# Nicholas McDonald | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 21:22 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Nicholas McDonald
- Visible lyric pages: 11

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `nicholas-mcdonald`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 21:22 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-8e40a1087fcecfb5
- Visible lyric pages: 11
- Pages with stored lyric text: 11
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 17911
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 27
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: A Thousand Years, Answearphone, Flying Without Wings (feat. Shane Filan), If You're Not The One, In The Arms Of An Angel, Just The Way You Are, Smile, and Solid Gold
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Nicholas McDonald came to attention in 2013 when he finished third on the eleventh season of The X Factor. He was born in Motherwell, Scotland, in 1990. His debut album, 'In the Arms of an Angel,' came out the following year and reached number two on the Scottish Albums Chart. It included the single 'Answerphone.' In 2015, his cover of Christina Perri's 'A Thousand Years' became a viral hit. The...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. A Thousand Years — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/a-thousand-years
2. Answearphone — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/answearphone
3. Flying Without Wings (feat. Shane Filan) — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/flying-without-wings-feat-shane-filan
4. If You're Not The One — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/if-you-re-not-the-one
5. In The Arms Of An Angel — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/in-the-arms-of-an-angel
6. Just The Way You Are — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/just-the-way-you-are
7. Smile — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/smile
8. Solid Gold — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/solid-gold
9. Someone Like You — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/someone-like-you
10. Superman — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/superman
11. When The Stars Go Blue — https://lyroverse.com/nicholas-mcdonald/when-the-stars-go-blue