# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wiyaala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:31:17.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wiyaala"
name: "Wiyaala"
slug: "wiyaala"
description: "Noella Wiyaala Nwadei is a Ghanaian Afro-pop singer-songwriter who sings in her native language Sissala and Waala dialects and English, often combining all three languages within her songs. Wiyaala means \"the doer\" in the Sissala dialect. She achieved fame with her single \"Make Me Dance\" and her androgynous image. After making her name in reality shows in Accra, she established a solo career in 2013 with the hit single \"Rock My Body\",(Dance move was initiated by Van Calebs) which won her two awards at the 2014 first edition of the All Africa Music Awards, the Most Promising Artiste in Africa and Revelation of The African Continent. Wiyaala is also associated with UNICEF Ghana and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection's campaigns against child marriage, child poverty, health and sanitation. She headlined the 15th London African Music Festival in London. In March 2021, she was among the Top 30 Most Influential Women in Music by the 3Music Awards Women's Brunch."
tagline: "Ghanaian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wiyaala-photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1986-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.819404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Wiyaala"
    handle:    "Wiyaala"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/wiyaala"
    handle:    "wiyaala"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://wiyaala.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "ويالا (مغنية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fat.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala_ndwomtownyi"
    title: "Wiyaala ndwomtownyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noella_Wiyaala"
    title: "Noella Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mos.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noella_Wiyaala"
    title: "Noella Wiyaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ویالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ویالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wiyaala"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/16ae2b79-5381-49ea-b5f2-ce827da8e869"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16231624"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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