Aled Jones

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In the mid 1980s Aled Jones, the boy treble with the pudding bowl haircut, was seemingly ubiquitous, his recording of Walking In The Air was a top five smash. The song became forever associated with Christmas, due to being featured in the evergreen Raymond Briggs animation The Snowman. It made Aled a huge international star, although it wasn't his voice on the film but that of Peter Auty.

While Aled wasn't able to repeat the phenomenal popular success of Walking In The Air, he released a number of albums between 1985 and 87 - mostly containing religious music and traditional songs - which earned him numerous gold and platinum discs. He even became the first person ever to have two classical albums in the pop charts simultaneously.

Since then he's become a regular presenter/performer on Songs Of Praise and presents his own shows on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio Wales. And, to the delight of many, he's returned to recording music. In 2002 he signed a five album deal with Universal, the first of which, Aled, went platinum and the second, Higher, achieved gold within weeks.

In addition to all his recording and presenting commitments, Aled has found time to write his autobiography, fit in a solo your and compete in Strictly Comes Dancing, in which he came fourth in 2004.

Aled's subsequent recordings include The Christmas Album and You Raise Me Up: The Best Of Aled Jones, in which he re-recorded Walking In The Air with himself as a treble - bringing his career full-circle.