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4''Brian'' Nicholas ''[=McFadden=]'' (born 12 April 1980), is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Music/{{Westlife}}.
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6Following his departure from Westlife, Mcfadden released his debut solo album, Irish Son which peaked within the top 5 on both the Danish and Irish Albums Charts, and produced his first two No. 1 solo singles "Real to Me" in four European countries and also "Almost Here", a duet with his now ex-fiancée Delta Goodrem which gained a platinum accreditation in Australia. "Like Only a Woman Can", the lead single from his second album, Set in Stone (2008), became his third No. 1 single as a solo artist. In 2010, Brian scored his fourth No. 1 with the hit single, "Just Say So" featuring American rapper, Kevin Rudolf and gained his second Australian platinum accreditation. The single received a nomination at the 2010 ARIA Music Awards for Most Popular Australian Single.
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8His most recent album, ''The Irish Connection'', was released in 2013.
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10Incidentally, his sister, Susan, is a member of the Irish all-female group Music/CelticWoman.
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12!Discography
13* Irish Son (2004)
14* Set in Stone (2008)
15* Wall of Soundz (2010)
16* The Irish Connection (2013)
17!Tropes
18* BreakupSong: "Almost Here" for a start. Kicking Around The Love Again, Now Only We Cry, When Your Coming Back Home, Everything But You, Get Away
19* CoverVersion: An album's worth.
20* DateRape: The subject of ''[[SoBadItsGood The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar)]]''. MoralGuardians were not impressed.
21* DuetBonding: With Music/DeltaGoodrem
22* GenreShift: Wall Of Soundz was a evolution to a more electronic sound.
23* IntercourseWithYou: Chemical Rush and Twisted.
24* MoralGuardians: For "Tainting" Delta Goodrem, for singing a song which glorifies date rape, for breaking up his own marriage, various things Delta Goodrem says on her Child Of the Universe album would make ANYBODY rage.
25* MisogynySong: "Just The Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" is a song that glorifies date rape.
26* SillyLoveSongs: Mr Alien, Zoomer.

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