# Michael Patrick Kelly

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 in the eighth season of The Voice of Germany. He won the show with his artist Samuel Rösch. He also served as a coach in the second season of the German version of The Voice Senior.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing year released :
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | AUT | GER | SWI | Certifications |
| In Exile (as Paddy Kelly) | 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 |

### 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | AUT | GER | NLD | POL | RUS | SVK | SWI | Certifications | Album |
| "Pray Pray Pray" (as Paddy Kelly) | 2003 | 43 | 13 | 74 | — | — | — | — | | In Exile |
| "When You Sleep" (as Paddy Kelly) | 2003 | 70 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | | In Exile |
| "Shake Away" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | | Human |
| "Golden Age" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | | ID |
| "iD" (featuring Gentleman) | 2017 | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | 60 | IFPI AUT: Gold | ID |
| "Roundabouts" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | | ID (Extended Version) |
| "Beautiful Madness" | 2020 | 63 | 42 | — | 1 | 21 | 3 | 13 | IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum ZPAV: 2× Platinum | B.O.A.T.S |
| "Throwback" | 2021 | 47 | 30 | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | IFPI AUT: Gold ZPAV: Platinum | B.O.A.T.S |
| "Blurry Eyes" | 2021 | — | 45 | — | — | — | 10 | 26 | | B.O.A.T.S |
| "Best Bad Friend" (with Rea Garvey) | 2022 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | | B.O.A.T.S (Extended Version) |
| "Wonders" (featuring Rakim) | 2022 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ZPAV: Platinum | B.O.A.T.S (Extended Version) |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||

### 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 | Nominated |
| 2018 | Radio Regenbogen | Michael Patrick Kelly | Comeback of the Year | Won |
| 2022 | Pop Awards | Michael Patrick Kelly | Male Artist of the Year | Won |