Jake Carter (born Jacob Carter; 11 August 1998) is a singer and the winner of
series 2 of the Irish television dance competition ''Dancing with the Stars''. He is the younger brother of country music singer
Nathan Carter
Nathan Kane Tyrone Carter (born 28 May 1990) is a British-born Irish country music singer based in the UK and Ireland. He has released thirteen studio albums and six live albums as of December 2022, five of which peaked at number one, and four ...
.
Career
In 2017, Carter burst on to the Irish music scene after a performance on ''
The Late Late Show'' with
Ryan Tubridy
Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973), nicknamed 'Tubs
' is an Irish broadcaster. He presents ''The Ryan Tubridy Show'' and '' The Late Late Show''.
Tubridy previously presented RTÉ 2fm breakfast radio show ''The Full Irish'', which at its end was ...
, performing his first single, "Trouble". The single accompanied with a music video received a lot of air play on Irish country music radio stations and reached number one on the Irish Country Music iTunes chart.
He followed up "Trouble" with an EP titled ''Three Things''.
Appearances
''Aladdin''
In December 2017, Carter appeared as the title character Aladdin in the Belfast
SSE Arena pantomime production of ''
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...
''.
''Dancing with the Stars''
In December 2017, Carter was confirmed as one of the eleven celebrities taking part in the
second series of the Irish version of
''Dancing with the Stars''.
Carter was paired with Irish professional dancer,
Karen Byrne for the series. They won the competition on 25 March 2018.
; ''Dancing with the Stars'' performances
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Personal life
Carter was born to Ian and Noreen In 1998.
He is the younger brother of Irish Country singer
Nathan Carter
Nathan Kane Tyrone Carter (born 28 May 1990) is a British-born Irish country music singer based in the UK and Ireland. He has released thirteen studio albums and six live albums as of December 2022, five of which peaked at number one, and four ...
. Carter has toured extensively with his brother, most recently supporting him on Irish arena tour in March 2018. He also has a sister, Kiara Carter.
[ Since 2018, Carter has been in a relationship with his ''Dancing with the Stars'' professional partner, Karen Byrne.]
Discography
EPs
*2017: ''Three Things''
**1. "Just Wanna Kiss You" (3:02) - 2. "Wild and Free" (3:22) 3. "Havin' a Party" (3:04) 4. "I Ain't Ever Coming Down" (3:05) 5. "Fallin' for You" (2:57)
Singles / videography
*2016: "Trouble"
*2017: "Wild and Free"
*2017: "Havin' a Party"
*2017: "I Just Wanna Kiss You"
*2018: "Fallin' for You"
*2018: "The Little Things You Do"
*2018: "2018"
*2018: "Take Me Dancing" (feat. Una Healy
Una Theresa Imogene Healy (born 10 October 1981) is an Irish singer. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of five-piece girl group The Saturdays, who are signed to Fascination and Polydor Records. In 2006, she represented Ireland in the Eurovi ...
)
*2019: “Supernatural”
*2019: "I Won't be Leaving"
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Country singers from Northern Ireland
Male singers from Northern Ireland
Musicians from Liverpool
Dancing with the Stars winners