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 Westlife are an Irish pop group formed in Dublin in 1998. The group consists of members Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily. Brian McFadden was a member before leaving in March 2004. The group disbanded in 2012 and later reun ...

. 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'' (2008), '' Wall of Soundz'' (2010), '' The Irish Connection'' (2013), and '' Otis'' (2019). In 2016 Brian teamed up with Keith Duffy of

Boyzone Boyzone were an Irish boy band created in 1993 by the talent manager Louis Walsh. Before even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's ''The Late Late Show (Ireland), The Late Late Show''. Its most successful line-up was co ...

to form Boyzlife and currently have two albums to date "Strings Attached" (2020) and "Old School" (2022)

Early life

McFadden was born in

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and was raised

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. Throughout his younger years, he always had an interest in singing, dancing and football. Along with his sister

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, McFadden attended the Billie Barry Stage School in Dublin, 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. 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. When the band passed their credentials to prominent Irish music manager

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, McFadden was asked to come to the audition for the formation of a new band that would later be called Westlife.

Music career

1998–2004: Westlife

In June 1998, McFadden auditioned for Irish boy band

and was against another blonde Nicky Byrne and eventually both joined the group alongside

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, and

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. 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

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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

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2004–2006: Going solo and ''Irish Son''

Following his departure from Westlife, McFadden signed to major record label,

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.Cameron Adams (27 March 2008
Brian McFadden discovered real life after Westlife
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''. (Herald and Weekly Times). Retrieved 25 September 2010. In September 2004, he released his debut solo single " Real to Me," which became his first solo No. 1 single in

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, Ireland, Denmark and Norway."Brian McFadden – Real to Me @ acharts.us"
''Music Square''. Retrieved 25 March 2008. 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

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. McFadden co-wrote most of the songs on the album with

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, best known for his successful collaboration with

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and INXS. The third single " Almost Here," a duet with Australian singer

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became McFadden's second No. 1 single in Ireland as a solo artist and his first in Australia and gained a platinum accreditation there.ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Singles
''

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'' (ARIA). Retrieved 25 September 2010. The fourth and final single, "

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" peaked within the top 30 on the charts in Ireland and Britain. McFadden continued writing songs for artists such as

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and

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, as well as co-writing the theme song " Together We Are One" for the

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. That same year, McFadden collaborated with American singer

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on the song, " Everybody's Someone."

2007–2010: Label change, ''Set in Stone'' and ''Wall of Soundz''

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. However, there were claims that McFadden's A&R man did not want McFadden to work with

, who had previously worked with McFadden on his last album and fought about his songs and musical direction. His A&R man wanted him to make songs like James Morrison,

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, and the

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but McFadden insisted he make songs that are of his style. 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.Like Only a Woman Can
acharts.us. Retrieved 30 March 2008. In early 2008, McFadden signed to

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and released the single there in April 2008, which peaked within the

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top 15. 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

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. Other singles were released from the album: " Twisted," which peaked within the top 30 on the

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and " Everything But You," which failed to chart the ARIA top 50. In April 2010, McFadden released " Just Say So," which features American rapper

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. The single debuted on the

at No. 1 and stayed there for three weeks.Hung Medien (25 April 2010
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''

'' (ARIA). Retrieved 23 August 2010 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. It debuted at No. 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent only three weeks in the ARIA top 50. " Chemical Rush" was the second single released from the album in June 2010 and peaked at No. 12 on the charts. In September 2010, McFadden released the third single entitled " Mistakes," a duet with his then fiancée

. McFadden also recorded a duet with

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on Keating's duet album, a cover of the

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' " To Love Somebody."

2011–2015: "Just the Way You Are" and ''The Irish Connection''

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

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, 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. "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" debuted on the

at number sixty-one on 8 March 2011, and peaked at number forty-nine the next week. 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 ''

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'', the new singles failed to impact the charts at all, which was surprising considering his high-profile appearances on ''

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''. 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

, appeared to have had a negative impact on his music career. McFadden released his new single "Wrap My Arms" on 20 January 2012 in Australia. The song was used in a promo for ''

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'' and it managed to peak at No. 70 on the ARIA top 100. 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

and

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. 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.

