Michael Lawson is an Irish singer who won the
fifth season of ''
The Voice of Ireland
''The Voice of Ireland'' is the Irish edition of the international TV franchise ''The Voice'', a reality singing competition created by media tycoon John de Mol. The first series began airing from 8 January 2012 on RTÉ One. The coaches origina ...
'' in 2016.
Career
After successfully becoming the fifth and final winner of ''
The Voice of Ireland
''The Voice of Ireland'' is the Irish edition of the international TV franchise ''The Voice'', a reality singing competition created by media tycoon John de Mol. The first series began airing from 8 January 2012 on RTÉ One. The coaches origina ...
'', he won a recording contract with
Universal Music
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's cor ...
.
His winner's single, a cover of "
7 Years" by
Lukas Graham
Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band consisting of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Forchhammer, bassist Magnus Larsson, and drummer Mark Falgren. The band released their first album, ''Lukas Graham'', with labels Copenhagen Records ...
was released on 24 April 2016. It failed to have any impact in the Irish charts.
His debut solo single, titled ''Revival'', was released to Irish radio on 5 July 2016. A music video for the song was released on 14 July 2016, featuring his mentor
Niall Breslin
Niall Breslin (born 22 October 1980), known as Bressie, is an Irish musician, former Westmeath GAA, Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter with pop band The Blizz ...
from The Voice and snippets of his time in the competition. It was released for download on 15 July 2016 and failed to have any success in the charts.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
The Voice (franchise) winners
Irish pop singers
Irish male singers
Universal Music Group artists
Musicians from County Monaghan
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