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'She sings like an angel!': Proud father Joel Madden says his six-year-old little girl Harlow has inherited his vocal talent

Published: 23:16 EST, 19 June 2014 | Updated: 01:12 EST, 20 June 2014

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With a grandfather like Lionel Richie and a father like Joel Madden it's really no surprise that there is another singing sensation in the family.

Good Charlotte rocker Joel revealed his little girl Harlow has advance skills in the vocal department, already at the age of six.

'My daughter can sing like an angel,' he on Nine's Mornings on Friday, alongside twin brother Benji and fellow The Voice Kids Australia coach Melanie 'Mel B' Brown.

Talented family! 'My daughter sings like an angel,' Joel said speaking about Harlow on Nine's Mornings on Friday alongside twin brother Benji and fellow The Voice Kids Australia coach Melanie 'Mel B' Brown

Like father like daughter: The famous singer gushed about his only daughter's talent and said 'the bravado in Harlow's voice is already happening'

'The bravado in her voice is already happening. It's amazing at just six-years-old,' he added about his only daughter with fashionista wife Nicole Richie.

Joel, who also has a four-year-old boy called Sparrow with Nicole, said he would encourage both their talents.

'I think I'm going to nurture their artistic and creativity and they'll be able to decide when they're 18,' he said.

Benji also revealed that Joel thinks he's more important that him now he's a father.

'Now he has kids he thinks his life is more important than mine,' the 35-year-old said, explaining he uses 'the father card' to overwrite Benji's decisions.

Runs in the family! Joel said he would encourage both Harlow and Sparrow's talents

Madden brothers and Mel B discuss The Voice Kids Australia

Meanwhile, the biggest fan of the Madden brother's music is their mother Robin, but she's not so in love with their vast array of tattoos.

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Speaking to Richard Wilkins on the Today Show also on Friday morning, Benji and Joel said they grew up with conservative, religious parents who wouldn't even allow them listen to modern music.

'We weren't allowed listen to contemporary music. It was because we grew up in a really religious household so any new music was bad,' The Voice Kids coaches said.

'Maybe they see all your tattoos and think you're not nice?' Joel and Benji Madden's biggest music fan is their mother but she's not so mad about their body ink

Down Under: The pair were spotted leaving Portino Restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney, on Thursday night

Family affair: Joel and Benji pictured with their mother Robin, brother Josh and sister Sarah say they grew up in a 'religious' household

'But the Beach Boys and The Beatles and a lot of the classics were okay, so we listened to those,' the boys added as they revealed that's where they got the inspiration for their latest song, We Are Done.

Their mother calls their music, even their Good Charlotte rock songs, 'neat' and tells her two boys all the time: 'You guys are so talented'.

But she worries when their music gets criticised: 'She is terrified of attack as she thinks every song is amazing'.

'We'll say: "The critics didn't really like this record," and she'll say: "Oh, they just don't know you. If they got to know you they would understand. Maybe they see all those tattoos and they think you're not as nice as you are,"' they laughed.

Damn critics! Their mother, Robin, worries about them when their music gets criticised

Madden Brothers discuss upcoming projects on Today show

The twins also shared some news that Good Charlotte fans might not want to hear.

'Good Charlotte is in the past for us now,' they said suggesting that they are done with the rock band that made them famous.

However, to make things obscure and to open up the possibility of a comeback gig they then added: 'It's something that's never going to be done'.

They did acknowledge that the band, which also features bass guitarist Paul Thomas, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin and drummer Dean Butterworth, changed their lives.

'When we started we were in a really rough spot. It took us out of one life and into another.'

Just the two of them: 'Good Charlotte is in the past for us now,' they revealed

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connie coburg, coburg, 1 day ago

Absolutely adore Joel since he has been on The Voice OZ.. and we do like Benji too, as he was on it it too...having said that, talent comes from exposure to talent not biology..so the kids' of joel and nicole have obviously been exposed to music from joel, benji and lionel...WHAT IS THE PROBLEM with that???And Joel, be very careful with that toothpick, especially after that chair fall in season 3...I luv the Madden Bros, hope you guys stay here a little longer and make OZ your home...eventually of course!

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UnknownLady, London, United Kingdom, 1 day ago

Those kids are so cute. Harlow is the double of Nicole and Sparrow is his dads double

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Me, East Midlands, United Kingdom, 1 day ago

I love Benji and Joel

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KAB, Valletta, 1 day ago

Joel Madden is a SINGER so to all that say they cannot understand how Harlow could have inherited a singing voice because Nicole is adopted, doesn't make sense at all. He father is a singer and she is being brought up in a very musical family. Not difficult to grasp. Also, those kids are so cute!

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Anon, Kent, 1 day ago

What a stunning little girl! I dunno what possessed thrm to name their boy sparrow tho! Even tho she is not blood related to Lionel she has obviously been brought up in a musical family

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shanadkk, melbourne, United States, 1 day ago

those children never, ever smile.

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Just Saying, London, United Kingdom, 1 day ago

Just because she is not blood related, being bought up in musical family can rub off and this has obviously happened. Beautiful kids by the way.

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warlow, Brisbane, Australia, 1 day ago

Considering that Nicole Ritchie is the adopted daughter of Lionel Ritchie, i fail to see how she could have inherited his vocal talent. So Joel Madden's comments do not make any sense.

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KAB, Valletta, 1 day ago

uh...her father is a singer

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aussiegirl, Sydney, Australia, 1 day ago

Erm, Nicole was adopted by Lionel. It seems fairly unlikely she has inherited his talent unless by osmosis??

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ana-vessa, oz, 1 day ago

You kind of answered your own question. Nicole grew up in Lionel Ritchie's musical wonderland. Surrounded by it, no doubt she loved it. Of course it affects the person she is. She has had a daughter who inherited Nicole's DNA and her singer fathers. DNA changes when exposed to life events and the way we are brought up, it changes us, makes us who we are as adults and we pass this on to our own kids. Why is this so hard to understand there are plenty of scientific studies that prove what we are exposed to, physical, environment and psychological changes our DNA.