Joe McElderry is tagged as: x factor, british, pop, male vocalists, reality tv
Joe McElderry aged 18 from South Shields is the winner of series 6 of the X Factor UK He first audition in Manchester, where he sang Luther Vandross 'Dance With My Father "
He was in the boys' group mentoring of Cheryl Cole
His songs appear on the X -Factor finalists 2009 Charity single (a cover of Michael Jackson's You Are Not Alone), which reached number 1 status in the UK Charts on 21 November 2009, it remained there for a week before they were knocked out by Peter Kay's Charity single for children in need
Joe won X-Factor December 13, 2009 His debut single The Climb (a cover of Miley Cyrus song) was released on 14 December 2009 and charted at number 2 - proposed by an anti-aided X Factor Campaign Rage Against The Machine song Killing in the Name, he was number one in December 21
Singeln had the fifth highest sales of all UK singles in 2009, staying one week at # 1 It was also the best-selling Irish single of 2009, when it continued to be at the top spot for four consecutive weeks, "The Climb" was nominated in the British single category at the 2010 BRIT Awards
McElderry played "Do not Stop Believin" and presented an award at the 15th National Television Awards in London January 20, 2010
