Boyzone

Boyzone
Boyzone, May 2009
General information
Genre (s)	pop music
founding	1993, 2007
resolution	2000, 2019
Last occupation
singing	Ronan Keating
singing	Shane Lynch
singing	Mikey Graham
singing	Keith Duffy
former members
singing	Stephen Gately († 2009)

Boyzone was an Irish boy band from the 1990s. The band was particularly successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland with six number 1 hits, but they were also able to establish themselves in the rest of Europe and Asia , with No Matter What and the cover songs Words and Father and Son celebrated their greatest successes. By 2007 Boyzone had sold over 15 million records. In October 2019 they gave their last concert at the Palladium in London.

Band history

1993 to 2000

In 1993, while singing, Louis Walsh , who is also the manager of Johnny Logan and the band Westlife , discovered the current members of Boyzone. The five guys were able to prevail among over 300 casting participants. One day later, even before Boyzone had even recorded anything, they were unknown, on The Late Late Show , a well-known evening show on the Irish TV station RTÉ , where they danced to a backing track.

In 1993 and 1994 Boyzone played across Ireland, performing in pubs when they were discovered by the Polygram record company and released their first single, a cover version of the Detroit Spinners hit, Working My Way Back to You, with Mikey Graham and Stephen Gately as lead singers . The single reached number 3 on the Irish charts.

With The Osmond's hit Love Me for a Reason they finally managed to enter the British charts. The single jumped straight to number 2 and from that point on, the way was paved. The 1995 debut album Said and Done shot to number 1 on the British and Irish charts. In the same year they were named "Most Promising Band of the Year" by the British magazine Smash Hits .

The band's second album, A Different Beat , released in 1996, included their first No. 1 hit in the UK charts, Words , as well as hit songs A Different Beat , Isn't It a Wonder , Picture of You and the soundtrack for the Mr. Bean movie Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie . The title Picture of You was written by Ronan Keating , for which he received the Ivor Novello Award in 1997 .

Boyzone's third studio album Where We Belong from 1998 contained self-written songs and hits such as All That I Need , the Tracy-Chapman cover version Baby Can I Hold You and No Matter What . The latter was voted best-selling single and song of the year 1998.

The London's Rock Circus invited the band members, their handprints on the Wall of Hands to leave. Other artists who have previously received this include Eric Clapton and Michael Jackson . In Dublin the wax figures of the band members stand next to those of U2 .

The band has always been a big supporter of charity events. Among other things, they sang for the Childliners album The Gift of Christmas alongside artists such as the Backstreet Boys , MN8 , EYC , Sean Maguire , Deuce , Ultimate Kaos , East 17 , Peter André , Michelle Gayle , Dannii Minogue and many others.

In 1999 Boyzone released their greatest hits album By Request , followed by a major tour. During this time there were some rumors about the band, eventually the singer Stephen Gately came out as homosexual and confessed his love for the ex- caught-in-the-act singer Eloy de Jong . In the same year Boyzone announced that they would take a break to devote themselves to solo projects. Shortly thereafter, Ronan Keating released his first solo single When You Say Nothing at All .

The band last performed together in January 2000. In the seven years of the band's history (1993-2000) Boyzone achieved success across the board. They sold over 10 million records, each of their 16 singles hit the top 5 of the charts and they were the first Irish band to have four number 1 hits in the UK. The 1998 tour dwarfed all record sales with 35,000 tickets sold in just four hours.

2000 to 2009

Boyzone at Wembley Stadium. (2009)

Since separating in 2000, Ronan Keating had started a successful solo career and has already released five albums to date. Stephen Gately had released a less successful album and worked as a stage actor and leading actor in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat until his death . Mikey Graham was also a soloist and is now a music producer; Keith Duffy is an actor and starred in the British soap opera Coronation Street . Shane Lynch was a member of the second season of the reality show Celebrity Love Island .

In 2003 the first rumors arose about a reunion of Boyzone. After the successful return of Take That and their completely sold-out tour in 2006, these intensified, and in the spring of 2007 various sources announced that the five band members were in Dublin for talks with their former manager and current The X Factor juror Louis Walsh met.

In March 2007, Louis Walsh quit The X-Factor on the grounds that it would be the busiest year of his career with Westlife, Shayne Ward and the reunion of Boyzone.

In April 2007, many newspapers reported that the band's comeback had failed - for financial reasons. No record company or investor wanted to market the band for fear that it would not achieve a similar success as with Take That.

On November 5, 2007, Ronan Keating announced that the band would have a special appearance on the BBC for the annual fundraising show Children in Need , where they presented a medley of their hits. However, he did not comment on the possibility of a subsequent tour or a new album.

After a seven-year break, the band made their comeback on November 16, 2007 with their original line-up as a guest on the BBC1 show Children in Need . In May 2008 a tour of Ireland and the United Kingdom followed. The 200,000 tickets were sold within three hours. In September 2008 the tour continued in other European countries. On October 17, 2008 (UK: September 29, 2008) the single Love You Anyway and on October 24, 2008 (UK: October 13, 2008) the comeback album Back Again ... No Matter What - The Greatest Hits was released .

