Lisa Stanley is an award-winning Irish singer, songwriter, and presenter, based in the UK and Ireland. Stanley was born in Sligo, Ireland, and is the only child of Irish entertainers legends Maisie McDaniel and Fintan Stanley.
Early career
Her career started in the early 1990s when she joined the Sligo-based wedding band, The Treetops. In the late 1990s she made her first national performance at the Cavan International Song Contest. She sang "Dreamer of Dreams," a song that was written by Larry Keogh. However, she rose to fame in 2000 when she sang her own composition, "Shine," from a field of over 1000 entries to the final of eight songs presented in the national Song Contest. This was held on 20 February 2000 at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin. The year after, she sang the same song at the Baltic Song Contest which took place in Karlshamn, Sweden. She again, reached the finals. In 2004, Lisa toured the country with "Dancehall Queues and Hucklebuck Shoes." This show featured the children of famous Irish Showband stars. After appearances in various television shows and releasing her first album, Love Me A Little Bit Longer she fast became a well known face on the U.K. Country Music scene.
Albums
Stanley's second solo album, Love MeA Little Bit Longer was major breakthrough in her career. She was voted the best country female singer in the Irish entertainment awards 2012 & Tipp FM Best Female Singer 2012, Irish Country Music Radio Awards 2014.. In 2010 Stanley had released her first studio albumLisa Stanley Sings The Hits Of Maisie McDaniel ' a tribute to her mother, who died that year. This album included duets with Sandy Kelly, Philomena Begley, Lisa’s own father Fintan Stanley, also with Maisie's sister, Deirdre McDaniel. In the following two years, Lisa Stanley released her third album, Duets with Philomena Begley, John Hogan and Sandy Kelly. Early in 2016, Lisa released a new single with Max T Barnes entitled looking for a girl''. This song is featured her fourth studio album, 'Heart And Soul' which is her biggest selling album to date reaching number 11 in the i-tune charts for country music.
Television and radio
Although Lisa was very well known in her native Ireland, she became a lot more well known in both Ireland and the U.K. through her weekly appearances alongside her co-presenter of five years Phil Mack on the very popular Phil Mack International Country Show. In January 2016 Lisa went on to launch her own show THE LISA STANLEY SHOW on "Spotlight TV". In June 2019 Lisa was part of Daniel O’Donnell's TV series Opry Le Daniel, which will air in Autumn 2019 on TG4. She is a member of 50 minutes Inside on TF1 in France.
Awards
Lisa Stanley has won numerous awards, including Irish entertainment awards, Leinster entertainment award for vocalist of the year in 2012.
