Michael Patrick Kelly

Michael Patrick Kelly (Paddy) was born in 5 December 1977. He is an Irish-American[1] singer, musician and composer. Kelly was born in Dublin. He came to fame as the third-youngest member of the pop- and folk band The Kelly Family, who with over 20 million records sold since the mid-1990s, belonged to the most commercially successful acts in Europe. After years in the public eye Kelly released his debut solo album "In Exile" and shortly thereafter retired to a monastery in France.[2] After six years he returned to the music business in 2011. Kelly currently resides in Germany.

Michael Patrick Kelly
Kelly in 2018
Background information
Born (1977-12-05) December 5, 1977
Dublin, Ireland
GenresSinger, musician, composer
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Associated actsThe Kelly Family
Websitemichael-patrick-kelly.com

Discography

Studio albums

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released
Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
SWI
[5]
In Exile
  • Released: March 17, 2003
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
4913
Human
  • Released: May 15, 2015
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1638
Ruah
  • Released: September 23, 2016
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, digital download
201257
ID
  • Released: June 16, 2017
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, digital download
725
  • BVMI: Platinum[6]

Live albums

  • 2013: In Live – Solo & Unplugged (as Paddy Kelly)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
NLD
[7]
POL
[8]
RUS
[9]
SK
[10]
SWI
[11]
"Pray Pray Pray"
(as Paddy Kelly)
2003 431374 In Exile
"When You Sleep"
(as Paddy Kelly)
7045
"Shake Away" 2015 50 Human
"Golden Age" 2017 43 iD
"iD"
(featuring Gentleman)
5760
"Roundabouts" 2018 47 Non-album singles
"Beautiful Madness" 2020 73421211513
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other releases

  • 2015: "Beautiful Soul"
  • 2017: "How Do You Love"
  • 2017: "Awake"
  • 2017: Sing meinen Song: Das Weihnachtskonzert Volume 4, various artists

Video album

  • 2013: In Live – Solo & Unplugged (as Paddy Kelly)

References

  1. AllMusic biography
  2. "Michael Patrick Kelly – Biography – Billboard". Billboard.
  3. "Michael Patrick Kelly discography". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  4. "Discographie Michael Patrick Kelly" (enter "Michael Patrick Kelly" into the "Suchen" box). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  5. "Michael Patrick Kelly discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  6. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Archived from the original (To access, enter the search parameter "Michael Patrick Kelly" and select "Suchen") on August 22, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  7. "Discografie Michael Patrick Kelly - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  8. Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  9. Peak chart positions for singles in Russia:
  10. Peak chart positions for singles in Slovakia:
    • "Beautiful Madness": "ČNS IFPI". hitparada.ifpicr.cz. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  11. "Michael Patrick Kelly". swisscharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  12. "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2020" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
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