Stephen Gately died on October 10, 2009 while on vacation in Mallorca of pulmonary edema , a symptom of his rare heart disease SADS (Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, see also sudden cardiac death ), which was only diagnosed post-mortem . The exact illness of Gatelys remained unknown, but his sister Michelle was diagnosed with the hereditary long QT syndrome , which is also assumed for Stephen. In memory of her brother, she set up a foundation to educate and research SADS. Stephen Gately was buried in his hometown of Dublin on October 17, 2009.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
1994	Said and Done	DE68 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH44 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (61 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: October 22, 1994
1996	A different beat	DE47 (9 weeks) DE	AT40 (6 weeks) AT	CH21 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (28 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: October 28, 1996
1998	Where We Belong	DE14th gold (28 weeks)DE	AT40 gold (9 weeks)AT	CH8th gold (16 weeks)CH	UK1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (55 weeks)UK	US167 (4 weeks) US	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: May 25, 1998
2010	Brother	DE55 (1 week) DE	-	CH88 (1 week) CH	UK1 platinum (22 weeks)UK	-	IE1 platinum (18 weeks)IE	First published: March 5, 2010
2013	BZ20	DE35 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6th gold (17 weeks)UK	-	IE7 (8 weeks) IE	First published: November 22, 2013
2014	Dublin to Detroit	-	-	-	UK14th silver (8 weeks)UK	-	IE12 (6 weeks) IE	First published: November 21, 2014
2018	Thank You & Goodnight	-	-	-	UK6th silver (13 weeks)UK	-	IE10 (5 weeks) IE	First published: November 16, 2018

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
1999	... by request	DE4th gold (34 weeks)DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH5 gold (20 weeks)CH	UK1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (67 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: May 31, 1999
2003	Ballads - The Love Song Collection	DE88 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK6th gold (10 weeks)UK	-	IE50 (10 weeks) IE	First published: March 17, 2003
2007	The Silver Collection	-	-	-	-	-	IE94 (2 weeks) IE	First published: May 31, 2007
2008	B-Sides & Rarities	-	-	-	UK34 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: October 13, 2008
	Back Again ... No Matter What	DE48 (3 weeks) DE	AT68 (1 week) AT	CH92 (2 weeks) CH	UK4th platinum (53 weeks)UK	-	IE3 (43 weeks) IE	First published: October 13, 2008
2017	No Matter What - The Essential	-	-	-	UK95 (... weeks) UK	-	-	First published: April 14, 2017

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

• 1996: Key to my Life - The Collection (UK:silver)
• 2008: Greatest Hits (IE:× 2Double platinum )

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IE
1994	Working My Way Back to You Said and Done	-	-	-	-	-	IE3 (... weeks) IE	First published: May 14, 1994
	Love Me for a Reason Said and Done	DE47 (17 weeks) DE	-	CH15 (11 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (17 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: November 28, 1994
1995	Key to My Life Said and Done	DE64 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: April 17, 1995
	So good said and done	DE69 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 (12 weeks) UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: July 31, 1995
	Father and Son Said and Done	DE15 (21 weeks) DE	AT18 (11 weeks) AT	-	UK2 platinum (16 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: November 13, 1995
1996	Coming Home Now Said and Done	-	-	-	UK4th silver (9 weeks)UK	-	IE2 (... weeks) IE	First published: February 26, 1996
	Words A Different Beat	DE7th gold (15 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (17 weeks)AT	CH2 (18 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (15 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: October 1996
	A Different Beat A Different Beat	DE31 (9 weeks) DE	AT37 (1 week) AT	-	UK1 silver (16 weeks)UK	-	IE2 (... weeks) IE	First published: December 2, 1996
1997	Isn't It a Wonder A Different Beat	DE49 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (15 weeks)UK	-	IE3 (... weeks) IE	First published: March 10, 1997
	Picture of You Where We Belong	DE32 (10 weeks) DE	AT23 (12 weeks) AT	CH23 (16 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (18 weeks)UK	-	IE2 (... weeks) IE	First published: July 21, 1997
	Baby Can I Hold You Where We Belong	DE80 (4 weeks) DE	AT39 (1 week) AT	CH17 (6 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (15 weeks)UK	-	IE2 (... weeks) IE	First published: November 24, 1997
1998	All That I Need Where We Belong	DE51 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH36 (7 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (15 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: April 20, 1998
	No Matter What Where We Belong	DE2 platinum (21 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (21 weeks)AT	CH2 gold (24 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: August 3, 1998
	I Love the Way You Love Me Where We Belong	DE50 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH43 (1 week) CH	UK2 gold (15 weeks)UK	-	IE2 (... weeks) IE	First published: November 23, 1998
1999	When the Going Gets Tough ... By Request	-	-	-	UK1 platinum (17 weeks)UK	-	IE2 (... weeks) IE	First published: March 1, 1999
	You Needed Me … By Request	DE36 (9 weeks) DE	AT38 (2 weeks) AT	CH29 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (15 weeks)UK	-	IE2 (... weeks) IE	First published: May 10, 1999
	Everyday I Love You Ballads: The Love Song Collection	DE41 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH56 (8 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (15 weeks)UK	-	IE1 (... week) IE	First published: November 22, 1999
2008	Love You Anyway Back Again… No Matter What	DE30 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 (9 weeks) UK	-	IE3 (9 weeks) IE	First published: September 29, 2008
	Better Back Again… No Matter What	-	-	-	UK22 (8 weeks) UK	-	IE26 (3 weeks) IE	First published: December 8, 2008
2010	Gave It All Away Brother	-	-	-	UK9 (9 weeks) UK	-	IE1 (11 weeks) IE	First published: March 1, 2010
	Love Is a Hurricane Brother	-	-	-	UK44 (3 weeks) UK	-	IE39 (1 week) IE	First published: May 17, 2010
2013	Love Will Save the Day BZ20	DE59 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK39 (4 weeks) UK	-	IE42 (3 weeks) IE	First published: November 8, 2013

