# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/black
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:54:24.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/black"
name: "Black"
slug: "black"
description: "Colin Vearncombe, known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter. He emerged from the punk rock music scene and achieved mainstream pop success in the late 1980s, most notably with the 1986 single \"Wonderful Life\", which was an international hit the next year."
tagline: "English pop singer (1962–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black_by_Stuart_Mentiply.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: "1962-05-26"
deathDate: "2016-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           71.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.02539733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 171000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/cvblack"
    handle:    "cvblack"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/colinvearncombe/"
    handle:    "colinvearncombe"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/blackakacolinvearncombe"
    handle:    "blackakacolinvearncombe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519726/"
    handle:    "nm1519726"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0eu0y7eJ5NMo07NEQEIq1V"
    handle:    "0eu0y7eJ5NMo07NEQEIq1V"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.colinvearncombe.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr9mtUZ7V3QfzGKleu_3CDw"
    handle:    "@blackvevo8445"
    followers: 171000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Black (sanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "بلاك (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلاك (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلک (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Блек (певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Black (cantant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Vearncombe"
    title: "Colin Vearncombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(band)"
    title: "Black (band)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(Musiker)"
    title: "Black (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(singer)"
    title: "Black (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Black (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(abeslaria)"
    title: "Black (abeslaria)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%A9_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "بلک (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(laulaja)"
    title: "Black (laulaja)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Vearncombe"
    title: "Colin Vearncombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%91"
    title: "קולין ורנקומב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(%C3%A9nekes)"
    title: "Black (énekes)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(cantante)"
    title: "Black (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "ブラック (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Vearncombe"
    title: "Colin Vearncombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(atlik%C4%97jas)"
    title: "Black (atlikėjas)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(zanger)"
    title: "Black (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black"
    title: "Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(muzyk)"
    title: "Black (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_(cantor)"
    title: "Black (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Black_(%C5%9Fark%C4%B1c%C4%B1)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dd5b09d4-3a0d-4af6-b611-d7547ee2d552"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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