Marc Almond is a British singer-songwriter, vocalist, musician, composer, and record producer born on 9 July 1957 in Southport, England.

He was educated at Aireborough Grammar School and King George V College before going on to study at Leeds Beckett University. Those years of formal education preceded a career that took him across several musical directions, with Almond working as both a performer and a producer throughout his professional life. His output spans songwriting and composition as well as studio production, placing him on multiple sides of the recording process.

Over the course of his career, Almond has worked across a range of genres, including pop music, rock music, new wave, and dark cabaret. That breadth reflects a willingness to move between the more commercially oriented end of the pop and new wave spectrum and the theatrically charged territory of dark cabaret, a genre that draws on dramatic, often torch-song sensibilities. He has used the English language as his primary creative medium throughout, and his work as a composer sits alongside his better-known role as a performing vocalist.

In recognition of his contributions to music, Almond received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, one of the higher grades of that honour, as well as a MOJO Award. His continued presence across the genres of new wave, pop, rock, and dark cabaret marks the defining span of his recorded and performed work.