Buju Banton

Jamaican musician

Person human Q560642

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[8]
Date of birth: July 15, 1973, July 17, 1973^[6]
Place of birth: Kingston
Country of citizenship: Jamaica^[7]
Occupation: singer, songwriter, musician
Genre: reggae^[9]
Official website: www.gargamelmusic.com^[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Different from: Burro Banton^[17]
Discography: Buju Banton discography^[12]
Family name: Banton^[13]
Instrument: voice^[15]
P14750: B988-F4CF-39BD-3AE3-80CE^[23]
Record label: Island Records, Mercury Records^[10]^[11]
Social media followers: 18k (18k–18k, n=4)^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Start of work period: 1987^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en Buju Banton en Mark Anthony Myrie en Mark Myrie cs Mark Anthony Myrie de Mark Anthony Myrie es Mark Myrie es Mark Anthony Myrie he בוג'ו בנטון hi बुजू बंटन ja ブジュ・バンタン ja ブジュ・バントン sv Banton zh 布朱·班頓

🔖 Identifiers · 53

ISNI: 0000000078393546
VIAF cluster ID: 46954477
Library of Congress authority ID: no97067954
GND ID: 134840704
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Buju Banton at Ilosaarirock, Joensuu, July 2006.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID: b/bujubanton
Acharts.co artist ID: buju_banton
Africultures person ID: 15390
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000939187
American Film Institute person ID: 539962
Apple Music artist ID: 435957275, 416192
Awards & Winners artist ID: 01w5809

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BBC Things ID: 6378d5dd-2743-4c7c-b446-b3017a143891
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 139777513
Billboard artist ID: buju-banton
CONOR.SI ID: 135765603
Deezer artist ID: 7081
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134840704
Discogs artist ID: 19895
Facebook numeric ID: 47901683697
Facebook username: 47901683697
Film.ru person ID: buju-banton
Freebase ID: /m/01w5809
GTAA ID: 259332
Grammy Awards artist ID: buju-banton/1292
IMDb ID: nm0052551
IdRef ID: 087931664
Last.fm ID: Buju+Banton
Laut.de artist ID: Buju-Banton
LyricsTranslate ID: buju-banton-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: 9f525d0b-3911-4c83-b0d1-e90aa1fd2d14
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 12594
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000071203
NL CR AUT ID: xx0083677
NME artist ID: buju-banton
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp70199
Obálky knih ID: xx0083677
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095445702
Pitchfork artist ID: 5955-buju-banton
Podchaser creator ID: 107aIcpoMJ
Rate Your Music artist ID: buju_banton
Rock's Backpages artist ID: buju-banton
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 21694
Shazam artist ID: 416192
Songfacts artist ID: buju-banton
Songkick artist ID: 186747
Spotify artist ID: 4wLAjfeqAsV66AocWNcowA
TMDB person ID: 5582838
Topic's main category: Category:Buju Banton
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgrYQkbfHGMDFgQJBVDMP
Yale LUX ID: person/12c52e50-5598-458f-9dec-de1698395c50
Yle topic ID: 18-127068
YouTube channel ID: UCGxTc3-8A_by4P2Y2nB_5KA

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 15

Too Bad, Before the Dawn, Born for Greatness, Buju and Friends, Dubbing with the Banton, Friends for Life, Inna Heights, Mr. Mention +7 more

Mb:writer 2

Like a Champion, Like a Champion

Occupation 2

singer, songwriter

Record label 2

Island Records, Mercury Records

Country of citizenship 1

Jamaica

Genre 1

reggae

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Kingston

Sex or gender 1

male

← Performer 1

Runnin' (From tha Police)

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Summary

Buju Banton was born on July 15, 1973^[1], in Kingston^[2]. He has worked as a singer^[3], songwriter^[4], and musician^[5].

FAQs

Where was Buju Banton born?

Buju Banton was born in Kingston^[2].

What did Buju Banton do for work?

Buju Banton worked as a singer^[3], songwriter^[4], and musician^[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Buju Banton — place of birth (P19): Kingston. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Buju Banton — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Buju Banton — country of citizenship (P27): Jamaica. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Buju Banton — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Buju Banton — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Buju Banton — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Buju Banton — genre (P136): reggae. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Buju Banton — record label (P264): Island Records. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Buju Banton — record label (P264): Mercury Records. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Buju Banton — discography (P358): Buju Banton discography. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Buju Banton — date of birth (P569): July 15, 1973. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Buju Banton — date of birth (P569): July 17, 1973. IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-21. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Buju Banton — family name (P734): Banton. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Buju Banton — official website (P856): http://www.gargamelmusic.com. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Buju Banton — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Buju Banton — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Buju Banton — different from (P1889): Burro Banton. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Buju Banton — start of work period (P2031): 1987. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Buju Banton — social media followers (P8687): 18,300. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Buju Banton — social media followers (P8687): 18,200. YouTube API. Retrieved 2023-03-22. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Buju Banton — social media followers (P8687): 18,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-04-29. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Buju Banton — social media followers (P8687): 17,900. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-05-18. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Buju Banton — P14750 (P14750): B988-F4CF-39BD-3AE3-80CE. wikidata.org.

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11d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗

NME artist ID → buju-banton

Claims rich → —

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ NME artist ID: buju-banton, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214809184|buju banton (#214809184)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mi"
12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → B988-F4CF-39BD-3AE3-80CE

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46379|batch #46379]]: HAND ID (2)"
15w ago · Shei98 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

TMDB person ID → 5582838

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ TMDB person ID: 5582838, Imported TMDB person ID from TheMovieDB."
24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Facebook page ID → —

Occupation → singer, songwriter, musician

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32117|batch #32117]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
27w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Start of work period → +1987-00-00T00:00:00Z

Facebook numeric ID → 47901683697

Aliases → —

Shazam artist ID → 416192

+ 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Facebook numeric ID: 47901683697, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257115|batch #257115]]"

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