# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yaakov-shwekey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:53:47.009Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yaakov-shwekey"
name: "Yaakov Shwekey"
slug: "yaakov-shwekey"
description: "Yaakov Shwekey is an Orthodox Jewish recording artist and musical entertainer. He is of Egyptian and Syrian Sephardic heritage from his father's side; and Ashkenazi from his mother‘s side."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shwekey_in_Lod_2021_-_L'Chaim_(cropped).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: "1977-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.15
  momentum:             3.020890115880357
  historical:           6.869804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 191000
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/shwekey/"
    handle:    "shwekey"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Shwekey"
    handle:    "Shwekey"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5eVh2c6WuigJCj1WrHfnd5"
    handle:    "5eVh2c6WuigJCj1WrHfnd5"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.yaakovshwekey.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-iTQfrv8pVLjlErZquyJ6Q"
    handle:    "@shwekeyofficial"
    followers: 191000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6589531"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "يعقوب شويكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Shwekey"
    title: "Yaakov Shwekey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Shwekey"
    title: "Yaakov Shwekey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Shwekey"
    title: "Yaakov Shwekey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "יעקב שוואקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "יעקב שוועקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b5792b6a-1561-4499-a9d3-82fa7f40b33f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2747854"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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