# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yafa-yarkoni
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:37:42.007Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yafa-yarkoni"
name: "Yafa Yarkoni"
slug: "yafa-yarkoni"
description: "Yafa Yarkoni was an Israeli singer. She won the Israel Prize in 1998 for her contributions to Hebrew music. She was dubbed Israel's \"songstress of the wars\" due to her frequent performances for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers, especially in wartime."
tagline: "Israeli singer (1925–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yafa_Yarkoni_(997009452218105171).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-12-24"
deathDate: "2012-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.91
  momentum:             2.113502935420744
  historical:           15.889532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  146
  category: null
totalFollowers: 910
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946459/"
    handle:    "nm0946459"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcBLZFMRki26m3Cvh9iNJ6w"
    handle:    "@yafayarkoni7645"
    followers: 910
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "يافا يركونى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jafa Jarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_Yarkoni"
    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_Yarkoni"
    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_Yarkoni"
    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_Yarkoni"
    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_Yarkoni"
    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "יפה ירקוני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_Yarkoni"
    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_Yarkoni"
    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AF%D1%84%D0%B0"
    title: "Яркони, Яфа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Яфа Ярконі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Yafa Yarkoni"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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