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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Ronan Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish pop singer who has had hits with boyband Boyzone and as a solo famous artist.

Personal life

Ronan Patrick John Keating was born on March 3 1977 and grew up in Bayside, Dublin. His mother Marie died on February 2, 1998 from breast cancer; Ronan and his family have since set up a charity "The Marie Keating Foundation" to help find a cure for cancer.

Ronan married Irish model Yvonne Connolly (b. 1974) on April 30, 1998 on Nevis Island. They have three children - Jack (born March 15, 1999), Marie, known as Missy, (born February 18, 2001) and Alice, known as Ali (born September 7, 2005).

Music career

Boyzone

Main article: Boyzone

Keating joined the band Boyzone after being spotted by Louis Walsh when he turned 17; and later briefly co-managed fellow Irish boy band Westlife. Although Boyzone never officially disbanded, they had not released a single since 1999 but reformed in 2007. He has continued with his own solo career, clocking up a total of 14 UK top 10 singles as well as four UK Number One albums in addition to nearly two and a half million copies worldwide. Also in October Ronan was entered in the Guinness Book of Records for being the only artist ever to have 30 consecutive top 10 singles in the UK chart.

In 2008, Keating rejoined his Boyzone bandmates and completed a 29-date reunion tour. Boyzone released their comeback single on 29 September 2008, Love You Anyway, which was followed by a Greatest Hit album released on 13 October 2008.

Solo career

On June 6, 2006, Keating sang at the World Cup opening party at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany in front of an audience of nearly 250,000 people. Also in June 2006, Keating posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine's 10 Years Of Naked Centrefolds.

On May 9, 2007, Ronan Keating became the first international number-one selling foreign artist to perform a concert in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Ronan performed at the Olympic Stadium Indoor Arena. Keating has dueted with Elton John at Madison Garden in New York and has sung for the Pope twice. He performed for Prince Charles at The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday which took place at the Tower of London. He performed on stage for the Swedish Royal family at the Crown Princess Victoria's Birthday Celebrations, and at the Opening Ceremony of 19th European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. In 2009 Keating co-wrote the song Believe Again (Niels Brinck song) sung by Brinck, that won the Danish national final,Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, and will represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in May in Moscow [1]

Awards

Over the years he has won Smash Hits best solo male. He was given a tree in London's Hyde Park for performing for The Prince's Trust. He also has a World Music Award for the best selling Irish artist.

In 2003, Keating was named Rear of the Year.

Other work

Presenting

On the 3rd May 1997 Keating presented the Eurovision Song Contest along with Carrie Crowley. He presented the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1997 and 1999, and co-presented the MTV Asia Awards in 2002 with Mandy Moore. He has also hosted the Miss World contest.

On April 20, 2009 Keating will guest co-host The Morning Show in Australia alongside Kylie Gillies, while the show's regular male co-host Larry Emdur is on holidays.

Charity work

In October 2005, Keating went to Rome where he was appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador via the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). This came out of his work started in 2004 with Christian Aid and the Trade Justice Campaign.

Keating ran in the London Marathon on 13 April 2008 to raise money for Cancer Research. He ran a personal best time of 3hr 59min.

Keating has also walked the length of Ireland twice, each time raising money for the "Marie Keating Foundation" a charity Ronan and his family set up in Ireland which raises the awareness of cancer. They have now linked it to Cancer Research in the UK. Each year they hold Charity Ball's and various other events to raise funds to keep their mobile units on the road.

In 2009 Keating climbed Mt Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief. Joining him on the climb was Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Fearne Cotton and Alesha Dixon.

