Chris de Burgh

{{Short description|Irish singer (born 1948)}} {{Redirect|Christopher Davison|the academic|Christopher Davidson}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person |name = Chris de Burgh |image = 2016 Sternstundengala - Chris de Burgh - by 2eight - 8SC6841.jpg |landscape = yes |caption = de Burgh performing at [[Frankenhalle]] in [[Nuremberg]], Germany in 2016 |birth_name = Christopher John Davison |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|10|15}} |birth_place = [[Venado Tuerto]], Santa Fe Province, Argentina |occupation = {{flatlist| *Singer-songwriter *musician }} |years_active = 1974–present |module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | origin = [[County Wexford]], Ireland | instrument = {{flatlist| *Vocals *guitar *piano }} | genre = {{Flatlist| * [[Art rock]]<ref name="erlewine">{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-de-burgh-mn0000775904/biography | title= Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine | publisher=AllMusic | first=Stephen Thomas | last=Erlewine | access-date=25 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="prato">{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-dortmund-mw0000349533 | title= Live in Dortmund | publisher=AllMusic | first=Greg | last=Prato | access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> * [[pop music|pop]]<ref name="erlewine"/><ref name="prato"/> * [[soft rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/now-and-then-mw0001210742 |title=Now and Then – Chris de Burgh|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-love-songs-mw0000460270 |title=The Love Songs – Chris de Burgh |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> }} | label = {{flatlist| *[[A&M Records|A&M]] *[[Ferryman Productions]] *[[Edel Records|Edel]] }} | website = {{URL|cdeb.com}} }} |spouse = {{marriage|Diane Davison|1977}} |children = 3, including [[Rosanna Davison]] }}

'''Christopher John Davison''' (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as '''Chris de Burgh''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|d|ə|_|'|b|ɜːr|}} {{respell|də|BER}}), is an English singer-songwriter and musician born in Argentina. He started out as an [[art rock]] performer and progressed to writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hit singles in the UK and two in the US. He is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil.<ref name="erlewine"/> His 1975 "[[A Spaceman Came Travelling]]" became a popular Christmas song and his 1986 love song "[[The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)|The Lady in Red]]" reached number one in several countries. De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/7999802.stm | title= Chris de Burgh is singing loud | work=BBC News | date=15 April 2009 | access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>

==Early life== De Burgh was born in [[Venado Tuerto]], [[Argentina]], to Colonel Charles John Davison,<ref>Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, p. 342</ref> a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily (née de Burgh). His maternal grandfather was General [[Eric de Burgh]], a [[British Army]] officer who had been [[Chief of the General Staff (India)|Chief of the General Staff in India]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=travelmania>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131215233219/http://www.travelmania-ireland.com/place.php?id=1027 Bargy Castle, Co. Wexford]}}, Travelmania Ireland</ref> He took his mother's maiden name, "[[House of Burgh|de Burgh]]", as a stage name when he began performing. His legal surname remained "Davison".<ref>{{cite book|author=Dave Wilson|title=Rock Formations: Categorical Answers to how Band Names Were Formed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOpB23GGxAIC&pg=PA167|year=2004|publisher=Cidermill Books|isbn=978-0-9748483-5-8|page=167}}</ref> His father had substantial farming interests and Chris spent much of his early years in Malta, Nigeria and the [[Belgian Congo]], as he and his mother and brother accompanied Colonel Davison on his diplomatic and engineering work.

The Davison family finally settled in [[Bargy Castle]], [[County Wexford]], Ireland, a dilapidated twelfth-century castle which his father had bought in the 1960s. It was converted into a hotel and a young Chris sang for the guests there.<ref name=travelmania/>

De Burgh attended [[Marlborough College]] in [[Wiltshire]], England, where he was in the year below [[Nick Drake]]. He wanted to join a jazz band that Drake had formed with four schoolmates, the Perfumed Gardeners, but was rejected because his musical tastes were considered "too poppy".<ref>Humphries (1997), p. 36.</ref> De Burgh went on to study English and French at [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni Awardees 2009/10 - Trinity Development & Alumni - Trinity College Dublin |url=https://www.tcd.ie/alumni/news-events/awards/2009.php |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=www.tcd.ie}}</ref>

==Musical career== {{BLP sources section|date=June 2019}}

===Early career=== De Burgh signed his first contract with [[A&M Records]] in 1974. He supported [[Supertramp]] on their Crime of the Century tour and acquired a small fan base. His début album, ''[[Far Beyond These Castle Walls]]'', was a folk-tinged stab at fantasy in the tradition of [[the Moody Blues]]. It failed to chart upon its release in late 1974. A few months later, he released a single, "Turning Round", from the album. It was released outside the UK and Ireland as "Flying". It failed to make an impression in the UK, but it stayed on top of the Brazilian charts for 17 weeks. This became a familiar pattern for the singer/songwriter, as every one of his 1970s albums failed to chart in the UK or US while they achieved big sales in continental European and South American countries.

