# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maddy-prior
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:04.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maddy-prior"
name: "Maddy Prior"
slug: "maddy-prior"
description: "Madeleine Edith Prior is an English folk rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police drama Z-Cars. She was married to Steeleye bass guitarist Rick Kemp, and their daughter, Rose Kemp, is also a singer. Their son, Alex Kemp, is also a guitarist and has deputised for his father playing bass guitar for Steeleye Span."
tagline: "British folk singer, musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maddy_Prior_7.jpg?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: "1947-08-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.86005866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1566960/"
    handle:    "nm1566960"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.maddyprior.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مادى پريور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "مدی پرایر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "مدی پرایر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC"
    title: "マディ・プライヤー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Прайор, Мэдди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddy_Prior"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/49bbd690-3520-4d6e-b0af-1fcdc12d8062"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449192"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1624035"
    title: "Maddy Prior"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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