# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-mccluskey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:18:12.367Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-mccluskey"
name: "Andy McCluskey"
slug: "andy-mccluskey"
description: "George Andrew McCluskey is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and bassist of the electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), which he founded alongside keyboardist Paul Humphreys in 1978: McCluskey has been the group's sole constant member. He has sold over 40 million records with OMD, and is regarded as a pioneer of electronic music in the UK. McCluskey is noted for his frenetic onstage \"Trainee Teacher Dance\"."
tagline: "British singer, songwriter, musician and producer (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy_McCluskey.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: "1959-06-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.01
  momentum:             2.965441579813494
  historical:           11.35878133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566057/"
    handle:    "nm0566057"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/55wEXzVM2yWI3urAZiePrM"
    handle:    "55wEXzVM2yWI3urAZiePrM"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "اندى مكلوسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_McCluskey"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q526645"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/589590"
    title: "Andy McCluskey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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