Marc Almond

Marc Almond is a great survivor of British pop, and I have a soft spot for his refusal to play it safe. Born in Southport, he fronted the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, whose Tainted Love became one of the defining tracks of the early-1980s new wave, and he's since carried a long solo career steeped in a decadent, theatrical sensibility. He's an OBE now, but what strikes me is the consistency of his vision, that distinctly androgynous, sensual world he's never abandoned. Plenty of artists who score one giant hit fade; he kept singing and performing for decades. That stubborn devotion to his own aesthetic is exactly what I find admirable.

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Name (English)

Marc Almond

Name (Japanese)

マーク・アーモンド

Reading

まーく・あーもんど

Born

July 9, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Southport, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / songwriter / singer-songwriter / vocalist / record producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

University

Leeds Beckett University

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• MOJO Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.marcalmond.co.uk/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/marcalmondofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/MarcAlmond
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Almond
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452166

Tags

• singer
• songwriter
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.