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Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer and songwriter, who rose to fame with Irish boy band Westlife before quitting the band to forge his own solo career. He was married to former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona, and is now engaged to Australian pop star Delta Goodrem. Brian has found considerable success in Australia since his relationship with Delta Goodrem. He is also the brother of Grease is the Word actress Susan McFadden.
[edit] Early yearsMcFadden worked as a security guard in McDonald's and as a bingo caller before finding fame with Westlife. McFadden's main interests have always been singing, dancing and football. Together with his sister he attended "Billie Barry Stage School'" in Dublin and performed as an actor onstage all major theatres in Ireland. He also had a role in the Irish TV show "Finbar's Class", a comedy about a group of teenagers set in a school. In 1998 he started a pop and R&B-influenced group called Cartel with two other boys named Tim and Darragh Deane. Together they performed live in Dublin pubs. They both got on really well. [edit] RelationshipsIn 1998-1999, Brian dated Aqua singer, Lene Nystrøm Rasted. He also briefly dated S Club 7 singer Hannah Spearritt. McFadden married Kerry Katona on 5 January 2002 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathfeigh, County Meath. Their honeymoon was in South Africa. They have two daughters: Molly Marie McFadden (born 31 August 2001, Dublin, Ireland), and Lilly-Sue McFadden (born 3 February 2003, Dublin, Ireland) who were both delivered at Dublin's Mount Carmel Hospital. Brian was voted Celebrity Dad of the Year in 2002, and Kerry was chosen as Best Celebrity Mum in 2002 and 2004[citation needed]. Katona and McFadden announced their separation in September 2004 and their divorce was finalized in December 2006. McFadden is engaged to Australian singer and actress Delta Goodrem, with whom he collaborated on the duet "Almost Here". Initially, the couple denied being romantically linked. After breaking up with Kerry, McFadden claimed Delta was 'helping him' get over the pain, and the two shared many long phone calls.[1] until McFadden admitted that the relationship was romantic.[2] The couple underwent weeks of tabloid scrutiny, focused particularly on the fallout of McFadden's marriage with Kerry Katona. Press speculation suggested that the pair had embarked on their affair before McFadden had separated with Katona. This was denied by both Goodrem[3] and McFadden.[4] According to both parties, Goodrem began dating McFadden in 2004, after the breakdown of Brian's relationship with Kerry, with Goodrem relocating from Australia to the UK to live with McFadden. The couple faced further media scrutiny in May 2006 when a newspaper claimed that Goodrem's mother had advised her to end her relationship with McFadden.[5] On 29 November 2007, Brian announced his engagement to Goodrem. The couple confirmed their engagement on Friday, amidst false reports that Goodrem had turned down the proposal insisting she was “too young” to settle down. Goodrem’s management issued a statement, saying, “The couple were hoping to keep the news private however they feel it is important to now confirm their exciting news.” It was reported in the Christmas Eve issue of OK Magazine Australia that Brian pre-planned the proposal for months. He wrote a book recounting their moments from when they first met until the final page when he asked Delta "Remember the day when I proposed to you in Bali?", and Brian did propose to her on a trip to Bali. [edit] Westlife careerWestlife are an Irish pop music group, formed in July 1998. They are signed by Simon Cowell and managed by Louis Walsh. The group is popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and much of Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. McFadden performed with Westlife as Bryan, reportedly because it made signing autographs easier for him[citation needed]. He departed from Westlife after the release of the album Turnaround. With Westlife, McFadden sold more than 30 million albums and 7 million singles, had 12 #1 singles in the UK chart and sold out arenas all over the world. Some of Westlife's songs were co-written by McFadden, such as Fragile Heart (from the album "Coast to Coast"), Bop Bop Baby, I Wanna Grow Old With You and Love Crime (from the album "World of Our Own"). McFadden appears on the following Westlife albums: [edit] Solo careerOn the eve of the Turnaround tour, McFadden left Westlife on 9 March 2004[6] to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. His final public performance as part of Westlife was at Newcastle Upon Tyne's Powerhouse nightclub on 27 February 2004. 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. In July 2004 McFadden was signed to the major record company Sony BMG and to begin his solo career Brian resumed the original spelling of his name. In September he released his debut single "Real to Me", which went straight to #1 on the UK charts.[7] His first album Irish Son charted in the Top 30 of the UK charts. Most of the songs were co-written with Guy Chambers, best known for his successful collaboration with Robbie Williams and INXS. Yahoo Music wrote: "Ultimately, the best you can say about McFadden is that he’s unexceptionally inoffensive and probably of equal talent to the other thousand buskers who populate the streets of Dublin."