| Michael Patrick Kelly | |
| Birth Name: | Michael Patrick Kelly |
| Alias: | Paddy Kelly |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Associated Acts: | The Kelly Family |
| Occupation: | Singer, songwriter |
Michael Patrick Kelly (born December 5, 1977) is an Irish-American singer, musician and composer. Kelly was born in Dublin. He was a member of the pop and folk band The Kelly Family, one of the most commercially successful acts in Europe, with over 20 million records sold since the mid-1990s. After years in the public eye, Kelly released his debut solo album In Exile and shortly thereafter retired to a monastery in France.[1] After six years he returned to the music business in 2011. [2]
| Album details | Peak positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [3] | GER [4] | SWI [5] | ||||
| In Exile |
| 49 | 13 | — | ||
| Human |
| 16 | 3 | 8 |
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| Ruah |
| 20 | 12 | 57 | ||
| ID |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| B.O.A.T.S |
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | GER | NLD [8] | POL [9] | RUS [10] | SVK [11] | SWI [12] | |||||
| "Pray Pray Pray" | 2003 | 43 | 13 | 74 | — | — | — | — | In Exile | ||
| "When You Sleep" | 70 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Shake Away" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | Human | ||
| "Golden Age" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | ID | ||
| "iD" | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | 60 | ||||
| "Roundabouts" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | ID | ||
| "Beautiful Madness" | 2020 | 63 | 42 | — | 1 | 21 | 3 | 13 | B.O.A.T.S | ||
| "Throwback" | 2021 | 47 | 30 | — | 3 | — | 5 | — |
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| "Blurry Eyes" | — | 45 | — | — | — | 10 | 26 | ||||
| "Best Bad Friend" (with Rea Garvey) | 2022 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | B.O.A.T.S | ||
| "Wonders" | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Year | Award | Artist/work | Category | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Echo Music Prize | Michael Patrick Kelly - ID | International Artist | |||
| Radio Regenbogen | Michael Patrick Kelly | Comeback of the Year | ||||
| 2022 | Pop Awards | Michael Patrick Kelly | Male Artist of the Year | [15] |