Video albums

• 1995: Said and Done (UK:× 2Double platinum )
• 1996: Live at Wembley (UK:× 3Triple platinum )
• 1997: Something Else (UK:× 2Double platinum )
• 1998: Live - Where We Belong (UK:× 2Double platinum )
• 1999: By Request - Their Greatest Hits (UK:× 2Double platinum )
• 2000: Dublin - Live By Request (UK:× 2Double platinum )
• 2001: 2000 Live At the Point (UK:gold)
• 2008: Back Again - No Matter What - Live 2008 (UK:gold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 1999: for the album Where We Belong  Belgium 1998: for the album Where We Belong 1998: for the single Te garder près de moi 1999: for the album By Request  Canada 2000: for the album By Request  New Zealand 1999: for the single I Love the Way You Love Me 1999: for the single You Needed Me

Platinum record  Australia 1999: for the album By Request 1999: for the single No Matter What  Belgium 1998: for the single No Matter What  Europe 1996: for the album Said and Done 1997: for the album A Different Beat  New Zealand 1998: for the album Where We Belong 1998: for the single No Matter What  Netherlands 1998: for the album Where We Belong 1999: for the album By Request  Sweden 1999: for the album Where We Belong 1999: for the album By Request

2 × platinum record  Europe 1998: for the album Where We Belong  Netherlands 1998: for the single No Matter What  Norway 1998: for the album Where We Belong 1998: for the single No Matter What 1999: for the album By Request 3 × platinum record  Europe 1999: for the album By Request 7 × platinum record  New Zealand 2000: for the album By Request

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	175,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	125,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	1,250,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	7 × platinum7th	(7,000,000)	ifpi.org
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	3 × platinum3	23,000	irishcharts.ie
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	150,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	350,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	180,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	75,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	160,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	75,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	10 × silver10	7 × gold7th	38 × platinum38	12,980,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	10 × silver10	23 × gold23	73 × platinum73

Artist awards

• 1995: Smash Hits poll winner for best group (Boyzone) - won
• 1996: BRIT Award for the best international newcomer (Boyzone) - nominated
• 1997: BRIT Award for the best international group (Boyzone) - won
• 1997: Irish Music Awards for Best Group (Boyzone) - won
• 1997: Ivor Novello Award for the best contemporary song ("Picture of You") - won
• 1998: BRIT Award for the best international single ("No Matter What") - won
• 1998: The Record of the Year Award for the best single ("No Matter What") - won
• 1998: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Pop (Boyzone) - nominated
• 1998: RSH Gold - won
• 1999: BRIT Award for the best international group (Boyzone) - won
• 1999: BRIT Award for the best international single (“When the Going Gets Tough”) - won
• 1999: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album ( … By Request ) - won
• 1999: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Pop (Boyzone) - nominated
• 1999: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act in Great Britain and Ireland - won

literature

• Reni Kieffer, Rosi Kieffer: Boyzone. It's only words… . Heel-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-89365-592-1 .

Web links

Commons : Boyzone  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Homepage (English)
• Official Homepage for Greatest Hits album (English)
• Boyzone back in Germany - TIKonline.de article with photos and video from October 8, 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ online ( Memento from September 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Amazon.co.uk
3. ↑ http://www.ronan-keating.de/
4. ↑ HMV.com
5. ↑ Boyzone singer had pulmonary edema . Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 13, 2009
6. ↑ The Stephen Gately Trust Our Story ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Homepage of the Stephen Gately Foundation for SADS Awareness. Retrieved March 14, 2016. 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US IE1 IE2
8. ↑ RSH Gold Award 1998
9. ^ Boyzone History . Retrieved September 24, 2015.