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Born | Brian Nicholas McFadden 12 April 1980 Dublin, Ireland |
Other names | Bryan McFadden |
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Years active | 1998–present |
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Children | 3 |
Relatives | Susan McFadden (sister) |
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Discography | Brian McFadden discography |
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Formerly of | Westlife |
Website | brianmcfadden |
Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980) is an Irish pop singer and television presenter. He rose to fame in 1998 as a member of the Irish boy band Westlife. Following his departure from the group in 2004, McFadden released his debut solo album, Irish Son. He has since released four studio albums: Set in Stone , Wall of Soundz , The Irish Connection , and Otis .
McFadden was born in Dublin and was raised Catholic. [1] Throughout his younger years, he always had an interest in singing, dancing and football. [2] Along with his sister Susan, McFadden attended the Billie Barry Stage School in Dublin, [2] which led him to doing stage and TV roles, including a role in the Irish TV show Finbar's Class , a comedy revolving around a group of student-singers. [3] In early 1998, he formed a pop-R&B group with his friends Tim and Darragh, called Cartel, and performed live gigs in Dublin pubs. [2] When the band passed their credentials to prominent Irish music manager Louis Walsh, McFadden was asked to come to the audition for the formation of a new band that would later be called Westlife.
In June 1998, McFadden auditioned for Irish boy band Westlife and was against another blonde Nicky Byrne and eventually both joined the group alongside Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan. After joining, he changed the spelling of his name from Brian to Bryan to make it easier to sign autographs. With McFadden as part of the group, Westlife were under the music mogul Simon Cowell and released their first single, Swear It Again, which was the group's first and only single to have charted in the US in 2000, four Irish No. 1 studio albums, and a No. 1 greatest hits album. They also released seventeen Irish top 5 singles including the hit single "Uptown Girl," which peaked within the top 10 in seven European countries and also in Australia and New Zealand. In March 2004, McFadden left the group to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. He subsequently began a solo career and decided to revert the spelling of his first name back to its original, "Brian." Before launching his solo career, he co-wrote the song "If My World Stopped Turning," which was sung by Ireland's entry Chris Doran in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
Following his departure from Westlife, McFadden signed to major record label, Sony BMG. [4] In September 2004, he released his debut solo single "Real to Me," which became his first solo No. 1 single in Britain, Ireland, Denmark and Norway. [5] His second single and title track, "Irish Son," peaked within the top 10 on the British and Ireland Singles Charts. Following the release of the two singles, McFadden released his debut solo album, Irish Son, in November 2004 and it peaked within the top 10 on the Irish Albums Chart. McFadden co-wrote most of the songs on the album with Guy Chambers, best known for his successful collaboration with Robbie Williams and INXS. The third single "Almost Here," a duet with Australian singer Delta Goodrem became McFadden's second No. 1 single in Ireland as a solo artist and his first in Australia [6] and gained a platinum accreditation there. [7] The fourth and final single, "Demons" peaked within the top 30 on the charts in Ireland and Britain. McFadden continued writing songs for artists such as Il Divo and Girls Aloud, as well as co-writing the theme song "Together We Are One" for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [2] That same year, McFadden collaborated with American singer LeAnn Rimes on the song, "Everybody's Someone."
While working on the second album, McFadden's record label, Sony BMG insisted that he work with an artists & repertoire (A&R) man, after disappointing sales of his last album, which only sold 800,000 copies worldwide. [4] However, there were claims that McFadden's A&R man did not want McFadden to work with Guy Chambers, who had previously worked with McFadden on his last album and fought about his songs and musical direction. [4] His A&R man wanted him to make songs like James Morrison, Paolo Nutini, and the Scissor Sisters but McFadden insisted he make songs that are of his style. [4] It was later revealed in March 2007 that McFadden parted ways with Sony BMG. Later that year, he set up his own record label under the name of BMF Records and released his new single "Like Only a Woman Can" in Ireland, through the label. "Like Only a Woman Can" became his third Irish No. 1 single as a solo artist. [8] In early 2008, McFadden signed to Universal Music Australia [9] and released the single there in April 2008, which peaked within the ARIA top 15. [8] Following the release of "Like Only a Woman Can," McFadden released his second studio album, Set in Stone. The album peaked in Australia at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart. [10] Other singles were released from the album: "Twisted," which peaked within the top 30 on the ARIA Singles Chart [11] and "Everything But You," which failed to chart the ARIA top 50.
