# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-shelley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:40:03.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-shelley"
name: "Pete Shelley"
slug: "pete-shelley"
description: "Pete Shelley was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit \"Ever Fallen in Love \" in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career; his song \"Homosapien\" charted in Australasia and Canada in 1981 and 1982."
tagline: "British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pete-shelley.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: "1955-04-17"
deathDate: "2018-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.46
  momentum:             19.69815738572737
  historical:           17.18643466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002880/"
    handle:    "nm1002880"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7r2lG8Ui6vGHAgsKlE8Hd8"
    handle:    "7r2lG8Ui6vGHAgsKlE8Hd8"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.buzzcocks.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيت شيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيت شيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "پیت شلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "پیت شلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Пит Шели"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6a64eec6-39a7-4ba4-9939-cdee01fb4c5b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1141280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1513167"
    title: "Pete Shelley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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