Andrea Begley

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The message
  UK 7th 11/02/2013 (3 weeks)
Singles
My Immortal
  UK 30th 06/29/2013 (2 weeks)
Ho hey
  UK 98 07/06/2013 (1 week)

Andrea Begley (* 1986 in Pomeroy , County Tyrone ) is a Northern Irish pop singer who became known as the 2013 winner of The Voice UK .

Career

Andrea Begley's aunt is the country singer Philomena Begley, who was particularly successful in the 1970s. She emulated her and, in her youth, regularly took part in Fleadhs, a special form of Irish singing competitions. In 2013, she applied for the second season of the talent show The Voice in the UK. With her performance of Sarah McLachlan's song Angel , she made it into the team of Irish coach Daniel O'Donoghue . With the folk rock song Ho Hey by the Lumineers , she made her way into the circle of favorites, her version also hit the UK charts .

Although she is visually impaired and has limited mobility on stage with a 10% vision, she reached the finals and won the season with, among other things, another performance of Angel and My Immortal by Evanescence . With the latter song she came in at number 30 in the single charts.

After the competition, there was a dissatisfaction because coach Will.i.am announced his lack of understanding about the audience voting and the defeat of his candidate Leah McFall via Twitter . After a discussion, Begley quit her government job, moved to London and recorded her debut album. Four months after the finale, The Message was released and entered the charts at number 7. This made her the most successful participant in the first five The Voice seasons. Despite an ongoing record deal with Capitol Records , she did not release an album thereafter.

She is the ambassador for the Royal National Institute of Blind People in Northern Ireland .

Discography

Albums

  • The Message (2013)

Songs

  • My Immortal (2013)
  • Dancing in the Dark (2013)
  • Ho Hey (2013)
  • Take on Me (2013)

swell

  1. ↑ Andrea Begley in the British charts (OCC)
  2. ↑ Final torture for The Voice as Andrea Begley beats Leah McFall for ill-fated title: Jim Shelley on the live final , Jim Shelley, Mail Online, June 23, 2013
  3. ↑ a b Where are The Voice winners now? The careers of Leanne Mitchell, Andrea Begley and Jermain Jackman , Alistair McGeorge and Danny Walker, The Mirror, February 17, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Begley, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Pomeroy , County Tyrone , Northern Ireland