# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-waite-q1344651
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:06:02.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-waite-q1344651"
name: "John Waite"
slug: "john-waite-q1344651"
description: "John Charles Waite is an English rock musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single \"Missing You\", which reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten on the UK singles chart. He was also the lead vocalist for the rock bands the Babys and Bad English."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Waite_Tulalip_Amphitheatre_2021_(cropped).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: "1952-07-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.04304266666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 75600
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/johnwaiteworldwide"
    handle:    "johnwaiteworldwide"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906613/"
    handle:    "nm0906613"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2TPyCsRoh2tjeZLTQ2ojlj"
    handle:    "2TPyCsRoh2tjeZLTQ2ojlj"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnwaiteworldwide.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOBKblxpGyA95NCQiHRBxQ"
    handle:    "@johnwaitevevo"
    followers: 75600
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جون وايت (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88"
    title: "ジョン・ウェイト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "존 웨이트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waite"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226142"
    title: "John Waite"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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