In 1975, de Burgh's second album, ''[[Spanish Train and Other Stories]]'', was released. It was not a huge commercial success but the album and tour expanded his fan base and de Burgh started to attract a cult following. With the title track, other favourite tracks from the album included "Patricia The Stripper" and "[[A Spaceman Came Travelling]]" which was released the following year as a single. The album made the lower end of the Canadian charts, giving de Burgh his first North American chart exposure. He maintained a fan following and consistent chart success in Canada for the rest of his major label career.

De Burgh's third album, ''[[At the End of a Perfect Day]]'' (1977), featured former [[Fairport Convention]] drummer [[Dave Mattacks]] and later Fairport drummer [[Gerry Conway (musician)|Gerry Conway]]. Two years later he released his fourth album, ''[[Crusader (Chris de Burgh album)|Crusader]]''. ''Crusader'' took a more electric direction, including guitar contributions from [[Ian Bairnson]] (formerly of [[Pilot (Scottish band)|Pilot]]), bass player [[David Paton]] (also of Pilot), and drummer [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] (formerly of both Cockney Rebel and [[Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel]]), a.k.a. [[Alan Parsons]]'s band, all of whom were also working at the time with [[Kate Bush]]. The album also featured [[Sky (English/Australian band)|Sky]] keyboard player [[Francis Monkman]] and [[Michael Moran (music producer)|Mike Moran]]. It attracted a significant number of new fans but still failed to break through in the UK and US. 1980's ''[[Eastern Wind]]'' also failed to build further on de Burgh's cult following in the major territories.

===International success=== In 1981, de Burgh had his first UK chart entry with ''[[Best Moves]]'', a [[compilation album]] of his work. It set the stage for 1982's ''[[The Getaway (Chris de Burgh album)|The Getaway]]'', produced by [[Rupert Hine]], which reached number 30 in the UK chart and number 43 in the US. This followed the success of the single "[[Don't Pay the Ferryman]]", which became his first single to chart in the UK and reached the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] Top 40.

In 1984, de Burgh's follow-up album, ''[[Man on the Line]]'', also performed well, charting at number 69 in the US and number 11 in the UK and topping the charts in Germany and Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/album/Chris-De-Burgh/Man-On-The-Line-113 |title=Chris De Burgh - Man On The Line |publisher=hitparade.ch |date= |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref> Its first single, "High on Emotion", became an international success and reached the Top 20 in several countries<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Chris+De+Burgh&titel=High+On+Emotion&cat=s |title=Chris De Burgh - High On Emotion |publisher=lescharts.com |date= |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref> It entered the top five in Ireland,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |website=The Irish Charts |access-date=8 May 2022|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know }}</ref> France and Switzerland and the Top 50 in the UK<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/high-on-emotion/ | title=High on emotion | full Official Chart History |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref> and US.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-de-burgh/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Chris de Burgh |magazine=Billboard |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

In summer 1986, de Burgh released a [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]], "[[The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)|The Lady in Red]]", which became a worldwide hit single. It reached number one in the UK and number three in the US.<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Chris+De+Burgh&titel=The+Lady+In+Red&cat=s |title=charts.org.nz - Chris De Burgh - The Lady In Red |publisher=Charts.nz |date= |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref> Its accompanying album, ''[[Into the Light (Chris de Burgh album)|Into the Light]]'', reached number two in the UK and became the [[1986 in British music|seventeenth best-selling album of the year]] there. It reached number 25 in the US. That Christmas season, a re-release of his 1975 Christmas song "[[A Spaceman Came Travelling]]" became a Top 40 hit in the UK.

