# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-mcfadden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:58.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-mcfadden"
name: "Brian McFadden"
slug: "brian-mcfadden"
description: "Brian Nicholas McFadden is an Irish pop singer and television presenter. He rose to fame in 1998 as a member of the Irish boy band Westlife. Following his departure from the group in 2004, McFadden released his debut solo album, Irish Son. He has since released four studio albums: Set in Stone (2008), Wall of Soundz (2010), The Irish Connection (2013), and Otis (2019). McFadden has also released two albums, Strings Attached (2020) and Old School (2022), in collaboration with Keith Duffy of Boyzone as part of boyzlife."
tagline: "Irish singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_McFadden_(cropped2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-04-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.861373759474877
  historical:           25.44210133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "BrianMcnugget"
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    handle:    "brianmcfadden123"
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    handle:    "nm0971081"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "브라이언 맥패든"
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    title: "Brian McFadden (zanger)"
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    title: "Brian McFadden"
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    title: "Brian McFadden"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump