# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-scott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:49:57.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-scott"
name: "Mike Scott"
slug: "mike-scott"
description: "Michael Scott is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the founding member, lead singer, guitarist, songwriter and only constant member of rock band The Waterboys. He has also produced two solo albums, Bring 'Em All In and Still Burning. Scott is a vocalist, guitarist and pianist, and has played a large range of other instruments, including the bouzouki, drums, and Hammond organ on his albums. Scott is also a published writer, having released his autobiography, Adventures of a Waterboy, in 2012."
tagline: "Songwriter, musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Scott_at_The_Hague_2002_3.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: "1958-12-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.55
  momentum:             12.53477588871716
  historical:           15.75082533333333
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779592/"
    handle:    "nm0779592"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/16jnz1GU2KwCtBMc7zmClK"
    handle:    "16jnz1GU2KwCtBMc7zmClK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/274912"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "مايك سكوت (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "مايك سكوت (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "مایک سکوت (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(Musiker)"
    title: "Mike Scott (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)"
    title: "Mike Scott (Scottish musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Mike Scott (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(musikaria)"
    title: "Mike Scott (musikaria)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "مایک اسکات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott"
    title: "Mike Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(musicista)"
    title: "Mike Scott (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott"
    title: "Mike Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott"
    title: "Mike Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(muzyk)"
    title: "Mike Scott (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Mike Scott (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(Scottish_musician)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://li.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(mezieker)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/36deef3e-384d-4cdd-9a8e-f63aa3e16878"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1849355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1390108"
    title: "Mike Scott"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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