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{{Short description|English singer, songwriter and music journalist (born 1954)}} {{About|the singer, songwriter and music journalist|the American philosopher|Neil Tennant (philosopher)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Neil Tennant | image = Neil Tennant Hyde Park 2019 (cropped).jpg | caption = Tennant performing with [[Pet Shop Boys]] at Hyde Park in 2019 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Neil Francis Tennant | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|7|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[North Shields]], Northumberland, England | origin = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|keyboards|synthesizer|guitar}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Synth-pop]]|[[electropop]]|dance|[[disco]]|[[alternative dance]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|music journalist}} | years_active = 1970–present | label = {{hlist|[[Parlophone]]|[[Spaghetti Records|Spaghetti]]}} | current_member_of = [[Pet Shop Boys]] | website = {{URL|https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/}} }} '''Neil Francis Tennant''' (born 10 July 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and music journalist, and co-founder of the [[synth-pop]] duo the [[Pet Shop Boys]], which he formed with [[Chris Lowe]] in 1981. He was a journalist for ''[[Smash Hits]]'', and assistant editor for the magazine in the mid-1980s. Tennant coined the phrase [[imperial phase]] to describe the period in which a musical artist is regarded to be at their commercial and creative peak simultaneously. This observation was initially self-referential, made as the [[Pet Shop Boys]] had achieved commercial success with four British number one hits ("[[West End Girls]]", "[[It's a Sin]]", "[[Heart (Pet Shop Boys song)|Heart]]", and "[[Always on My Mind#Pet Shop Boys version|Always on My Mind]]"), had received critical praise for their first three albums and had expanded their creative horizons through innovative collaborations in the visual and performing arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/poptimist/7811-poptimist-29/ |title=Imperial |last=Ewing |first=Tom |date=28 May 2010 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=21 October 2022 |quote=I felt at this time that we had the secret of contemporary pop music, that we knew what was required. We entered our imperial phase.}}</ref>
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