# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-mackenzie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:04.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-mackenzie"
name: "Billy Mackenzie"
slug: "billy-mackenzie"
description: "William MacArthur Mackenzie was a Scottish singer and songwriter, known for his distinctive high tenor voice. He was the co-founder and lead vocalist of the post-punk and pop band the Associates. He also had a brief solo career releasing his debut studio album, Outernational, in 1992, his only solo album released during his lifetime."
tagline: "Scottish singer (1957–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy-Mackenzie-Dundee-Scotland-1985.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: "1957-03-27"
deathDate: "1997-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.64857466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2675071/"
    handle:    "nm2675071"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billymackenzie.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلى ماكينزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Mackenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy MacKenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μπίλι Μακένζι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mackenzie"
    title: "Billy Mackenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mackenzie"
    title: "Billy Mackenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی مکنزی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Mackenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mackenzie"
    title: "Billy Mackenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_MacKenzie"
    title: "Billy MacKenzie"
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    title: "Маккензи, Билли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2103176"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6087260"
    title: "Billy Mackenzie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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