''[[Flying Colours (Chris de Burgh album)|Flying Colours]]'' (1988), a follow-up to ''Into the Light'', produced a second UK top five hit, "[[Missing You (Chris de Burgh song)|Missing You]]", and the single topped the Irish chart. The album entered the chart at number one in the UK and Ireland but failed to enter the US chart. De Burgh did not have another hit in the US and his commercial fortunes began to slide in the UK in the early 1990s. He retained a following around the world.<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Chris+De+Burgh&titel=Power+Of+Ten&cat=a |title=Chris De Burgh - Power Of Ten |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |date= |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

In 1997, de Burgh wrote "There's a New Star Up in Heaven Tonight", dedicated to [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], who counted de Burgh among her favourite music artists.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/nov/22/artsfeatures | title=Diana's greatest hits | work=The Guardian | first=Caroline | last=Sullivan | date=22 November 2002 | access-date=4 October 2025}}</ref> The song was released as a 100-copy limited edition and included on the compilations ''[[The Ultimate Collection (Chris de Burgh album)|The Ultimate Collection]]'' (2000) and ''[[Now and Then (Chris de Burgh album)|Now and Then]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdeb.com/now-and-then/ |title=Now and Then |work=Official Chris de Burgh website |access-date=21 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016233318/http://cdeb.com/now-and-then/ |archive-date=16 October 2012 }}</ref>

===2007–2021=== In 2007, a concert in Tehran was planned for mid-2008 with local band [[Arian (band)|Arian]], which would have made de Burgh the first western pop singer to perform in Iran since the [[Iranian Revolution|1979 revolution]]. The concert was cancelled because he had not been given permission by the Iranian authorities to perform in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/19/chris.de.burgh.iran.gig|title=No permission for Chris de Burgh Iran gig|work=The Guardian |date=19 August 2008|first=Sean|last=Michaels|access-date=12 December 2011|location=London}}</ref>

In 2008, de Burgh released ''[[Footsteps (album)|Footsteps]]'', his seventeenth album, which included cover versions of thirteen songs that had inspired him throughout his career<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title = Footsteps – Chris de Burgh|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/footsteps-mw0000819477|website = AllMusic|access-date = 25 December 2015}}</ref> by artists including [[Bob Dylan]], [[the Beatles]], [[Toto (band)|Toto]] and [[Pete Seeger]].<ref name="allmusic"/> The album reached the top five in UK.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/footsteps/ | title=Footsteps | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref> In 2011, de Burgh released his follow-up, ''[[Footsteps 2]]'', which entered the UK Top 40.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOOTSTEPS 2 by CHRIS DE BURGH |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/chris-de-burgh-footsteps-2/ |website=OfficialCharts.com}}</ref> De Burgh was the first Western act to play in Lebanon after the [[Lebanese Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/chris-de-burgh-big-in-beirut-821517.html|title=Chris de Burgh: Big in Beirut|date=6 May 2008|work=The Independent|access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref>

On his 73rd birthday, 15 October 2021, de Burgh released a music video for his single "Legacy" directed by Iranian filmmaker/animator [[Sam Chegini]]. It came from the animated music video for his 27th studio album, ''The Legend of Robin Hood''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Chegini |first=Sam |title=Chris de Burgh: Legacy |date=15 October 2021 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15691508/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1 |type=Animation, Short |publisher=Sam Pictures Productions |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Chris de Burgh - Legacy (Official Video)| date=15 October 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMpWR0biB-8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/VMpWR0biB-8 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=17 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===2024–present: ''50''=== In October 2024, de Burgh released a new album called ''50'', which chronicled his 50 years in the music business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/cdebofficial/posts/we-are-so-excited-to-announce-that-chris-album-50-a-celebration-of-50-years-of-c/1025775175576847/|title=Post about album|publisher=Facebook|author=Chris De Burgh|date=16 August 2024|access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> He made a guest appearance on ''LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland'', during which he sang "The Lady in Red" for the contestants.<ref>{{cite web | title=Irish Critics Not Laughing At LOL Ireland | website=Beyond The Joke | date=January 22, 2024 | url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/14349/irish-critics-not-laughing | access-date=April 6, 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life== De Burgh has been married to his wife Diane since 1977. They lived in [[Dalkey]], [[Dublin]]. In 1997, they moved to the Bushey Park Estate in [[Enniskerry]], [[County Wicklow]]. They sold Bushey Park in 2023.<ref>[https://evoke.ie/2023/09/16/life-style/property/chris-de-burgh-house-sells 'Chris de Burgh sells his Wicklow mansion for €9.3m after four years'], ''Evoke'', 16 September 2023</ref> They have two sons, Hubie and Michael, and a daughter, [[Rosanna Davison|Rosanna]], who was the winner of the [[Miss World]] competition in 2003 for Ireland. His second cousin,<ref>Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, pp.342–3.</ref> [[Danny Kinahan]] of [[Castle Upton]], served as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)|South Antrim]] between [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] and [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]].

