Marti Pellow
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Marti Pellow is a Scottish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the pop band Wet Wet Wet and for his successful solo career.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marti Pellow canonical | 21 |
| Marti Pellow (solo) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8153847 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marti Pellow Context triple: [Wet Wet Wet, hasMember, Marti Pellow]
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A.
Dan Mason
Dan Mason is a longtime baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the Rochester Red Wings, a Triple-A minor league team.
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B.
Richard Marx
Richard Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter and producer known for numerous 1980s–1990s hits and successful songwriting for other artists.
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C.
Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman is a British record producer and music executive best known as part of the hit-making Stock Aitken Waterman team behind numerous 1980s pop successes.
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D.
Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden is an Irish singer and songwriter best known for his early 2000s success as a member of the pop group Westlife before pursuing a solo career.
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E.
Daniel Bedingfield
Daniel Bedingfield is a New Zealand–British singer-songwriter and producer best known for his early-2000s pop and garage hits such as "Gotta Get Thru This."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marti Pellow Target entity description: Marti Pellow is a Scottish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the pop band Wet Wet Wet and for his successful solo career.
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A.
Dan Mason
Dan Mason is a longtime baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the Rochester Red Wings, a Triple-A minor league team.
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B.
Richard Marx
Richard Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter and producer known for numerous 1980s–1990s hits and successful songwriting for other artists.
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C.
Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman is a British record producer and music executive best known as part of the hit-making Stock Aitken Waterman team behind numerous 1980s pop successes.
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D.
Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden is an Irish singer and songwriter best known for his early 2000s success as a member of the pop group Westlife before pursuing a solo career.
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E.
Daniel Bedingfield
Daniel Bedingfield is a New Zealand–British singer-songwriter and producer best known for his early-2000s pop and garage hits such as "Gotta Get Thru This."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Marti Pellow (solo)
ⓘ
linked to:
Marti Pellow
Wet Wet Wet ⓘ |
| birthName | Mark McLachlan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-03-23 ⓘ |
| familyName | McLachlan ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
blue-eyed soul
ⓘ
pop ⓘ pop rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| hasPart | solo career ⓘ |
| hasSocialMedia |
https://twitter.com/martiofficial
ⓘ
https://www.facebook.com/martipellowofficial ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.martipellowofficial.co.uk/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Wet Wet Wet ⓘ |
| name | Marti Pellow ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Billy Flynn in Chicago (musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Billy Flynn
Che in Evita (musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Che in Evita
|
| notableWork |
10 (album with Wet Wet Wet)
ⓘ
Boulevard of Life (solo album) ⓘ Goodnight Girl (performance with Wet Wet Wet) ⓘ
linked to:
Goodnight Girl
Hope (solo album) ⓘ Love Is All Around (performance with Wet Wet Wet) ⓘ
linked to:
Love Is All Around
Love to Love (solo album) ⓘ Love to Love You ⓘ
linked to:
Love to Love
Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile ⓘ Mysterious (solo album) ⓘ Smile (solo album) ⓘ Sweet Surrender ⓘ The Greatest Hits (compilation with Wet Wet Wet) ⓘ
linked to:
The Greatest Hits
lead vocalist of Wet Wet Wet ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performedIn |
West End theatre productions
ⓘ
linked to:
London theatre
|
| placeOfBirth | Clydebank ⓘ |
| positionHeld | lead vocalist of Wet Wet Wet ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| stageName | Marti Pellow ⓘ |
| startTime | 1980s (career with Wet Wet Wet) ⓘ |
| voiceType | tenor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marti Pellow Description of subject: Marti Pellow is a Scottish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the pop band Wet Wet Wet and for his successful solo career.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marti Pellow