Shane Filan Discography

hane Steven Filan (born July 5, 1979) is the lead singer of Irish pop band Westlife. Filan is one of the four (formerly five) original Westlife members, along with other current members Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne.

Filan was born on July 5, 1979 to Peter and Mae Filan, and grew up in Sligo, a small town in the northwest of Ireland. The youngest of seven children, he has three brothers and three sisters: Finbarr, Peter Jr, Yvonne, Liam, Denise and Mairead. His parents owned a diner in Sligo named Carlton Cafe located on Castle Street and Shane used to work there as a waiter from a very early age.
Filan attended Summerhill College, a Catholic school, with Kian Egan and Mark Feehily. All three of them participated in a school production of Grease when they were about 12. The Hawkswell Theatre became a significant part of their careers, and as a big fan of Michael Jackson, Filan taught himself how to moonwalk.
[edit]Musical career
Main article: Westlife
Before Westlife, Egan and Feehily were with Filan in a band known as I.O.U. with other Sligonians Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron and Michael "Miggles" Garrett. In 1997, he attended an audition for a new Irish boyband, where he was spotted by Boyzone manager Louis Walsh, and Walsh approached him to join his new venture, Westlife. The three Sligonans joined the band along with Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden.
Filan, along with Mark Feehily, is the main lead singer (first voice) in Westlife. Their first album was released in November, 1999, titled Westlife. With Westlife, Filan has received twenty-eight platinum discs and sold 36 million records worldwide.[1]
Filan has also co-written a few songs, along with the other band members, including:
Fragile Heart
Bop Bop Baby (Became a hit single and made it into #5 in U.K. singles charts)
I Wanna Grow Old With You
Don`t Say It`s Too Late
Love Crime
How Does It Feel
Crying Girl
Reason For Living
Miss You When I`m Dreaming
He has also written songs for other artists, (together with his former bandmate McFadden):
Listen Girl sung by John Ostberg
Let Me Be the One sung by Simon Casey (the song written by only Shane himself)
Sei Parte Ormai Di Me sung by Il Divo [2]
Filan`s recent appearance when he becomes Walsh`s guest judge in the groups category of The X Factor. Among the four guest judges, he is the only guy.
[edit]Personal life
Filan married his childhood sweetheart, Gillian Walsh (Kian`s cousin) on Sunday December 28, 2003 at Ballintubber Abbey, followed by a reception at Ashford Castle, Ireland.[3] Gillian gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Nicole Rose, at Sligo General Hospital on 23 July 2005, and to a baby boy called Patrick Michael Filan, born at Sligo General Hospital on September 15, 2008.
Shane likes to play golf in his spare time, but loves horses much more. He and his family own more than 70 of them, and used to compete at horse tournaments. All of Shane`s horses are named Carlton something (e.g. Carlton Flight, Carlton Clover Association of Ireland] A massive Manchester United fan, Filan and bandmate Nicky Byrne proudly wore their Man Utd scarfs as they were half time guests at Old Trafford for the game between United and Bolton Wanderers
He and his eldest brother, Finbarr, have a company called Shafin Developments Ltd. They are hoping to expand its portfolio with the proposed construction of 63 luxury apartments at the rear of Lisroyan Ho

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