Discography

For complete discography and chart information see: Ronan Keating discography
For Keating's releases with Boyzone, see Boyzone's discography

Albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales and Certifications
UK GER SUI AUT SE NOR NZ AUS
2000 Ronan
  • Debut solo studio album
  • Released: July 31 2000
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
1
2
4
10
3
1
2
3
4x Platinum (1.2 mil.+) (BPI UK/Ire)[1]
Platinum (70,000+) (ARIA Australia)
2002 Destination
  • Second studio album
  • Released: May 20 2002
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, SACD
1
1
3
2
5
2
1
3
2x Platinum (600,000+) (BPI UK/Ire)[2]
2x Platinum (140,000+) (ARIA Australia)[3]
Platinum (40,000+) (IFPI Switzerland)[4]
2003 Turn It On
21
18
19
45
54
29
-
26
Gold (35,000+) (ARIA Australia)[5]
2004 10 Years of Hits
  • Greatest hits compilation
  • Released: October 11 2004
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
1
7
8
13
4
3
4
13
3x Platinum (900,000+) (BPI UK/Ire)[6]
Platinum (70,000+) (ARIA Australia)[7]
2006 Bring You Home
  • Fourth studio album
  • Released: June 5 2006
  • Formats: CD
3
7
3
10
10
-
-
6
Gold (100,000+) (BPI UK)[8].
Platinum (70,000+) (ARIA Australia)
2009 Songs For My Mother
1
TBC
44
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC

Singles

This is a list of singles which were released by Ronan Keating. Their chart peak positions are shown, along with peak positions from United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Australia and Norway.

Year Single UK IRL SE SUI AUT GER NL FR AU NOR Album
1999 "When You Say Nothing at All" 1 1 2 4 3 6 5 41 3 5 Ronan
2000 "These Days" Now That I Know What I Want
"Life is a Rollercoaster" 1 1 2 11 6 10 7 69 6 2 Ronan
"The Way You Make Me Feel" 6 65 69 27
2001 "Lovin' Each Day" 2 4 16 26 26 14 23 56 21 Destination
2002 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" 1 3 4 7 1 5 2 9 3 1
"I Love It When We Do" 5 12 49 41 42 56 67 32
"We've Got Tonight" (with Jeanette / Lulu) 4 10 25 25 6 7 11 12
"When You Say Nothing at All"
(special version) (feat. Deborah Blando) 		Vampire Kiss: Soundtrack
2003 "Je T'aime Plus Que Tout" with Cécilia Cara 17 11 Destination
"The Long Goodbye" 3 10 70 45 44 74 49
"Lost For Words" 9 49 67 17 Turn It On
2004 "She Believes (In Me)" 2 17 53 - 30 22 48 33
"Last Thing on My Mind" (with LeAnn Rimes) 5 10 44 33 50 86
"I Hope You Dance" 2 4 49 52 84 10 Years of Hits
"Father and Son" (with Yusuf Islam) 2 16 37 41 41 27 84 10
2005 "Baby, Can I Hold You?" 42
2006 "All Over Again" (with Kate Rusby / Rita Guerra) 6 11 Bring You Home
"Iris" 15 4 10 29 22 24
"This I Promise You" Not chart eligible as it was only released as a download
2009 "Time after Time"1 88 Songs for my Mother
"This is Your Song" TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC

1 Time after Time was released as a download-only on the same day as the album, Songs for my Mother. It may have only been released in the UK.

References

  1. ^ 2001 Certified Awards – Ronan. The BPI. Retrieved July 13 2006.
  2. ^ 2003 Certified Awards – Destination. The BPI. Retrieved July 13 2006.
  3. ^ Accreditations 2003 – Destination. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 13 2006.
  4. ^ Awards 2003 – Destination. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. Retrieved July 13 2006.
  5. ^ Accreditations 2003 – Turn It On. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 13 2006.
  6. ^ 2005 Certified Awards – 10 Years of Hits. The BPI. Retrieved July 13 2006.
  7. ^ Accreditations 2004 – 10 Years of Hits. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 13 2006.
  8. ^ 2006 Certified Awards – Bring You Home. The BPI. Retrieved July 13 2006.

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Preceded by MTV Europe Music Awards host
1997
1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Eurovision Song Contest presenter
(with Carrie Crowley)
1997 		Succeeded by
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