In 1994, de Burgh was found to have had an affair with his children's 19-year-old Irish nanny, Maresa Morgan, who was assisting the family while de Burgh's wife Diane was recuperating in hospital from a broken neck, suffered during a horse-riding accident. De Burgh later said he felt very guilty about the affair and was subsequently reconciled with his wife.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6045550.stm |title=Faces of the week |work=BBC News |access-date=24 February 2017 |date=13 October 2006}}</ref>

In 2011, bottles from de Burgh's vintage wine cellar sold for over $500,000, which included a world record set for a magnum collection of postwar vintages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12858155|title=Chris de Burgh red wine collection goes for a song|work=BBC News|date=25 March 2011|access-date=19 May 2013}}</ref> De Burgh has an interest in war history, especially of the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World wars. His songs contain numerous references to soldiers and battle, and in 2006 he purchased a rare First World War letter written by an unknown soldier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2006/11/07/singer-buys-first-world-war-letter-345264/|title=Singer buys First World War letter|work=[[Metro International|Metro News]]|date=7 November 2006|access-date=19 May 2013}}</ref> He enjoys classical music, including [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] and [[Johann Pachelbel|Pachelbel]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 1994 |title=Person to Person Extra! |url=https://www.chris-de-burgh.co.uk/assets/gazette/199411.pdf |journal=The New Chris de Burgh Club Getaway Gazette |issue=November 1994 |pages=2–3}}</ref>

De Burgh has said that he is "certainly a believer in [[Christ]]", but he has always had a deep distrust of organized religion.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.insideworldmusic.com/library/weekly/aa051704d.htm | title= Chris de Burgh: Still High on Emotion | date=17 May 2004|publisher=Inside World Music | access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> He believes in the power of spiritual healing as an alternative therapy to reduce pain. He claims that he has been able to heal people with his own hands and that he gained an "all-encompassing strength" that was contacted through prayer.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6033139.stm | title= De Burgh tells of 'healing' hands | work=BBC News | date=9 October 2006 | access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref>

==Media profile and criticism== During the 1970s, de Burgh received mainly positive feedback from the music press as he attempted to build his career. Since the release of "The Lady in Red" in 1986, both the music and news media have become more negative towards him, both personally and professionally.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

De Burgh has pursued and won 16 defamation actions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/real-winner-is-common-sense-in-jury-awards-2660143.html |title=Real winner is common sense in jury awards |work=Irish Independent|date=28 May 2011 |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> ''[[The Irish Independent]]'' said he has always been a bit prickly about criticism. Peter Crawley, a theatre reviewer at ''[[The Irish Times]]'', received a directed response from de Burgh when he wrote a less than sympathetic review of de Burgh's show in Dublin's [[Gaiety Theatre, Dublin|Gaiety Theatre]] in September 2009. Crawley wrote: "He departs the stage for 'Lady in Red', invading boxes and draping himself over audience members ... Certain toes will never uncurl after this experience, but it is almost admirable how unaltered de Burgh has remained by the flow of time."<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/chris-de-burgh-is-an-angry-misunderstood-man-apparently/ Chris de Burgh is an Angry, Misunderstood, Man. Apparently.], ''[[The Spectator]]'', 11 September 2009</ref> In a lengthy, much-publicised reply to the critic, de Burgh made his feelings known, particularly in the [[postscript]]:

{{blockquote|We were wondering by way of explanation and, as you seem to portray yourself as a bitter and unfulfilled man, were you much teased by your school chums in the schoolyard and called 'Creepy Crawley'?<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/national-news/de-burgh-has-always-been-close-with-sweet-girl-of-mine-2660224.html |title=De Burgh has always been close with 'sweet girl of mine' |work=Irish Independent|date=28 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531001056/https://www.independent.ie/national-news/de-burgh-has-always-been-close-with-sweet-girl-of-mine-2660224.html |archive-date=31 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/chris-de-burgh-sees-red-1.735963 Chris de Burgh sees red], ''[[The Irish Times]]'', 11 September 2009</ref>}}

