Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Mark Morrison
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
== Personal life == Morrison was born in [[Hanover]], [[West Germany]], in 1974.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Bvm2rnwUDIC&pg=PA455&dq=%22morrison+mark%22+singer+hanover&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW3Lan4rWLAxVpHjQIHQYwJoQQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=%22morrison%20mark%22%20singer%20hanover&f=|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Complete Chart Information about America's Most Popular Songs and Artists, 1955-2009|year=|page=455|edition=9th|isbn=9780307985125|place=New York|publisher=Billboard Books|via=Google Books}}</ref> Morrison later lived in [[Leicester]], England, until moving to the US city of [[West Palm Beach, Florida]], at age 11.<ref name="Independent 2006">{{cite web|last=Myrie|first=Russell|url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/people/profiles/mark-morrison-return-of-the-mack-6101257.html|title=Mark Morrison: Return of the Mack|work=The Independent|date=10 May 2006|access-date=8 February 2025|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100206125436/http://www.independent.co.uk:80/news/people/profiles/mark-morrison-return-of-the-mack-477747.html|archive-date=6 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> After graduating from [[Palm Beach Lakes High School]] in 1990, Morrison returned to Leicester.<ref name="Independent 2006"/> He is of [[Barbadian British|Barbadian]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-29 |title=Mark Morrison |url=https://primarywave.com/writer/mark-morrison/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Primary Wave Music |language=en-US}}</ref> In October 2020, Morrison publicly stated that he would consider challenging [[Peter Soulsby]] to become the next [[Mayor of Leicester]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/mark-morrison-seriously-considering-challenging-4615337|title=Mark Morrison 'seriously considering' challenging Peter Soulsby to become next mayor of Leicester|work=Leicester Mercury}}</ref> His bid ended in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-06 |title=Singer Mark Morrison quits bid to be next Leicester city mayor |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62796511 |access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref> In October 2022, Morrison bought a house in Florida, paying $2 million in cash.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/mark-morrison-pays-cash-2-7704731|title=Mark Morrison pays in cash for $2 million Florida house|work=Leicester Mercury|date=12 October 2022}}</ref> He bought a second home in [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]] in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C1Agsj0qku_/?hl=en&img_index=1 | title=Instagram }}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)