# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-heaton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:45:56.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-heaton"
name: "Paul Heaton"
slug: "paul-heaton"
description: "Paul David Heaton is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and main lyricist of the Housemartins, who had commercial success in the UK and other European countries between 1985 and 1988, releasing several singles including \"Happy Hour\" and the UK number-one single \"Caravan of Love\" in 1986, before the band disbanded. Heaton then formed the Beautiful South with the Housemartins' drummer, Dave Hemingway, and the band's debut single, \"Song for Whoever\", and debut album, Welcome to the Beautiful South, were released in 1989 to commercial success. They had a series of hits throughout the 1990s, including the number-one single \"A Little Time\". They disbanded in 2007."
tagline: "English singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul-Heaton.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: "1962-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.730386947552667
  historical:           13.14533466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 22700
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/paulheatonsolo"
    handle:    "paulheatonsolo"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/paulheaton33/"
    handle:    "paulheaton33"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/paulheatonofficial"
    handle:    "paulheatonofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519554/"
    handle:    "nm1519554"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc93t6cyMsRAq5esQ5VyY5w"
    handle:    "@paulheatonofficial"
    followers: 22700
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بول هيتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بول هيتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heaton"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1938749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Paul Heaton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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