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. After six years he returned to the music business in 2011. Kelly currently resides in Germany. In addition to his career as a singer, he served as a coach on the eighth season of The Voice of Germany; he won the show with his artist Samuel Rösch. He also served as a coach on the second season of the German version of The Voice Senior and the fourteenth season of The Voice Kids, winning the latter with his artist Katelyn Harrington.
Discography Studio albums +List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing year released Title Album details Peak positions Certifications AUT GER SWI In Exile Released: March 17, 2003 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, digital download 49 13 — Human Released: May 15, 2015 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, digital download 16 3 8 BVMI: Gold Ruah Released: September 23, 2016 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, digital download 20 12 57 ID Released: June 16, 2017 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, digital download 7 2 5 BVMI: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold B.O.A.T.S Released: November 12, 2021 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, digital download 2 2 2 BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold Traces Release date: October 31, 2025 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, digital download 2 1 1
Live albums 2013: In Live – Solo & Unplugged (as Paddy Kelly)
Singles +List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions CertificationsAlbumAUT Peak chart positions for singles in the Estonian Airplay: "Rebellion": "Feel My Love": GERNLDPeak chart positions for singles in the Polish Airplay: "Beautiful Madness": "Throwback": "Best Bad Friend": "Wonders": "Rebellion": "Run Free": "Feel My Love": Peak chart positions for singles in the Russian Airplay: "Beautiful Madness": "Rebellion": Peak chart positions for singles in the Slovakian Airplay: "Beautiful Madness": "Throwback": "Blurry Eyes": "Wonders": "O.K.O": "The One": "Run Free": SWI "Pray Pray Pray" 2003 43 rowspan="2" 13 74 — colspan="2" rowspan="2" —In Exile "When You Sleep" 70 45 — — — "Shake Away" 2015 — — — — — — — 50 Human "Golden Age" 2017 — — — — — — — 43ID "iD" — — 57 — — — — 60 IFPI AUT: Gold "Roundabouts" 2018 — — — — — — — 47 ID "Beautiful Madness" 2020 63 — 42 — 1 16 3 13 IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum ZPAV: 2× PlatinumB.O.A.T.S "Throwback" 2021 47 — 30 — 3 — 5 — IFPI AUT: Gold ZPAV: Platinum "Blurry Eyes" — — 45 — — — 10 26 "Best Bad Friend"(with Rea Garvey) 2022 — — — — 27 — — —B.O.A.T.S "Wonders" — — — — 1 — 2 — ZPAV: Platinum "O.K.O" 2023 — — — — — — 4 — "Rebellion"(with R3hab and Shaggy) 2025 — 99 — — 15 78 — — "The One" — — — — — — 2 — Traces "Run Free" — — — — 18 — 12 — "Wolken"(with Johannes Oerding) 2026 — — — — — — — — Hotel "Feel My Love"(with Take That) — 86 — — 36 — — — Dreamers "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory."*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time. Other releases 2015: "Beautiful Soul" 2017: "How Do You Love" 2017: "Awake" 2017: Sing meinen Song: Das Weihnachtskonzert Volume 4, various artists
Video album 2013: In Live – Solo & Unplugged (as Paddy Kelly)
Awards and nominations
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
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