Daniel O'Donnell

Crooning out wholesome pop ballads with his smooth, softly spoken delivery, Daniel O'Donnell (born on 12 December 1961 in Kincasslagh, County Donegal) has become the housewives' favourite and Ireland's answer to Cliff Richard. Learning to sing in his church choir, he started off in his sister Margo's band before self-funding his first album and selling it at gigs. Through tours of Britain's ex-pat clubs and Irish bars, his reputation quickly grew and he scored his first UK hit single with "I Just Want to Dance With You" in 1992. He teamed up with Mary Duff on the album Timeless (1996) and broke into the top ten for the first time with Love Songs (1998) before reaching Number 7 with his biggest single "Give a Little Love" that same year. His easy listening style has included traditional Irish, country, pop, rock, and Christian songs, and he has racked up album sales of over 10 million, with Daniel In Blue Jeans (2003) and The Jukebox Years (2004) both reaching Number 3 in the UK and proving his most popular works. Awarded an Honourary MBE in 2002, Daniel O'Donnell remains a clean-cut, national treasure to his legions of fans, known by the affectionate nickname "Wee Daniel" and with an impressive number of releases under his belt, including 18 albums in the Top 20 of Billboard's World Music Album Chart. In 2015, he became the first artist to have charted at least one new album in the UK charts for 28 consecutive years (1988–2015), when his LP The Hank Williams Songbook went to Number 5 in the UK. In 2021, he celebrated his 60th birthday with the 60 album and went to number 16 in the UK with 2022 LP I Wish You Well.