The Celtic Tenors were
signed on the spot to an international record deal, following an impromptu
audition in London in 2000, an event so unprecedented that it soon became
the talk of the music industry.
Their eponymously-titled
debut album went immediately to No. 2 in the UK classical charts, only to be
held off the top by Russell Watson. It went to No 1 in Ireland and Germany
-- where it was two times platinum -- and won the Echo Award (The German
Grammy) for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2002. The boys’ full length TV
Special Ein Grosse Irischer Abend, (A Great Irish Evening) filmed in
front of a capacity crowd in Hamburg, was shown to millions of viewers on
Network TV in Germany regularly for more than two years. Then, it was
released as a Coast-to-Coast TV Special on PBS, showing on more than 260
channels from Hawaii to Alaska and everywhere in between. Overnight, The
Celtic Tenors became one of the most successful classical crossover acts in
2002, with a top ten Billboard album in the US. Their second album, So
Strong, was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and produced by the legendary
Mike Moran. The Tenor’s most recent album, released in March 2005, features
guests such as Samantha Mumba (You Raise Me Up), Brian Kennedy (We
Are Not Islands) and an epic version of All Out of Love,
featuring Air Supply, recorded at their private studios in Utah.
The Celtic Tenors were
invited to sing for ex-President Bill Clinton, during his recent visit to
Dublin Castle, funding-raising for the Northern Ireland Peace Fund. He now
says their version of his favorite song, Danny Boy, is the best he
has ever heard. More recently, they had the special honor of singing in a
private audience for Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan,
during a trip to Ireland. The surprise recital was a very personal gift to
the couple from the front man of U2--Bono.
The Celtic Tenors have
appeared on numerous compilation albums, including the Official Rugby World
Cup Album 2003, True Colours, the official classical album for the
Olympic Games 2004, Harmony, and the huge selling debut album by Liam
Lawton, Another World. Total album sales worldwide, including
compilations, are now at more than one million, making them the biggest
classical crossover artists ever to come out of Ireland.
“They are re-inventing
the whole Tenor idiom,” says Phil Coulter, Ireland’s legendary songwriter
whose ballad My Boy was a huge hit for Elvis in the ‘70’s. The impact
of The Celtic Tenors was so inspiring to Mr. Coulter that he wrote the
unforgettable piece, entitled Remember Me, Recuérdame, for the trio
after hearing them in concert.
Graham Russell, composer
for the 80’S group Air Supply had this to say about The Celtic
Tenors: “All Out Of Love was our biggest hit…I wanted to re-record it
and I heard The Celtic Tenors on a visit to Ireland, and I knew immediately
that we just had to duet with these guys.”
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