# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-newman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:49:26.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-newman"
name: "Colin Newman"
slug: "colin-newman"
description: "Colin John Newman is an English musician, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as the primary vocalist and songwriter for the post-punk band Wire."
tagline: "English musician and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colin_Newman.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: "1954-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.882692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/colinewman"
    handle:    "colinewman"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1803433/"
    handle:    "nm1803433"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.colinewman.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كولن نيومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كولن نيومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کولن نیومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Colin Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Newman"
    title: "Colin Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Newman"
    title: "Colin Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Newman"
    title: "Colin Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "コリン・ニューマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%9C%EB%A6%B0_%EB%89%B4%EB%A8%BC"
    title: "콜린 뉴먼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Newman"
    title: "Colin Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Newman"
    title: "Colin Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Колін Ньюман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7178b24a-4ec0-48bb-b740-deef07deafd8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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