Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980) is an Irish pop singer and television presenter.

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 (Boyzone) to form Boyzlife and currently have two albums to date "Strings Attached" (2020) and "Old School" (2022) McFadden was born in Dublin and was raised Catholic.

[2] Along with his sister Susan, McFadden attended the Billie Barry Stage School in Dublin,[2] 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.

[3] 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.

In June 1998, 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.

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."

McFadden co-wrote most of the songs on the album with Guy Chambers, best known for his successful collaboration with Robbie Williams and INXS.

[8] In early 2008, McFadden signed to Universal Music Australia[9] and released the single there in April 2008, which peaked within the ARIA top 15.

[16] In September 2010, McFadden released the third single entitled "Mistakes," a duet with his then fiancée Delta Goodrem.

[24] Boyzlife is a duo consisting of Keith Duffy and McFadden, who previously appeared as members of '90s and '00s boybands Boyzone and Westlife, respectively, hence the name.

Junior travels around the United Kingdom with Charlie the Duck, who accompanies him, encouraging people to speak up about mental health.

[26] On 19 January 2022, the duo announced the release of their second studio album, Old School, which charted poorly due to lack of promotion.

[citation needed] In late 2008, McFadden teamed up with singer Ricki-Lee Coulter and former Big Brother host Mike Goldman to present the Summer Breakfast Show on 2Day FM.

In September 2009, 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.

2013 saw McFadden and his wife at the time Vogue Williams come in second place on ITV dancing show Stepping Out, hosted by Davina McCall.

[33] In 2019, McFadden took part in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice, alongside professional partner Alex Murphy.

McFadden married then-Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona on 5 January 2002 in Rathfeigh, County Meath, Ireland.

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.

[40][41] In December 2019, McFadden announced his engagement to physical education teacher Danielle Parkinson on Twitter after three years of dating.