1. Brian McFadden rose to fame in 1998 as a member of the Irish boy band Westlife.
31 Facts About Brian McFadden
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Brian McFadden has since released four studio albums: Set in Stone, Wall of Soundz, The Irish Connection, and Otis.
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In 2016 Brian McFadden teamed up with Keith Duffy of Boyzone to form Boyzlife and currently have two albums to date "Strings Attached" and "Old School".
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In June 1998, Brian McFadden auditioned for Irish boy band Westlife and was against another blonde Nicky Byrne and eventually both joined the group alongside Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan.
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In March 2004, Brian McFadden left the group to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects.
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Brian McFadden co-wrote most of the songs on the album with Guy Chambers, best known for his successful collaboration with Robbie Williams and INXS.
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Brian McFadden continued writing songs for artists such as Il Divo and Girls Aloud, as well as co-writing the theme song "Together We Are One" for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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In early 2008, Brian McFadden signed to Universal Music Australia and released the single there in April 2008, which peaked within the ARIA top 15.
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The album was originally going to be released as a side-project Brian McFadden embarked on with American songwriter Rob Conley but both decided to release it as Brian McFadden's third solo album.
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In September 2010, Brian McFadden released the third single entitled "Mistakes," a duet with his then fiancee Delta Goodrem.
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On 25 February 2011, Brian McFadden released the new single "Just the Way You Are ".
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Brian McFadden released his new single "Wrap My Arms" on 20 January 2012 in Australia.
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On 13 September 2012, Brian McFadden announced the release of his fourth studio album, The Irish Connection, featuring covers of his favourite Irish songs as well as duets with Ronan Keating and Sinead O'Connor.
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On 18 September 2012, Ronan Keating announced that Brian McFadden would be joining him on his 2013 UK Fires Tour.
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In 2008, Brian McFadden took on the role of television presenter as co-host of FOX8's Football Superstar in Australia.
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Brian McFadden reprised his role for the second season in 2009.
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In 2010, Brian McFadden became one of the new judges on Australia's Got Talent replacing Red Symons alongside Kyle Sandilands who replaced Tom Burlinson and Dannii Minogue.
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Brian McFadden was a judge for three years, but was not asked back for the seventh season.
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In late 2008, Brian McFadden teamed up with singer Ricki-Lee Coulter and former Big Brother host Mike Goldman to present the Summer Breakfast Show on 2Day FM.
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In September 2009, Brian McFadden returned to radio by co-hosting on the breakfast show on 2dayFM with Jackie O and Andrew G, replacing host Kyle Sandilands for a short period of time.
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In 2014, Brian McFadden co-hosted the Channel 5 dating game show Stand By Your Man alongside former Freshly Squeezed co-host Laura Jackson.
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In January 2015, Brian McFadden took part in celebrity talent show Get Your Act Together.
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In 2016, Brian McFadden participated in the third series of The Jump on Channel 4.
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Brian McFadden was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated from the show.
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In 2019, Brian McFadden took part in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice, alongside professional partner Alex Murphy.
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Brian McFadden finished in fourth place, after a skate-off with Saara Aalto.
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Brian McFadden married then-Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona on 5 January 2002 in Rathfeigh, County Meath, Ireland.
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In 2004, Brian McFadden began dating Australian singer Delta Goodrem, with whom he collaborated on the duet "Almost Here".
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Brian McFadden married Irish model Vogue Williams in 2012 in Florence, Italy.
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In December 2019, Brian McFadden announced his engagement to physical education teacher Danielle Parkinson on Twitter after three years of dating.
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Brian McFadden announced in November 2020 that he and Parkinson were expecting.