Nathan Carter (singer)

Nathan Carter

At the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Background information
Birth name Nathan Kane Tyrone Carter
Born (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990
Liverpool, England
Origin County Donegal, Ireland
Genres Country, Country and Irish
Years active 2002–present
Labels Sharpe Music (2002-2014), Decca (2014-present)
Website nathancartermusic.com

Nathan Kane Tyrone Carter[1][2] (born 28 May 1990) is an Irish country singer signed to Decca Records since 2014.[3] Prior to signing with Decca, Nathan was an independent artist with his music distributed by Sharpe Music. He is suggested in Irish media to be one of the biggest stars of the genre of music known as Country and Irisha special genre of "country with Celtic influences".

As of November 2015 Nathan has released 7 studio albums, 3 live albums and 3 live DVD's.

Career

Nathan was born in Liverpool to parents originating from Newry.[4] 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.[5] 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 Great Britain and Ireland. In 2009 he associated with Irish singer songwriter John Farry further developed his country music output.[4]

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 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.[7]

Personal life

Over the years there has been much speculation about Nathan and fellow country singer Lisa McHugh. In a Twitter Q&A session for The Impartial Reporter in May 2012 Nathan was asked by Blondiesharks (@blondiesharks) if the rumours romantically linking him and country singer Lisa McHugh were true. Nathan tweeted: "Lisa and I have known each other for years and are great friends."[8] Nathan is currently single, however recently stated that he is always looking for love.[9]

Appearances

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[10] and BBC ALBA.[11]

In 2013, Nathan appeared in episode 9 [12] 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.

Nathan mentored Niamh McGlinchey in the 2014 version of TG4's Glór Tíre.[13]

Nathan was feature 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.

Charity activities

Nathan is a patron of Cancer Connect Northern Ireland.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

[15]

Year Album Peak positions Notes
IRE
Albums

IRE
Indie
Albums
UK
Albums

2007 Starting Out
2010 The Way You Love Me
2011 Time of My Life
2012 Wagon Wheel 6 3
2013 Where I Wanna Be 1 4
2014 Christmas Stuff 8[16]
2015 Beautiful Life 1 32
2016 Stayin' Up All Night 1 31

Live albums

Year Album Peak positions Track listing
IRE
Albums

[17]
IRE
Indie
Albums
2012 The Live Show
2013 The Wagon Wheel Show – Live 1
2015 Live at the Marquee 9 -

Singles

(Selective)

Year Single Peak positions Album
IRE
2012 "Wagon Wheel"[18] 14 Wagon Wheel
2013 "Caledonia"[19]  
"Where I Wanna Be"[20]   Where I Wanna Be
"Boys of Summer" 96
2014 "Simple Life" 73
"On the Boat to Liverpool" 95
"Good Time Girls" 40 Stayin' Up All Night
2015 "Good Luck to the Girl"  
2016 "Temple Bar"   Stayin' Up All Night
Others

(selective)

Featured in

Filmography

DVD

Year Title Track listing
2012

The Live Show[21]

2013

The Wagon Wheel Live Show[22]

2015

Live at the Marquee[23]

Television

References

  1. "Nathan Carter - England & Wales Births 1837-2006 [1] - Genes Reunited". www.genesreunited.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  2. "MR NATHAN KANE TYRONE CARTER director information. Free director information". Company Check. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  3. "Nathan signs Worldwide Record Deal with Decca Records".
  4. 1 2 James Martin (11 October 2016). "Nathan Carter on becoming a Liverpool-Irish country music star". The irish Post. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. "Nathan Carter the Superstar of Country Music talks to Seamus on Country Time With Qiunn". WorldIrish. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. "Where I Wanna Be". Nathancartermusic.com. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  7. "Irish Charts, Week 49, Week ending 4 Dec 2015". 4 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  8. "From Down Under to down the road, Nathan tweets to all his Fermanagh fans". Impartial Reporter. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  9. "Nathan Carter on looking for love and the shock at outselling One Direction - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  10. "Nathan Carter 'Home to Donegal', Episode 3, Series 2, Opry an Iúir - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  11. "Episode 3, Series 1, Opry an Iúir - BBC ALBA". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  12. "Ros na Rún, Sobal Dráma/Soap TG4". www.rosnarun.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  13. "TG4 Glor Tire 2014". www.nathancartermusic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  14. "Thank you to our patron Nathan Carter... - Cancer Connect NI | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  15. "Nathan Carter | Discography". AllMusic. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  16. "Christmas Stuff by Nathan Carter - Music Charts". acharts.co. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  17. "Nathan Carter".
  18. "Nathan Carter Wagon Wheel". YouTube. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  19. "Nathan Carter Caledonia". YouTube. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  20. "Nathan Carter – Where I Wanna Be". YouTube. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  21. "The Live Show DVD". www.nathancartermusic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  22. "The Wagon Wheel Show Live CD". www.nathancartermusic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  23. "Nathan Carter Live at the Marquee DVD". www.nathancartermusic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.

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