In April 2010, McFadden released "Just Say So," which features American rapper Kevin Rudolf. The single debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 1 and stayed there for three weeks. [12] It spent seven weeks in the ARIA top ten and thirteen weeks in the ARIA top 50 and gained a platinum accreditation. [13] [12] Following the release of "Just Say So," McFadden released his third studio album, Wall of Soundz, in Australia on 23 April 2010. The album was originally going to be released as a side-project McFadden embarked on with American songwriter Rob Conley but both decided to release it as McFadden's third solo album. [14] It debuted at No. 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent only three weeks in the ARIA top 50. [15] "Chemical Rush" was the second single released from the album in June 2010 and peaked at No. 12 on the charts. [16] In September 2010, McFadden released the third single entitled "Mistakes," a duet with his then fiancée Delta Goodrem. McFadden also recorded a duet with Ronan Keating on Keating's duet album, a cover of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody."
On 25 February 2011, McFadden released the new single "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)". The song was criticised by some as a glorification of date rape, [17] as a result of which he cancelled the shooting of a proposed pop video for the song, asked that the song not be played on the radio and pledged via his Twitter account to donate all proceeds from the song to rape victims. [18] "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number sixty-one on 8 March 2011, and peaked at number forty-nine the next week. [19] [20]
In June 2011, McFadden appeared on Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show to launch both of his new singles "Come Party" and "That's How Life Goes", which was co-written by singer, songwriter and producer Ray Ruffin. Despite heavy promotion and appearances on TV shows such as Dancing with the Stars , the new singles failed to impact the charts at all, which was surprising considering his high-profile appearances on Australia's Got Talent . Some of this has been attributed to the negative press surrounding his previous single "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)". This, as well as his much-publicized split with Delta Goodrem, appeared to have had a negative impact on his music career. [21]
McFadden released his new single "Wrap My Arms" on 20 January 2012 in Australia. [22] The song was used in a promo for Home and Away and it managed to peak at No. 70 on the ARIA top 100. [23]
On 13 September 2012, McFadden announced the release of his fourth studio album, The Irish Connection , featuring covers of his favourite Irish songs as well as duets with Ronan Keating and Sinéad O'Connor. The album was recorded in both Sydney and Dublin and features none of McFadden's past five single releases, which have not appeared in an album format to date.
On 18 September 2012, Ronan Keating announced that McFadden would be joining him on his 2013 UK Fires Tour. [24]
Boyzlife is a duo consisting of Keith Duffy and McFadden, who previously appeared as members of '90s and '00s boybands Boyzone and Westlife, respectively, hence the name. In 2020, they released their debut album, Strings Attached. [25]
In February 2020, Keith Duffy invited John Junior, Mental Health Activist on stage with McFadden on their Boyzlife tour to share his mental health journey with their fans. Junior travels around the United Kingdom with Charlie the Duck, who accompanies him, encouraging people to speak up about mental health. Duffy is friends with Junior and supports his campaign to raise awareness for mental health. [26]
On 19 January 2022, the duo announced the release of their second studio album, Old School, which charted poorly due to lack of promotion. [27]
In 2008, McFadden took on the role of television presenter as co-host of FOX8's Football Superstar in Australia. He reprised his role for the second season in 2009. In August 2009, McFadden appeared as a guest judge on Australian Idol .
In 2010, McFadden became one of the new judges on Australia's Got Talent replacing Red Symons alongside Kyle Sandilands who replaced Tom Burlinson and Dannii Minogue. He was a judge for three years, but was not asked back for the seventh season. [28] In season 6, McFadden had a controversial dismissal of Owen Campbell, after a small argument where it appeared that McFadden did not understand the outlaw style genre of the contestant and persona he was portraying which may have played a part in his ratings drop which led to him leaving the show.[ citation needed ]
In late 2008, McFadden teamed up with singer Ricki-Lee Coulter and former Big Brother host Mike Goldman to present the Summer Breakfast Show on 2Day FM. In September 2009, McFadden returned to radio by co-hosting on the breakfast show on 2dayFM with Jackie O and Andrew G, replacing host Kyle Sandilands for a short period of time.
2013 saw McFadden and his wife at the time Vogue Williams come in second place on ITV dancing show Stepping Out , hosted by Davina McCall.
In 2014, McFadden co-hosted the Channel 5 dating game show Stand By Your Man alongside former Freshly Squeezed co-host Laura Jackson. [29]
In September 2014, McFadden began hosting daytime ITV series Who's Doing the Dishes? [30] The show returned for a second series in September 2015 and a third in September 2016 making over 90 episodes in total. [31] In January 2015, McFadden took part in celebrity talent show Get Your Act Together . [32] In December 2015, McFadden and Vogue Williams took part in a celebrity couples edition of Catchphrase .