[citation needed] His second single, "Irish Son", released in November 2004 went to #6 on the UK charts. The music video for Irish Son caused serious controversy as it showed a Christian Brothers school in Sutton, whilst the lyrics falsely implied that McFadden had been physically abused at that school. After the school's protests, the label decided to withdraw the video.[8] In fact, McFadden attended a different CBS school, in Artane. The song for the most part criticised the alleged negative hold that the Roman Catholic Church held on Irish society in the past, while McFadden claimed in the song that "it was leaving that saved me." The third single, "Almost Here", a duet with Australian singer Delta Goodrem, peaked at #3 on the UK charts and reached #1 in Australia in 2005. McFadden and Goodrem have collaborated on several songs which appeared in her album Delta. The fourth and final single from the album, "Demons", reached #28 on the UK Charts in May 2005. McFadden's career stalled at this point due to the intense media backlash he suffered due to his personal life. The music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh, and was later remade into a different version featuring scenes from the popular TV show Lost by the American network ABC in order to promote the show. McFadden continued writing songs for artists as diverse as Il Divo and Girls Aloud, as well as co-writing the theme "Together We Are One" for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. That same year McFadden duetted with American singer LeAnn Rimes, the song called "Everybody's Someone" featured on her album Whatever We Wanna. The single reached #48 on the UK charts. In 2006 McFadden stated that he was disillusioned with life in pop's fastlane and want to follow in the footsteps of country music legends Johnny Cash and Garth Brooks. He revealed: "Country music is great. It's not hick and it's not frowned upon any more. "In country music songs are not just about love but everything. "Every song tells a story. I've already been working with some amazing country songwriters." On 22 March 2007 McFadden was reportedly dropped by Sony BMG due to disappointing album sales and the failure of recent single "Demons" .[9] McFadden later stated that they had simply parted ways as he wanted to have creative control over his music[citation needed]. There have been recent press reports that Westlife would not welcome him back to the group again[citation needed]. Brian also stated he did not want to rejoin the group although he still has great admiration for them[citation needed]. [edit] 2007 onwardsMcFadden's next single “Like Only A Woman Can” was released in Ireland on 20 April 2007 and reached the Number 1 position on the Irish Singles Chart. The self-penned song is the first track from his second solo album, "Set in Stone". McFadden describes it as being about his relationship with Delta Goodrem and also says the song was about his mother and sister and women in general, and admitting mistakes in the past whilst looking forward to the future.[10] It was released on his own label, BMF. In August 2007 McFadden launched his song, "Jones", live on Irish television talent show 'You're A Star'. [edit] Set in StoneMcFadden announced that his second album "Set in Stone" would be released in Europe in summer 2008 and in Australia and New Zealand in April, 19 2008. His first single in Australia and New Zealand was a new version of 'Like Only A Woman Can'. His first single in UK and Europe is set to be 'Room to Breathe'. The album went straight in at No. 5 in Australia in its first week of release. His second single released in Australia was Twisted. It peaked at #29 on the ARIA chart but slowly became a hit on radio. A third single Everything But You was released digitally in November 2008 but failed to chart. An article in The Daily Telegraph on Thursday November 20 alluded to "Alice In Wonderland" being the fourth single lifted from "Set in Stone". [edit] TelevisionIn 2008 McFadden took on the role of television presenter as co-host of FOX8's Football Superstar in Australia. The reality series chronicles the fortunes of 15 would-be football stars vying for the chance to play with leading Australian A-League team, Sydney FC, in the 2008-09 season. [edit] RadioIn late 2008, Brian teamed up with fellow singer Ricki-Lee Coulter and former Big Brother host Mike Goldman to present the Summer Breakfast Show on 2Day FM, and networked around the country on the Today Network. [edit] Controversy[edit] Homophobic commentsWhile co-hosting the morning breakfast show on More FM in Auckland, New Zealand, McFadden made a number of disparaging remarks about homosexuals.
McFadden's comments provoked considerable condemnation from the gay community.[12] It was later discovered that he had played a recent concert while dressed in pink.[13][14]His former Westlife bandmate Mark Feehily is an out gay man. McFadden later released a statement through his publicist denying that he is homophobic.
[edit] Child custodyReports in October 2008[16] suggested McFadden was going to engage in a custody battle with Kerry Katona after a string of bizarre appearances on UK television. The last was an appearance on ITV's "This Morning" show, where Katona appeared to be drunk and slurring her words on October 22, 2008. McFadden later denied these reports, saying he was happy for his daughters to remain in Katona's care. [edit] Solo discography[edit] Albums
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