# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adrian-borland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:57:48.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adrian-borland"
name: "Adrian Borland"
slug: "adrian-borland"
description: "Adrian Kelvin Borland was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, best known as the frontman of post-punk band the Sound."
tagline: "English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AdrianBorlandTheSound1987.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-12-06"
deathDate: "1999-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.315992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2162632/"
    handle:    "nm2162632"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "أدريان بورلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ادريان بورلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Borland"
    title: "Adrian Borland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Borland"
    title: "Adrian Borland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Borland"
    title: "Adrian Borland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Borland"
    title: "Adrian Borland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Borland"
    title: "Adrian Borland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Адріан Борланд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ba9565d-dc78-4616-b1c2-9c6191d3b5cc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1756523"
    title: "Adrian Borland"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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