Nathan Carter

Carter was born in Liverpool to parents originating from Newry, Northern Ireland.[2] He went to Bishop Eton School in Allerton, Liverpool playing the accordion at age 4 in the school concert and at age 10, he won the title for All Ireland Title for Traditional Singing.[3] At 18 he moved from Liverpool to live in Ireland.

His debut album, Starting Out, was released in 2007 and from then on he has been known for reviving the genre of Country and Irish in both Ireland and Great Britain. In 2009 he associated with Irish singer songwriter John Farry further developed his country music output.[2]

His version of "Wagon Wheel" that launched him to stardom was released on 15 June 2012 and also appears in the similarly titled album Wagon Wheel also released in 2012. The album was a commercial success for him making it to the Top 3 in the Irish Album Chart. Carter won the RTÉ Irish Country Music Awards for Live Act of the Year and Ireland's All-Time Favourite Country Song for "Wagon Wheel".[4][5]

Carter released his studio album Where I Wanna Be in August 2013,[6] followed by the follow-up Beautiful Life in 2015 with active promotion in the United Kingdom accompanied by UK tour. Both albums have topped the Irish Albums Chart. Beautiful Life became the first of his albums to chart on the UK Albums Chart.

In late 2015, Carter released Beautiful Life At Christmas, a reissue of his previous releases Beautiful Life and Christmas Stuff, as well as some songs from previous releases repackaged as a 2-CD album. This has so far peaked at number 5 on the Irish charts.

Nathan appeared as the featured artist on TG4's Opry an Iúir in September 2012. The programme has since also been shown on BBC Two Northern Ireland[7] and BBC ALBA.[8]

In 2013, Nathan appeared in episode 9 [9] of Ros na Rún on Irish TV channel TG4. In the episode Dara wants Sarah to help him with the Nathan Carter tribute night. John Joe says he can organise Nathan himself to attend, after much doubt, John Joe proves that he was telling the truth all along about knowing Nathan. Himself and Nathan walk into Gaudis, where Nathan performs.

Niamh McGlinchey in the 2014 version of TG4's Glór Tíre.[10]

Nathan was featured in episode 3 of Stetsons and Stilettos with the film crew spending two weeks on the road with him. The episode shows Nathan preparing for his at the Marquee in Cork.

In December 2015, Nathan hosted The Nathan Carter Show in The Mansion House, Dublin with guests including Paddy Casey, Mary Black and The Shires.

On 9 August 2017 he was interviewed on The One Show, which was broadcast live from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.

On 17 September 2017, Nathan premiered his first American PBS Special. The one and a half hour program, filmed in Dublin, Ireland, promoted his American Tour. The program spotlighted Celtic classics, standards, American Country and self written hit songs. It was titled Celtic Roots with Nathan.

Nathan was born to Ian and Noreen Carter.[11] Nathan's younger brother, Jake, is also a singer who has had success in his own right in the UK and Ireland's country music charts.[12] He also has a sister, Kiara Carter.[11]

Over the years there has been much speculation about Nathan and fellow country singer Lisa McHugh. In his 2018 book Born For The Road: My Story So Far, Nathan talks about the first time he met McHugh and instantly fancied her. They briefly had a relationship, but that ended six months later because neither of them was looking for anything serious.[11][13][14]

Studio albums

• Starting Out (2007)
• The Way You Love Me (2010)
• Time of My Life (2011)
• Wagon Wheel (2012)
• Where I Wanna Be (2013)
• Christmas Stuff (2014)
• Beautiful Life (2015)
• Stayin' Up All Night (2016)
• Livin' the Dream (2017)
• Born for the Road (2018)
• Irish Heartland (2019)

• Nathan Carter, Born for the Road: My Story So Far, Penguin Ireland.

• Official site