Marc Almond

Marc Almond is a British musician born in 1957 in Southport, northwest England. He is the founding member of Soft Cell, the electronic music duo formed in the late 1970s and signed to Some Bizzarre Records. Soft Cell recorded four studio albums and achieved international success, including the iconic track Tainted Love, which holds the record for the longest chart run on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 and won a Brit Award. The song has been covered extensively and sampled by numerous artists. Almond has sold over 30 million records worldwide.