Matt Cardle

**Matthew Sheridan Cardle** (born 15 April 1983) is an English pop singer and actor. In 2010, he rose to fame after winning the  of _The X Factor_, and received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music and later signed a deal with Columbia Records. After winning _The X Factor_, he released his winner's single "", the song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart, achieving the UK .

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="3"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|
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|* Released: 17 October 2011 * Label: Syco, Sony, Columbia * Format: Digital download, CD|2|2|2|* UK: Platinum * IRE: Gold||||
|* Released: 29 October 2012 * Label: So What Recordings * Format: Digital download, CD|8|14|8|* UK: Silver||||
|* Released: 28 October 2013 * Label: Absolute * Format: Digital download, vinyl, CD|11|75|22|||||
|* Released: 27 April 2018 * Label: Sony Music * Format: Digital download, vinyl, CD|28|—|22|||||
|* Released: 10 April 2026 * Label: London Multimedia Limited * Format: CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download, streaming|—|—|—|||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.|||||||

### Live albums

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|* Released: 18 November 2016 * Label: Absolute * Format: CD|—|||||||

### Extended plays

|scope="col" style="width:12em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:18em;"|Details|
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|* Released: 18 June 2021 * Label: Matt Cardle; Last Man Music * Format: Digital download; streaming||||

#### As lead artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="2"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010|1|1|rowspan="4"|_Letters_||||
|rowspan="2"|2011|6|12|||||
|185|—|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2012|84|—|||||
|175|—|rowspan="2"|_The Fire_|||||
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|rowspan="2"|2013|14|42|rowspan="3"|_Porcelain_|||
|—|—|||||||
|2014|171|—||||||
|rowspan="5"|2018|—|—|rowspan="5"|_Time to Be Alive_|||
|—|—|||||||
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|—|—|||||||
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|rowspan="2"|2021|—|—|rowspan="2"|_Purple Crayon_|||
|—|—|||||||
|2025|—|—|rowspan="2"|_The Great Escape_||||
|2026|—|—||||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.|||||||

#### As featured artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="2"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010|1|1||||||

### Other charted songs

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|
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|2012|92|_The Fire_||||||

### Other appearances

|scope="col" style="width:24em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Album|
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|2010|__|||||

### Music videos

|scope="col" style="width:24em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Director(s)|
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|rowspan="3"|2011|||||
|Sean De Sparengo||||||
|rowspan="3"|2012|Sean De Sparengo||||
|Nick Spanos||||||
|rowspan="3"|2013|Nick Spanos||||
|Jonny Kight||||||
|Nick Spanos||||||
|rowspan="2"|2018|Tim Fox||||
|Sean Robinson||||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Matt Cardle
- **image**: Matt Cardle, HMV Stockport (Cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Cardle in 2011
- **birth name**: Matthew Sheridan Cardle
- **birth place**: Southampton, Hampshire, England
- **origin**: Halstead, Essex, England
- **years active**: 2005–present