[[AllMusic]] critic Greg Prato stated, "Depending on who you ask, Chris de Burgh either specializes in pretentious, bombastic art rock disguised as pop or is a master of penning soaring and majestic compositions."<ref name="prato"/> The [[BBC]] said of de Burgh, "To his millions of fans, Chris de Burgh is the ultimate romantic singer. But to many others he's a figure of fun."<ref name="faces of the week">{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6045550.stm | title= Faces of the week | work=BBC News | date=13 October 2006 | access-date=30 July 2014}}</ref> When the staff of ''[[Melody Maker]]'' were putting together a lampoon edition of a new arts and music magazine, they chose de Burgh for the cover.<ref name="faces of the week"/> His [[signature song]], "The Lady in Red", has been repeatedly voted one of the public's most disliked songs.<ref>{{cite news|work= BBC News |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/848510.stm |title= Birdie Song tops hall of shame |date= 24 July 2000 |access-date= 5 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jan/07/johnarlidge.theobserver | title= 'Imagine' top song ever | work=The Guardian | date=7 January 2001 | access-date=5 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-worst-songs-of-the-1980s-20111006/3-chris-de-burgh-lady-in-red-0752583 |title= Readers' Poll: The 10 Worst Songs of the 1980s |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= 6 October 2011 |access-date= 5 August 2014}}</ref> In 2006, [[Neil Norman]], writing for ''[[The Independent]]'', described de Burgh as "the world's naffest balladeer".<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-de-burgh-great-hands-shame-about-the-voice-422038.html | title= Chris de Burgh: Great hands, shame about the voice | work=The Independent | first=Neil | last=Norman | date=29 October 2006 | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref> In his favour, Mike DeGagne, writing for AllMusic, acclaimed de Burgh as "a genuine master of the soft ballad" and "one of the finest mood-invoking artists ever".<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/far-beyond-these-castle-walls-mw0000373485 | title= Far Beyond These Castle Walls | publisher=AllMusic | first=Mike | last=DeGagne | access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Nominee(s) ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row"|[[ASCAP Pop Music Awards]] | 1988 | "[[The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)|The Lady in Red]]" | Most Performed Song | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-06-04.pdf#page=5|format=PDF|title=Billboard|page=5|date=4 June 1988|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> |- !scope="row" rowspan=2|[[Echo Music Prize]] | [[:de:Echoverleihung 1993|1993]] | rowspan=2|Chris de Burgh | rowspan=2|Best International Male | {{nom}} | rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://echopop-archiv.de/nominierte-und-gewinner/|title=Nominierte und Gewinner|website=Echpop-archiv.de|access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref> |- | [[:de:Echoverleihung 2012|2012]] | {{nom}} {{end}}

==Discography== {{main|Chris de Burgh discography}}

;Studio albums *''[[Far Beyond These Castle Walls]]'' (1974) *''[[Spanish Train and Other Stories]]'' (1975) *''[[At the End of a Perfect Day]]'' (1977) *''[[Crusader (Chris de Burgh album)|Crusader]]'' (1979) *''[[Eastern Wind]]'' (1980) *''[[The Getaway (Chris de Burgh album)|The Getaway]]'' (1982) *''[[Man on the Line]]'' (1984) *''[[Into the Light (Chris de Burgh album)|Into the Light]]'' (1986) *''[[Flying Colours (Chris de Burgh album)|Flying Colours]]'' (1988) *''[[Power of Ten (album)|Power of Ten]]'' (1992) *''[[This Way Up (album)|This Way Up]]'' (1994) *''[[Quiet Revolution (album)|Quiet Revolution]]'' (1999) *''[[Timing Is Everything (album)|Timing Is Everything]]'' (2002) *''[[The Road to Freedom (Chris de Burgh album)|The Road to Freedom]]'' (2004) *''[[The Storyman]]'' (2006) *''[[Footsteps (album)|Footsteps]]'' (2008) *''[[Moonfleet & Other Stories]]'' (2010) *''[[Footsteps 2]]'' (2011) *''[[Home (Chris de Burgh album)|Home]]'' (2012) *''[[The Hands of Man]]'' (2014) *''[[A Better World (album)|A Better World]]'' (2016) *''The Legend of Robin Hood'' (2021)

==Filmography== *''[[The Grand Knockout Tournament]]'' (1987) (as Himself) *''[[How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate]]'' (1998) (as Petrol Pumper) *''[[The Bachelor (American TV series)|The Bachelor]]'' S26 E07 (2022) (as Himself)

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Chris de Burgh}} *[http://www.cdeb.com Official website] * {{Discogs artist|Chris de Burgh}} *{{IMDb name|id=0213587}} *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2009/04/09/chris_de_burgh_interview_feature.shtml Audio interview] at [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire BBC Wiltshire] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090508094743/http://www.akirathedon.com/2007/05/akira-the-don-vs-chris-de-burgh/ Interview] with [http://www.akirathedon.com Akira The Don]

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