标题：Joe McElderry
2009英国偶像冠军
出生日期：1991年6月16日 
英国当地时间12月13号晚上，英国近两千万电视观众观看了ITV 的热门电视选秀节目The X Factor的决赛，来自北英格兰南谢尔兹（South Shields）的18岁学生乔·麦克尔德里（Joe McElderry）最终夺魁，并赢得一百万英镑的唱片合同。  来自北英格兰的乔·麦克尔德里以其清纯的嗓音和腼腆温和的性格赢得数以百万计英国电视观众的青睐，在决赛前，已经成为最被看好的赢家。 在周日晚上的决赛中，乔·麦克尔德里与来自埃塞克斯的选手奥利·莫尔斯（Olly Murs）竞争最后的选秀桂冠和百万英镑的唱片合同。他俩分别演唱了即将作为圣诞单曲发行的歌 The Climb（攀登）。 最终，在所有的一千万最后投票中，18岁的乔赢得了将近三分之二的票数，而成为第6届The X Factor 冠军。据悉，现年19岁的McElderry已于2010年7月底正式公开自己的“同志”身份。
今年（2011年）1月7日上映的《纳尼亚传奇3：黎明踏浪号》的主题曲《Someone Wake Me Up》即是由Joe McElderry献唱的。
最佳单曲
亚马逊中国的广告歌曲 Smile: 
You're better than the best
I'm lucky just to linger in your light
Cooler than the flip side of my pillow (that's right)
Completely unaware
Nothing can compare to where you send me
Lets me know that it's okay (yeah, it's okay)
And the moments when my good times start to fade
You make me smile like the sun
Fall outta bed
Sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you
Can drive me wild
Oh you make me smile
Even when you're gone
Somehow you come along
Just like a flower
Poking through the sidewalk crack
And just like that
You steal away the rain
And just like that
You make me smile like the sun
Fall outta bed
Sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you
Can drive me wild
Oh you make me smile
Don't know how I lived without you
Coz everytime that I get around you
I see the best of me inside your eyes
You make me smile
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you
Can drive me wild
Smile like the sun
Fall outta bed
Sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you
Can drive me wild
Oh you make me smile
(Oh you make me smile)
Oh you make me smile
(Oh you make me smile)
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Song：The Climb 
(原唱是被誉为迪士尼“公主”之一,也是好莱坞红星的 Miley Cyrus. The Climb 也是 Miley Cyrus 主演的电影Hannah Montana : The Movie 中的插曲 ） 
I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"
Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on
‘Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa[1]