‘Fame’ is a single by American singer and actress Irene Cara. The song peaked at No. 01 in the UK Singles Chart in 1982.
Irene CaraIrene Cara was an iconic American singer, songwriter, and actress who became a defining voice of 1980s cinema. A gifted child prodigy from the Bronx, she shot to global superstardom in 1980 by starring as Coco Hernandez in the hit musical drama Fame, singing both the chart-topping title track and the ballad “Out Here on My Own”. She achieved her commercial peak in 1983 by co-writing and performing “Flashdance… What a Feeling”. The global anthem won her an Academy Award and a Grammy, cementing her legacy as one of the era’s premier pop divas before her passing in 2022.