19 Facts About Joel Madden

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Joel Rueben Madden is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Good Charlotte.

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Joel Madden is part of the pop rock collaboration the Madden Brothers with his identical twin brother Benji Madden.

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Joel Madden has an identical twin, Benji Madden, who plays guitar and sings backing vocals in their band, Good Charlotte.

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Joel Madden has an older brother named Josh Madden who works in the music industry, and a younger sister named Sarah Madden.

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Joel Madden later had a cameo role in the 2004 film Fat Albert and in the 2006 film Material Girls with his brother Benji.

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Joel Madden had a guest appearance in the hit Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band, in which he joined the band for a performance.

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Joel Madden started a clothing line called MADE Clothing along with his brothers Benji and Josh.

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In November 2007, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden created The Richie Joel Madden Children's Foundation.

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In 2010, with his brother, Joel Madden contributed to "We Are the World 25 for Haiti," a remake of the song "We Are the World" by USA for Africa, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

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On November 23,2011, Joel Madden was confirmed as one of the four vocal coaches in the first season of the Australian version of the reality singing competition The Voice.

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Joel Madden is featured in Blood on the Dance Floor's fifth studio album on the track "Incomplete and All Alone" released on June 19,2012.

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In 2012, Joel Madden joined the 11th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.

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In 2013, Joel Madden provided songwriting and production assistance to the Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer on their first album.

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Joel Madden has helped write songs with them again for their later album Sounds Good Feels Good.

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Joel Madden was in a pop rock duo with his brother Benji called The Joel Madden Brothers.

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In 2015, Joel Madden appeared as guest in the American TV series Empire.

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In 2013, Joel Madden won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent for his role as coach on the program.

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In July 2004,25-year-old Joel Madden began dating teen idol Hilary Duff when she was 16.

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Joel Madden has a trademark habit of chewing toothpicks to help reduce the number of cigarettes he smokes a day.