Joey McIntyre
Birth name Joseph Mulrey McIntyre
Born December 31, 1972
Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres Pop, swing
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, record producer, actor
Joseph Mulrey “Joey” McIntyre (born December 31, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the youngest member of the boy band New Kids on the Block He has sold over 1 million records worldwide as a solo artist.
McIntyre was born in Needham, Massachusetts,. His parents were Thomas McIntyre, a union official, and his wife Katherine (neé Bowen) a community theater actress. His mother died on November 30, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He is the youngest of nine children with older siblings, Judy, Alice, Susan, Tricia, Carol, Jean, Kate, and Tommy, in an Irish-American Catholic family. McIntyre graduated from Catholic Memorial School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, an all-male Catholic private school. He shares the same birth date as his sister, Carol. Another sister, Judy, is an actress.
Just before his 13th birthday, he joined New Kids on the Block, replacing Mark Wahlberg. Since the other four members of the band were already long-time school friends, he initially found it difficult to mesh with them. They became one of the most successful boy bands of the late 20th century, producing two number one albums on the US Billboard charts. In 1991, Forbes listed the band as the highest-earning entertainers, beating Madonna and Michael Jackson. They eventually split in 1994.
Personal life
McIntyre married Barrett Williams, on August 9, 2003, exactly one year after they met. They welcomed their first child, Griffin Thomas, on November 20, 2007 in Los Angeles. On December 13, 2009, their second child, Rhys Edward, was born.[9] Rhys was identified as having hearing loss while still an infant. On May 31, 2011, their third child, Kira Katherine, was born.
Discography
With New Kids on the Block
1986: New Kids on the Block – #25 US, #6 UK
1988: Hangin’ Tough – #1 US, #1 UK
1989: Merry, Merry Christmas – #9 US, #13 UK
1990: Step by Step – #1 US, #1 UK
1991: No More Games: The Remix Album – #10 US, #15 UK
1994: Face the Music – #37 US, #36 UK
1999: Greatest Hits – #22 US
2008: The Block – #2 US, #1 CANADA, #12 UK
2011: NKOTBSB – #7 US
2013: 10 (New Kids on the Block album) – #6 US
Solo albums[edit]
1998: Stay the Same (BNA label)
1999: Stay the Same (Sony Works release) – #49 US (Gold)
2001: Meet Joe Mac (Atlantic label)
2002: One Too Many: Live From New York
2004: 8:09 – #50 US Independent Chart
2006: Talk to Me
2009: Here We Go Again
2011: Come Home For Christmas
Solo singles[edit]
1999: “Stay the Same” – #10 US (Gold), #16 US Top 40 Mainstream
1999: “I Love You Came Too Late” – #54 US, #28 US Top 40 Mainstream
2000: “I Cried”
2001: “Rain”
2004: “L.A. Blue”
2009: “Here We Go Again”
2011: “Come Home For Christmas”