# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marti-pellow
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:49:11.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marti-pellow"
name: "Marti Pellow"
slug: "marti-pellow"
description: "Marti Pellow is a Scottish singer, best known as the lead singer of the pop group Wet Wet Wet for 28 years: from their formation in 1982 until their split in 1997, and again from their reformation in 2004 to his departure in 2017. The bands debut album, Popped In Souled Out (1987) spawned four successful singles, including \"Wishing I Was Lucky\" and \"Angel Eyes \", with the album peaking atop the albums charts in the United Kingdom, selling 1.5 million copies and earning a 5x Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)."
tagline: "Scottish singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marti_Pellow_(photo_by_Simon_Fowler).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: "1965-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.49
  momentum:             12.99629689001003
  historical:           7.381976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/martiofficial"
    handle:    "martiofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1120454/"
    handle:    "nm1120454"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.martipellowofficial.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/504815"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "مارتى بيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marti_Pellow"
    title: "Marti Pellow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marti_Pellow"
    title: "Marti Pellow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Пеллоу, Марти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marti_Pellow"
    title: "Marti Pellow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c7472c12-7bd1-4d61-8698-ceb2496f2c70"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49881"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1105833"
    title: "Marti Pellow"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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