# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-young-q360501
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:34:42.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-young-q360501"
name: "Paul Young"
slug: "paul-young-q360501"
description: "Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include \"Love of the Common People\", \"Wherever I Lay My Hat\", \"Come Back and Stay\", \"Every Time You Go Away\" and \"Everything Must Change\", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1983, his debut album, No Parlez, was the first of three UK number-one albums."
tagline: "English musician (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Young%2C_Kiel_2009.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: "1956-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.22395866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/paulyoungparlez"
    handle:    "paulyoungparlez"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/paulyoungparlez/"
    handle:    "paulyoungparlez"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7cTU3c8eoymL5hi35FyQVw"
    handle:    "UC7cTU3c8eoymL5hi35FyQVw"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/PaulYoungOfficial"
    handle:    "PaulYoungOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949944/"
    handle:    "nm0949944"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6rqU9HQ57NYGBnBzbrY3a4"
    handle:    "6rqU9HQ57NYGBnBzbrY3a4"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paul-young.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "باول يونغ (فنان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باول يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "پل یانق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "پل یانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "פול יאנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young_(%C3%A9nekes%2C_1956)"
    title: "Paul Young (énekes, 1956)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young_(cantante)"
    title: "Paul Young (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ポール・ヤング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4_%EC%98%81"
    title: "폴 영"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young_(1956)"
    title: "Paul Young (1956)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Young"
    title: "Paul Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Янг, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/967002b0-58ef-4b22-a58c-fbc631ff695c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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