In 2016, McFadden participated in the third series of The Jump on Channel 4. He was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated from the show. [33]
In 2019, McFadden took part in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice , alongside professional partner Alex Murphy. He finished in fourth place, after a skate-off with Saara Aalto.
McFadden married then-Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona on 5 January 2002 in Rathfeigh, County Meath, Ireland. [35] They have two daughters. They divorced in 2006. [36] In 2004, McFadden began dating Australian singer Delta Goodrem, with whom he collaborated on the duet "Almost Here". They were engaged but the pair ended their relationship in 2011. [37] He married Irish model Vogue Williams in 2012 in Florence, Italy. They separated in 2015 [38] [39] and divorced in 2017.
In 2018, McFadden received a £450 fine and was banned from driving for six months at a Nottingham court after accruing 12 penalty points for four separate speeding offences. [40] [41]
In December 2019, McFadden announced his engagement to physical education teacher Danielle Parkinson on Twitter after three years of dating. [42] [43] McFadden announced in November 2020 that he and Parkinson were expecting. [44] Their daughter was born on 16 May 2021. [45]
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. [47]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | "Chemical Rush" (Brian McFadden, Antonio Egizii, David Musumeci, James Maas) | Dance Work of the Year | Nominated | [48] |
The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | "Just Say So" | Most Popular Australian Single | Nominated | [49] |
Brian McFadden | Most Popular Australian Artist | Nominated |
Delta Lea Goodrem AM is an Australian singer, songwriter, television personality and actress. Goodrem signed a recording contract with Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut studio album, Innocent Eyes (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive weeks. It is one of the highest-selling Australian albums and is the second-best-selling Australian album of all time with over four million copies sold.
Westlife are an Irish pop group formed in Dublin in 1998. The group consists of members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. Brian McFadden was a member before leaving in 2004. The group disbanded in 2012 after 14 years and later reunited in 2018.
Mistaken Identity is the second studio album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem, released in Australia on 8 November 2004, a day before Goodrem's twentieth birthday, by Epic and Daylight Records. Goodrem co-wrote some of the album with Guy Chambers, who also produced the album with Richard Flack and Steve Power. Mistaken Identity debuted at number-one on the Australian Albums Chart making it her second number-one album but the sales did not match up to her previous album Innocent Eyes (2003) which sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. The album produced Goodrem two more number-one singles with "Out of the Blue" and "Almost Here", and the rest of the album's singles; "Mistaken Identity" and "A Little Too Late", became top twenty hits. The album features Goodrem's first duet, "Almost Here".
"You Raise Me Up" is a song composed by Rolf Løvland and written by Brendan Graham. It was first recorded by Secret Garden, in collaboration with Brian Kennedy. Although the original version was not a major hit, the song has since been recorded by more than a hundred other artists, most notably American singer Josh Groban in 2003 and Irish group Westlife in 2005.
Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem has released seven studio albums, one extended play, four video albums and thirty-eight singles and an additional five as a featured artist. Goodrem signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment in 1999 and, since then, has achieved five number one albums and nine number one songs in Australia.
"Almost Here" is a song by Irish singer Brian McFadden and Australian singer Delta Goodrem. Written by McFadden, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor, and produced by Taylor, the song appears on McFadden's debut studio album, Irish Son, and on Goodrem's second studio album, Mistaken Identity. "Almost Here" was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2005 and in Australia on 7 March 2005. The duet reached number one in both singers' home countries and charted within the top three in Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
Irish Son is the debut solo album by Irish singer Brian McFadden. It was released on 29 November 2004. McFadden signed with Sony Music following his departure from boy band Westlife in 2004. The singer mainly co-wrote the album with English songwriter Guy Chambers, who produced the album along Paul Stacey, Richard Flack, Mark Taylor, and Phil Thornalley.
