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 .

Discography
Studio albums
 Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UKPeak positions in the UK:
 For all except where noted: 
 For "Heroes": 
 For "Starlight": 
 For "It's Only Love": 
 For "Hit My Heart":  IREPeak positions in Ireland:
 For all except noted: 
 For "Heroes":  SCO  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 The Great Escape Released: 10 April 2026
 Label: London Multimedia Limited
 Format: CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download, streaming —  —  — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums
 Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK Intimate & Live Released: 18 November 2016
 Label: Absolute
 Format: CD —

Extended plays
 Title Details Purple Crayon Released: 18 June 2021
 Label: Matt Cardle; Last Man Music
 Format: Digital download; streaming

Singles
As lead artist
 Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK IRE "" 2010 1  1 Letters "" 2011 6  12 "" 185  — "Amazing" 2012 84  — "" 175  — The Fire "" —  — ""(with Melanie C) 2013 14  42 Porcelain "" —  — "" 2014 171  — "Desire" 2018 —  —Time to Be Alive "Time to Be Alive" —  — "Blind Faith" —  — "I'm Not Letting Go" —  — "Nobody" —  — "Purple Crayon" 2021 —  — Purple Crayon "We're the Butterflies" —  — "Drinking Dreams" 2025 —  — The Great Escape "Fading Lights" 2026 —  — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist
 Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK IRE ""(as part of ) 2010 1  1 

Other charted songs
 Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK "" 2012 92 The Fire

Other appearances
 Title Year Album ""( featuring the Sarm Orchestra and Matt Cardle) 2010 

Music videos
 Title Year Director(s) "When We Collide" 2011  "Run for Your Life"  "Starlight" Sean De Sparengo "Amazing" 2012 Sean De Sparengo "It's Only Love"  Nick Spanos "Anyone Else"  "Lately" 2013 Nick Spanos "Loving You" Jonny Kight "When You Were My Girl" Nick Spanos "Desire" 2018 Tim Fox "Nobody" Sean Robinson

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Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:English singer-songwriters
Category:Singers from Essex
Category:The X Factor winners