# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-carrington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:26:13.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-carrington"
name: "Simon Carrington"
slug: "simon-carrington"
description: "Simon Carrington is an English conductor, singer and double bass player. He was a founding member and member for 25 years of the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble the King's Singers; he subsequently worked for 15 years in the United States and now divides his time between London and southwest France. He speaks French and German and holds British and American citizenship. He is father of the British \"music comedian\" and cello player Rebecca Carrington."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SimonCarrington.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: "1942"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             3.116883116883117
  historical:           7.878726666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7087324/"
    handle:    "nm7087324"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/754483"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سيمون كارينغتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Carrington"
    title: "Simon Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Carrington"
    title: "Simon Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Carrington"
    title: "Simon Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Carrington"
    title: "Simon Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Carrington"
    title: "Simon Carrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91865b68-a180-433b-a96a-72274c7f6600"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15989889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3188289"
    title: "Simon Carrington"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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