"
slug: "wilson-das-neves"
description: "Wilson das Neves was a Brazilian percussionist and singer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a key figure in the history of Brazilian music, having played with many of Brazil's greatest musicians across many decades and featured on numerous important recordings. Wilson was a very important artist specially for Brazilian popular music as a sambista, composer, and instrumentalist, with over 50 years dedicated to music. He can be heard in over 600 records from major Brazilian artists."
tagline: "Brazilian musician (1936-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilson_das_Neves.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-06-14"
deathDate: "2017-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.13
  momentum:             0.4054054054054053
  historical:           7.487438666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/wilsondasnevesoficial/"
    handle:    "wilsondasnevesoficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2043096/"
    handle:    "nm2043096"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/257966"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلسون داس نيڤيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_das_Neves"
    title: "Wilson das Neves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_das_Neves"
    title: "Wilson das Neves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_das_Neves"
    title: "Wilson das Neves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_das_Neves"
    title: "Wilson das Neves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_das_Neves"
    title: "Wilson das Neves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d2abea6-8a69-498b-862a-8a9bb6253792"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8023260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2161939"
    title: "Wilson das Neves"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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