2016–present: Boyzlife

Boyzlife is a duo consisting of

Keith Duffy Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy (born 1 October 1974) is an Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mik ...

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''. In February 2020,

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

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. Duffy is friends with Junior and supports his campaign to raise awareness for

. On 19 January 2022, the duo announced the release of their second studio album, ''Old School''.

Television and radio career

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 ''

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''. In 2010, McFadden became one of the new judges on ''

'' replacing Red Symons alongside

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who replaced

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and

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. He was a judge for three years, but was not asked back for the seventh season. 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. In late 2008, McFadden teamed up with singer

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and former ''Big Brother'' host Mike Goldman to present the ''Summer Breakfast Show'' on

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. In September 2009, McFadden returned to radio by co-hosting on the breakfast show on 2dayFM with Jackie O and Andrew G, replacing host

for a short period of time. 2013 saw McFadden and his wife at the time

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come in second place on ITV dancing show '' Stepping Out'', hosted by

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. In 2014, McFadden co-hosted the Channel 5 dating game show ''Stand By Your Man'' alongside former ''

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'' co-host Laura Jackson. In September 2014, McFadden began hosting daytime ITV series '' Who's Doing the Dishes?'' The show returned for a second series in September 2015 and a third in September 2016 making over 90 episodes in total. In January 2015, McFadden took part in celebrity talent show '' Get Your Act Together''. In December 2015, McFadden and

took part in a celebrity couples edition of ''

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''. In 2016, McFadden participated in the

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of '' The Jump'' on

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. He was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated from the show. In 2019, McFadden took part in the eleventh series of ''

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'', alongside professional partner Alex Murphy. He finished in fourth place, after a skate-off with

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Filmography

;Television *''

'' (2010–2012) – Judge *'' Football Superstar'' (2008) – Presenter *''Summer Breakfast Show'' (2008) – Co-presenter *''

'' (2009) – Guest judge *'' Stepping Out'' (2013) – Contestant *''Stand By Your Man'' (2014) – Co-presenter *'' Who's Doing the Dishes?'' (2014–2016) – Presenter *'' Get Your Act Together'' (2015) – Contestant *'' The Jump'' (2016) – Contestant *''

'' (2019) – Contestant ;Guest appearances *'' The Chase: Celebrity Special'' (27 September 2014) – Contestant *'' Catchphrase: Celebrity Couples Special'' (5 December 2015) – Contestant *'' The Chase: Text Santa Special'' (18 December 2015) – Contestant

Personal life

McFadden married then-

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singer Kerry Katona on 5 January 2002 in Rathfeigh,

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, Ireland. They have two daughters. They divorced in 2006. In 2004, McFadden began dating Australian singer

, with whom he collaborated on the duet "Almost Here". They were engaged but the pair ended their relationship in 2011. He married Irish model

in 2012 in

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, Italy. They separated in 2015 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. In December 2019, McFadden announced his engagement to physical education teacher Danielle Parkinson on Twitter after three years of dating. McFadden announced in November 2020 that he and Parkinson were expecting. Their daughter was born on 16 May 2021.

Discography

Solo

* '' Irish Son'' (2004) * '' Set in Stone'' (2008) * '' Wall of Soundz'' (2010) * '' The Irish Connection'' (2013) * '' Otis'' (2019)

Boyzlife

* ''Strings Attached'' (2020) * ''Old School'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. ! , - ,

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, "Chemical Rush" (Brian McFadden, Antonio Egizii, David Musumeci, James Maas) , Dance Work of the Year , , , -

ARIA Music Awards

The

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are a set of annual ceremonies presented by

(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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, " Just Say So" , Most Popular Australian Single , , rowspan=2, 2010 ARIA Nominations Announced
'' Take40 Australia'' (mcm entertainment). Retrieved 28 September 2010. , - , Brian McFadden , Most Popular Australian Artist ,

References

External links

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