Brian McFadden

Brian McFadden (2012)

Brian McFadden (born April 12, 1980 in Dublin ; full name Brian Nicholas McFadden ; before his solo career: Bryan McFadden ) is an Irish pop singer .

Musical career

McFadden made his breakthrough as a member of the boy group Westlife , which rose to become a successful band between 1999 and 2003, particularly in Great Britain , and sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. But he was already a well-known singer and played in various bands. One of them was the Cartel Show Band. He and Nicky Byrne joined Westlife through an audition.

On March 9, 2004, it was announced at a press conference that McFadden was leaving Westlife to focus more on his family.

After leaving Westlife, McFadden worked on his solo career. His debut single Real to Me reached number 1 in the British singles chart in September 2004 . But when his second single, Irish Son , came out, there was a problem with an Irish school that claimed to be in the video when it wasn't. McFadden's third single Demons was, like the single Irish Son , not released in Germany or Austria .

The second album set in Stone was released on April 21, 2008, initially in Australia and New Zealand . In November 2008 it was also in stores in Europe . In Australia and New Zealand, the first single Like Only a Woman Can (a new version of the song that was already released in Ireland in April 2007) was released on March 22, 2008. In Europe, Room to Breathe was released as the first single from McFadden's second solo album. The next title was Twisted . In Australia, the third single Everything But You was released , which was only offered as a download.

In 2019 he took part in the eleventh season of the British figure skating show Dancing on Ice .

Personal

He met ex-member of the British pop girl group Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona in 1999 and married her on January 5, 2002. However, McFadden separated from Katona in September 2004 and their divorce finally became legal in December 2006. From this marriage came two daughters, Molly and Lilly. Since 2004 McFadden dated the Australian singer Delta Goodrem . In April 2011, they announced their split. On August 30, 2012, McFadden married Irish DJ Vogue Williams in Dublin. The wedding in Florence followed on September 1, 2012.

Brian McFadden (2007)

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE	AU
2004	Irish Son	DE56 (4 weeks) DE	AT57 (2 weeks) AT	CH38 (10 weeks) CH	UK24 gold (14 weeks)UK	IE6 (15 weeks) IE	-
2008	Set in stone	-	-	-	-	-	AU5 (7 weeks) AU
2010	Wall of Soundz	-	-	-	-	-	AU27 (3 weeks) AU
2013	The Irish Connection	-	-	-	UK51 (1 week) UK	IE75 (1 week) IE	-

More albums

• 2019: Otis

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE	AU
2004	Real to Me Irish Son	DE33 (9 weeks) DE	AT26 (11 weeks) AT	CH28 (13 weeks) CH	UK1 (19 weeks) UK	IE1 (16 weeks) IE	-
	Irish Son Irish Son	-	-	-	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	IE2 (12 weeks) IE	-
2005	Almost Here Irish Son	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT34 (12 weeks) AT	CH36 (10 weeks) CH	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	IE1 (15 weeks) IE	AU1 platinum (15 weeks)AU	with Delta Goodrem
	Demons Irish Son	-	-	-	UK28 (3 weeks) UK	IE24 (4 weeks) IE	-
2007	Like Only a Woman Can Set in Stone	-	-	-	-	IE1 (9 weeks) IE	AU13 (22 weeks) AU
2008	Twisted set in stone	-	-	-	-	-	AU29 (10 weeks) AU
2010	Just Say So Wall of Soundz	-	-	-	-	-	AU1 (13 weeks) AU	feat. Kevin Rudolf
	Chemical Rush Wall of Soundz	-	-	-	-	-	AU12 (8 weeks) AU
	Mistakes Wall of Soundz	-	-	-	-	-	AU41 (2 weeks) AU	feat. Delta Goodrem
2011	Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)	-	-	-	-	-	AU49 (1 week) AU
2012	Invisible	-	-	-	-	IE33 (2 weeks) IE	-

More singles

• 2008: Everything but You
• 2008: Like Only a Woman Can (New Version) (Released March 22, 2008 in Australia and New Zealand)
• 2008: Room to Breathe
• 2011: That's How Life Goes
• 2011: Come Party
• 2013: Time to Save Our Love
• 2015: Call On Me Brother

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE	AU
2006	Everybody's Someone Whatever We Wanna	-	-	-	UK48 (2 weeks) UK	IE27 (4 weeks) IE	-	LeAnn Rimes feat. Brian McFadden

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1. ↑ Love Island's Wes and Grease star Didi Con join Dancing on Ice , October 5, 2018, BBC News
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK IE AU
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: UK AU

Web links

• Sound carrier by Brian McFadden in the catalog of the German National Library
• Brian McFadden in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official German website of Brian McFadden
• Official McFadden International Website
• Brian McFadden at MusicBrainz (English)