Famous Scottish Pop Singers

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Lewis Capaldi

(Scottish Singer Best Known for His Hit Single 'Someone You Loved')

Birthdate: October 7, 1996

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Lewis Capaldi's success story is one of the greatest testimonies to the fact that magical things can happen when talent meets opportunity. From being just another aspiring singer, he quickly became a popular singer-songwriter in the UK and the US after Ryan Walter stumbled upon his iPhone recording on his SoundCloud account. Subsequently, he was signed to Universal Music Group.

Annie Lennox

(Singer-songwriter of)

Birthdate: January 25, 1954

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland

Known for her androgynous look, four-time Grammy-winning artist Annie Lennox became an international sensation with Eurythmics, a duo she formed with Dave Stewart, delivering hits such as Sweet Dreams. Her song Into the West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received an Academy Award.

Susan Boyle

(Scottish Singer Best Known for Her Album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’)

Birthdate: April 1, 1961

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland

Susan Boyle shot to fame with her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables in an audition for Britain's Got Talent. Her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was the best-selling debut album in U.K. history. She has also performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

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Marti Pellow

(Lead Singer of the Scottish Pop Group 'Wet Wet Wet')

Birthdate: March 23, 1965

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Clydebank, Scotland

Although discouraged by his father from choosing music as a career option, Mark McLachlan decided to try his luck with a band he formed with three friends. While the band grew to become the internationally renowned Scottish pop group Wet Wet Wet, Mark became Marti Pellow, its lead singer.

Lauren Mayberry

(Vocalist and Percussionist of the Scottish Pop Band 'Chvrches')

Birthdate: October 7, 1987

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Lauren Mayberry is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. Mayberry, who possesses a soprano singing voice, is the lead vocalist of the popular Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches, where she also plays keyboards and drums. One-third of the band, Mayberry co-produces and co-writes the songs along with Martin Doherty and Iain Cook. A vocal feminist, Mayberry runs the feminist collective, TYCI.

Jimmy Somerville

(Scottish Pop Singer and Member of the 1980's Pop Groups 'Bronski Beat' and 'The Communards')

Birthdate: June 22, 1961

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Jimmy Somerville is a Scottish singer-songwriter best known for his association with popular synth-pop groups like The Communards and Bronski Beat. Somerville, who possesses a soulful and powerful falsetto singing voice, is known in particular for including political commentary on issues like LGBT rights in his songs. In 1984, he won the Grierson Award for his work in Framed Youth.

Roddy Frame

(Scottish Singer-Songwriter and Musician)