Aled Jones
Aled Jones MBE (born December 29, 1970 in Bangor ) is a Welsh pop and classical music singer and radio host .
biography
Aled Jones had his first successes in the pop business as a 15-year-old. With his debut album All Through the Night he rose to number 2 in the UK charts and with a re-recording of the song Walking in the Air , which was previously released on the soundtrack of the cartoon The Snowman , he reached the top 5 in the single charts . In the same year he was also represented on the single Pictures in the Dark by Mike Oldfield . In the following two years he had a few more successful albums, then the broken voice interrupted his career. Jones studied at the Royal Academy of Music in the following years and appeared in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1995 . After that he was also a presenter for classic programs at Classic FM and the BBC .
In the early 2000s, he began again with album releases, which were regularly placed in the charts.
In June 2013 he was awarded the MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for his services .
His daughter Emilia Jones (* 2002) works as an actress.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
UK | |||
1985 | All through the night |
UK2
platinum
(44 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 300,000
|
Aled Jones and the BBC Welsh Chorus |
UK11
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 100,000
|
|
Voices from the Holy Land |
UK-
platinum
UK
|
Sales: + 300,000
|
|
1986 | Where E'er You Walk |
UK36 (6 weeks) UK |
|
Pie of Jesus |
UK25th
silver
(16 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 60,000
|
|
An Album of Hymns |
UK18th
gold
(11 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 100,000
|
|
1987 | Aled (Music from the TV Series) |
UK52
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 60,000
|
2002 | Aled |
UK27
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 100,000
|
2003 | Higher |
UK21st
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 100,000
|
2004 | The Christmas Album |
UK28
gold
(5 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 100,000
|
2005 | New Horizons |
UK21st
silver
(6 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 60,000
|
2007 | Reason to believe |
UK15 (5 weeks) UK |
|
2010 | Aled's Christmas Gift |
UK69 (3 weeks) UK |
|
2011 | Forever |
UK46 (2 weeks) UK |
|
2014 | The Heart of It All | - | |
2016 | One Voice |
UK3
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 60,000
|
One Voice at Christmas |
UK22nd
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 60,000
|
|
2017 | One Voice: Believe |
UK17 (6 weeks) UK |
|
2018 | In harmony |
UK8th
gold
(9 weeks)UK |
with Russell Watson ; Sales: + 100,000
|
2019 | Back in Harmony |
UK7 (10 weeks) UK |
with Russell Watson
|
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
UK | |||
1987 | The best of |
UK59
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 60,000
|
2006 | You Raise Me Up - The Best of |
UK63
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 60,000
|
More compilations
- 2009: Aled Jones - The Ultimate Collection
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
UK | |||
1985 | Memory |
UK42 (4 weeks) UK |
|
Walking in the air |
UK5
silver
(16 weeks)UK |
Sales: + 200,000
|
|
1986 | A winter story |
UK51 (4 weeks) UK |
|
1987 | Walking in the Air (1987) |
UK92 (1 week) UK |
|
2009 | Silver Bells / Me and My Teddy Bear |
UK27 (3 weeks) UK |
with Sir Terry Wogan
|
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
1985 |
Pictures in the Dark |
DE4 (15 weeks) DE |
AT3 (12 weeks) AT |
CH5 (11 weeks) CH |
UK50 (7 weeks) UK |
swell
- ^ Order of the Companions of Honor
- ↑ Rebecca Hardy: My girl's a child star! Aled Jones, the boy soprano who enchanted the nation, says he's the worried parent now. In: dailymail.co.uk. October 21, 2011, accessed January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ The Turn Of The Screw, Almeida Theater. In: standard.co.uk. January 25, 2013, accessed January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
- ↑ a b c d Awards: UK
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Aled Jones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Aled Jones at Allmusic (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jones, Aled |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh pop singer and radio host |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bangor , Wales , United Kingdom |