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Billy Idol
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English singer
OverviewAI-generated
Billy Idol is a British musician whose career began in 1973. He is associated with rock, new wave, punk, and classic rock music. His discography includes works such as *Very Best of Billy Idol - Idolize Yourself*, *Very Best of Billy Idol*, *Dancing with myself*, *Billy Idol's Greatest Hits (Authentic Guitar Tab)*, and *Songs Made Famous by Billy Idol*. He has also used the pseudonym Steve Ferrua.
Idol stands 1.75 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms. His official website provides information on tour dates, news, music, and merchandise. On Last.fm, his music has been played 58,944,010 times by 3,124,712 listeners. He maintains a social media following of 298,295 people.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Firecrawl, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Very Best of Billy Idol - Idolize Yourself
- Very Best of Billy Idol
- Dancing with myself
- Billy Idol's Greatest Hits (Authentic Guitar Tab)
- Songs Made Famous by Billy Idol
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,124,712
- Total plays
- 58,944,010
Tags
William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He also holds United States citizenship. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the US. The name "Billy Idol" was inspired by a schoolte
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease
· 2018 · cited 9,613x
- Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in
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· 2019 · cited 7,448x
- The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues
· 2020 · cited 5,331x
- Real-space refinement in
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for cryo-EM and crystallography
· 2018 · cited 3,727x
- Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment 1990–2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis
· 2017 · cited 2,924x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Michael Albert Broad , ( 1955-11-30 ) 30 November 1955 (age 70) , Stanmore , Middlesex , England
- Genres
- New wave hard rock pop rock punk rock
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Labels
- Chrysalis EMI Sanctuary BFI Dark Horse
- Member of
- Generation Sex
- Formerly of
- Generation X Chelsea
- Website
- billyidol .net
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Official website
Billy Idol
Official web site of Billy Idol. Get the latest tour dates, news, music, merchandise, and more.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Bromley Contingent
- Given name
- Albert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Stanmore
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Chrysalis Records
- Mass
- 75
- Official website
- billyidol.net
- Image
- Billy Idol Lucca 2023.jpg
- Height
- 1.75
- Residence
- Los Angeles
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Billy Idol
- date of birth
- 1955-11-30
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
- Commons gallery
- Billy Idol
- different from
- Bill Cartwright
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- birth name
- William Michael Albert Broad
- name in native language
- William M. A. Broad
- pseudonym
- steve ferrua
- location of formation
- United Kingdom
- social media followers
- 298295
- topic has template
- Template:Billy Idol
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
- unmarried partner
- Perri Lister
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Encyclopedic overview
William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock singer. He achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X. He later embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made him a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in America.
Idol began his music career in 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band Chelsea, but left the group after a few weeks and formed Generation X with his former Chelsea bandmate Tony James. With Idol as lead singer, the band achieved success in the UK and released three studio albums on Chrysalis Records before disbanding. In 1981, Idol moved to New York City to pursue his solo career in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His debut studio album Billy Idol (1982) was a commercial success, and Idol became a staple of the then-new television channel MTV with the music videos for his singles "Dancing with Myself" and "White Wedding".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Billy Idol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.