Background
On December 19, 1991, Galbraith was born in Kent, United Kingdom to Siobhan and Alec Galbraith. His father is an Englander and his mother is an Irish.
On December 19, 1991, Galbraith was born in Kent, United Kingdom to Siobhan and Alec Galbraith. His father is an Englander and his mother is an Irish.
He is best known for his 2002 hit single, "Tell Maine Why", which peaked at #29 in the United Kingdom Chart. He has a younger sister Bernadette. The mix of Scottish and Irish musical traditions.
Galbraith, dressed up as a chimney sweep, started singing.
As a result of his success in the talent shows, the major recording companies soon heard about Galbraith and he was signed to his first recording contract in England. His first recording was "Walking in the Air", which was released on a special Christmas Hits album, also featuring songs by Westlife, Elton John and Elvis Presley.
Among some of his most memorable performances have been the Queen"s Jubilee at Street Paul"s Cathedral, when he sang "Amazing Grace" accompanied by the Street Paul"s Choir and a performance in front of more than 22,000 people at an Elton John concert. His first self-titled album, Declan, with Irish traditional songs as well as specially written material became a big success and charted in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Within the year of release, it had soon sold 200,000 copies in Germany.
Another big success came during a nationwide tour of Young Voices concerts when breaking the Guinness World Record. His talent and reputation came to the attention of media mogul Haim Saban who signed Galbraith to his music group"s new record label, Starwatch, and selected Germany as the first site to launch their first album. Galbraith parted company with Starwatch in February 2010 and is reportedly battling major contractual issues that prevent any releases for the time being.
Foreign some considerable time Declan have worked on his music career again.
In 2014 he was planning a comeback. He has started to present his new, self-composed songs in small clubs.
Currently he is working in the studio. Galbraith has garnered fame outside the British Isles, especially in China, where his songs were chosen as part of the Chinese education curriculum for learning English.
His songs are used to help Chinese children learn English as his songs are easy to remember and suitable for children.
In May 2008, Galbraith undertook a successful two cities tour in China, of Beijing and Shenzhen.