# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mal-ryder
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:35:52.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mal-ryder"
name: "Mal Ryder"
slug: "mal-ryder"
description: "Paul Bradley Couling, known by his stage name Mal or Mal Ryder, is a singer who achieved popularity in Italy in the late 1960s, singing with his band Mal and the Primitives. Born in Wales, he became a naturalized Italian citizen in 1989. One of his biggest hits was the Italian theme of the TV series Fury."
tagline: "British-Italian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mal_(singer).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: "1944-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.07
  momentum:             16.61290322580645
  historical:           8.757541333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538830/"
    handle:    "nm0538830"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mal.it/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/343178"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مال ريدير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Mal (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_(singer)"
    title: "Mal (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "مال (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Ryder"
    title: "Mal Ryder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal"
    title: "Mal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_(zanger)"
    title: "Mal (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3b44704e-9519-4e9f-a4fc-b8b9e5891e47"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1886591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1194382"
    title: "Mal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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