Matthew "Matt" Sheridan Cardle is an English pop rock recording artist and songwriter. Cardle was born in Southampton, England although he and his family moved to Halstead, Essex, England. Cardle has been involved in music for a long time, he has been a member of two different bands; Darwyn and Seven Summers, with whom he experienced limited success. Cardle rose to fame after winning the seventh series of The X Factor, and received a �1 million recording contract with Syco Music and later signed a deal with Columbia Records. Upon Cardle's victory on The X Factor, he released winner's single and debut single, "When We Collide". The track was made available to purchase on 12 December 2010, shortly after the show had ended. On 19 December 2010, the track debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart as well as Irish Singles Chart. The track also became the second biggest-selling single of 2010 with 815,000 copies sold within two weeks. In June 2012 it had sold 1 million copies, the fourth by an X Factor contestant. "Run for Your Life" was the follow-up single released by Cardle which charted at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. 

April 15th, 1983 in Southampton (Age 41)