# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirsty-maccoll
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:17:27.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirsty-maccoll"
name: "Kirsty MacColl"
slug: "kirsty-maccoll"
description: "Kirsty Anna MacColl was a British singer and songwriter. The daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl, she recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including \"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis\" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's \"A New England\" and the Kinks' \"Days\". She also sang on a number of recordings produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite, most notably \"Fairytale of New York\" by the Pogues. Her first single, \"They Don't Know\", would have chart success a few years later when covered by Tracey Ullman. Her death in 2000 led to the \"Justice for Kirsty\" campaign."
tagline: "British singer (1959–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirsty_MacColl_at_Double_Door_Chicago.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1959-10-10"
deathDate: "2000-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             13.38
  historical:           21.70633066666667
  currentAttention:     6.36
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0531533"
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    url:       "https://www.kirstymaccoll.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump