Marti Pellow
Pellow in 2014
Background information
Born	Mark McLachlan (1965-03-23) 23 March 1965 (age 61)
Origin	Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Genres	Pop soul rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter actor
Years active	1982–present
Formerly of	Wet Wet Wet
Website	martipellowofficial.co.uk

Marti Pellow (born Mark McLachlan; 23 March 1965) is a Scottish singer, best known as the lead singer of the pop group Wet Wet Wet for 28 years: from their formation in 1982 until their split in 1997, and again from their reformation in 2004 to his departure in 2017. The bands debut album, Popped In Souled Out (1987) spawned four successful singles, including "Wishing I Was Lucky" and "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)", with the album peaking atop the albums charts in the United Kingdom, selling 1.5 million copies and earning a 5x Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).^[1]

The lead single from their fourth album, Picture This (1995), "Love Is All Around" topped the singles charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and their native Scotland. Spending a total of fifteen consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Charts, it became one of the longest chart reigns of all time in the United Kingdom,^[2] where it sold over 1.9 million copies.^[3] The band dissolved in 1997 following the release of their fifth album, 10, which resulted in Pellow launching a career as a solo artist with his debut solo album Smile being released in June 2001.^[4]

Pellow re–joined the band alongside the other members in 2004, releasing their first album of new material in ten years, Timeless in 2007, before Pellow left the band once more in 2017 to focus on his solo career.^[5] In addition to music, Pellow has performed as an actor in musical theatre productions in both the West End and on Broadway.