Irish boy band Westlife have released twelve studio albums, sixteen video albums, one live album, three karaoke albums, thirty-eight singles, twenty-one promotional singles, nine compilation albums and fifty-four music videos. Formed on 3 July 1998, the group was made up of singers Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden. The band was signed under Simon Cowell, Clive Davis, and Jordan Jay and under record labels' BMG, S Records, Arista Records, Sony BMG, Syco Music, Sony Music Entertainment and RCA Records from 1998 to 2012 and currently on Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records from 2018. The last four members remained active until their last live concert performance in the Europe's third largest stadium Croke Park on 23 June 2012 and have reunited on 3 October 2018 for new music and tour. Based on the British Phonographic Industry certifications, the group have sold more than 32 million records and videos in the United Kingdom alone across their 20-year career–8.8 million singles, 12.5 million albums and 1.5 million videos. Their biggest selling album is their first Greatest Hits compilation, followed by Coast to Coast, with seven of their albums selling one million copies or more. Their biggest selling video is "Where Dreams Come True", which has sold 240,000 copies to date.
"Real to Me" is the debut single of Irish singer Brian McFadden, released in September 2004 from his debut solo album, Irish Son (2004). The song was written by McFadden, Guy Chambers and David Merritt and was produced by Chambers and Richard Flack. It was McFadden's first number-one single, peaking atop the charts of Denmark, Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom. In Finland and Sweden, it reached the top five, and following its release in Australia and New Zealand, it peaked at numbers 54 and 16, respectively.
Delta is the third studio album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem. It was released in Australia on 20 October 2007 through Sony BMG. Goodrem began work on the album in 2006 and collaborated with several writers including Vince Pizzinga, Tommy Lee James, Jörgen Elofsson, Richard Marx, Stuart Crichton, and major contributions by Brian McFadden. The album debuted at No. 1 in Australia, making it her third consecutive chart-topping album there. The album was also released in the United States, by Mercury Records, making it Goodrem's first album to be released there.
"Bop Bop Baby" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife and it was released on 20 May 2002 as the third and final single from their third studio album, World of Our Own (2001). The single peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart; during an interview, the band claimed this was due to the obscure choice of single, as they would have much preferred to release "Why Do I Love You", for which they had recorded a video. It is the band's 18th-best-selling single in paid-for sales and in combined sales in the United Kingdom as of January 2019. Billboard named the single one of the "Top 15 Underrated Boy Band Jams" in 2015.
"In This Life" is a song by Australian pop singer Delta Goodrem. It was released as the first single from her third album Delta. The song was written by Goodrem, Brian McFadden, Stuart Crichton, and Tommy Lee James and was produced by John Shanks. According to an article in the Herald Sun, the song is "a more guitar-driven vibe and updates Goodrem's sound."
Set in Stone is the second solo album by former Westlife member Brian McFadden. The album was released in Australia and New Zealand on 19 April 2008. It was released in the UK and Europe in the summer.
Wall of Soundz is the third studio album from Irish singer-songwriter, Brian McFadden. It was released in Australia on 23 April 2010. The album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at #27, its highest peak to date, and spent only three weeks in the ARIA top 50. The album produced McFadden's second Australian number one single, "Just Say So", which features American rapper, Kevin Rudolf and gained a platinum accreditation, as well as the second single, "Chemical Rush" which peaked within the ARIA top 15.
"Just Say So" is the lead single released from Irish singer-songwriter Brian McFadden's third studio album, Wall of Soundz. The single was released on 9 April 2010, and features American singer-songwriter, Kevin Rudolf. The video for the song was shot in The Ivy Nightclub in Sydney, Australia in March 2010. The video was done in one shot, and lip-synced backwards, to allow for McFadden to still be in sync while the video goes backwards.
"Chemical Rush" is the second single released from Irish singer Brian McFadden's third studio album, Wall of Soundz. The song was written by McFadden, Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci and James Maas, and produced by Robert Conley. It was released on 15 June 2010 by Universal Music Australia.
Irish singer-songwriter Brian McFadden has released five studio albums and seventeen singles. He is signed to BMF Records, Universal Music Australia and Island Records Australia.
"Mistakes" is the third single released from Irish singer Brian McFadden's third studio album, Wall of Soundz. The song was written by McFadden and Jez Ashurst, and was produced by McFadden and Robert Conley. The single was released on 17 September 2010 and features McFadden's then-fiancée, Delta Goodrem. The song appears to be about a dysfunctional and destructive relationship. "You keep dragging me down, you keep dragging me down/I'm drowning in you/Theres no hope for me now, theres no hope for me now/I should have walked away" sourced at the song lyrics pages.
"Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" is a song by Irish singer Brian McFadden, released as a single on 24 February 2011. It was written and produced by McFadden and Robert Conley. The single peaked at No. 49 on the ARIA Singles Chart. A video for the song was not released, as it was cancelled.
Robby De Sá is a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Potchefstroom in South Africa. He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys and North-West University.