In September 2012, Jones joined ITV Breakfast where he presented Daybreak, alongside Lorraine Kelly and Kate Garraway.
38 Facts About Aled Jones
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Aled Jones was born in St David's Hospital in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, the only child of Nest Rowlands, a teacher, and Derek John Aled Jones, a draughtsman for a shipbuilder.
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Aled Jones was raised in the small Welsh-speaking community of Llandegfan on Anglesey, and attended Ysgol David Hughes.
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Aled Jones joined the choir of Bangor Cathedral at age nine and was lead soloist within two years, although he was never Head Chorister.
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In 1982, Aled Jones won the Cerdd Dant solo competitions for competitors under 12 at the Urdd Eisteddfod.
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Aled Jones became famous for the cover version of "Walking in the Air", the song from Channel 4's animated film The Snowman, based on the book by Raymond Briggs.
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Also in 1985, Aled Jones was employed by Mike Oldfield to sing on his single "Pictures in the Dark", a three-voice song, on which he performed with Anita Hegerland and Barry Palmer, but the song did not reach the UK Top 40.
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Aled Jones' recording career was temporarily halted when his voice broke at 16.
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Aled Jones sang at the wedding of celebrities Bob Geldof and Paula Yates in 1986.
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Aled Jones had the distinction of being the first artist to have two classical albums listed simultaneously in the popular music charts, and worked with Leonard Bernstein.
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In September 1990, Aled Jones made his acting debut at the Royal Theatre in Shaun McKenna's adaptation of Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley playing the teenage Huw Morgan.
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From September 1996 to May 1997 Aled Jones played the young Tom Gradgrind in a large-scale national touring production of Charles Dickens's Hard Times.
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In 2005, Jones launched his autobiography, Aled: The Autobiography, written in collaboration with Darren Henley.
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Aled Jones released two singles with Terry Wogan in aid of the Children in Need appeal.
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From 3 July to 30 August 2008, Aled Jones played the lead role of Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff.
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On 11 October 2010, Aled Jones was confirmed to take over as stand-in presenter of the early morning breakfast slot on BBC Radio 2 following the departure of Sarah Kennedy, a role he occasionally covered in the years leading up to her departure.
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Aled Jones covered this slot for six weeks until the beginning of his UK tour.
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Aled Jones is mentoring Isabel Suckling, the youngest classical recording artist signed by Decca Records and first choirgirl to sign a record contract with a major music label.
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Suckling's debut album was strongly endorsed by Aled Jones, who described it as "breathtaking" and it was released on 29 November 2010.
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Aled Jones was a presenter of Friday Night is Music Night, and has been a regular stand-in presenter for Sarah Kennedy and Ken Bruce on Radio 2, until he left Radio 2 in 2012.
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Aled Jones's show reaches over a million listeners, which is a record number for weekend breakfast listenership, alongside the Saturday show at the same slot with Alan Titchmarsh.
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Aled Jones is one of the main presenters of BBC One's Songs of Praise.
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Aled Jones has presented the annual "Big Sing", the 50th Anniversary edition from Alexandra Palace in 2011, and the 60th Anniversary edition from Westminster Abbey.
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Since 2009, Aled Jones has presented editions of Escape to the Country for the BBC.
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Aled Jones was a presenter on Cash in the Attic between 2010 and 2012.
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On 4 May 2012, Aled Jones was confirmed as the new presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak with Lorraine Kelly and Kate Garraway, replacing Adrian Chiles.
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Since 2012, Aled Jones has presented the annual Christmas Carols on ITV programme, which airs late on Christmas Eve.
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Since February 2016, Aled Jones has co-presented the daily magazine show Too Much TV, for BBC Two.
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Since 2016, Aled Jones has presented Going Back Giving Back, a daytime programme for BBC One.
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Aled Jones has been on the judging panel for the Pride of Britain awards twice.
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In 2022, Aled Jones appeared on the third series of The Masked Singer as "Traffic Cone".
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In November 2017, Aled Jones was being investigated by the BBC following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
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On 9 November 2018, Aled Jones released In Harmony, a collaboration album with British tenor Russell Watson.
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Aled Jones met English circus performer Claire Fossett whilst both performed in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in Blackpool, Lancashire.
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Aled Jones is a practising Christian and has stated that he would not be able to present the BBC religious series Songs of Praise unless he was a Christian.
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On 28 October 2009, Aled Jones was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his unique contribution to music.
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Aled Jones was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to music and broadcasting and for charitable services.
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On 14 February 2014, Aled Jones was nominated as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music; he was presented with the fellowship on 3 July 2014.