# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yvonne-chaka-chaka
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:06:34.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yvonne-chaka-chaka"
name: "Yvonne Chaka Chaka"
slug: "yvonne-chaka-chaka"
description: "Yvonne Chaka Chaka OIS is a South African singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, humanitarian and teacher. Dubbed the \"Princess of Africa\", Chaka Chaka has been at the forefront of South African popular music for 35 years and has been popular in Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Gabon, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. Songs such as \"I'm Burning Up\", \"Thank You Mr. DJ\", \"I Cry For Freedom\", \"Motherland\" and the ever-popular \"Umqombothi\" ensured Chaka Chaka's stardom. The song \"Umqombothi\" was featured in the opening scene of the 2004 movie Hotel Rwanda."
tagline: "South African musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yvonne_Ntombizodwa_Chaka_Chaka_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.093564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  44
  category: null
totalFollowers: 15200
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/27JX5L90Wv4SBk4FJZVQcH"
    handle:    "27JX5L90Wv4SBk4FJZVQcH"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.princessofafrica.co.za"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzsGmQFYpiA672rslCEyTAw"
    handle:    "Yvonne Chaka Chaka - Topic"
    followers: 15200
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yvonne_Chaka_Chaka"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump