Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating [ ˈɹəʊnən ˈpætɹɪk dʒɒn ˈkiːtɪŋ ] (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin ) is an Irish singer .
Career
In 1993, Keating began his career as a pop singer in the boy band Boyzone . The band was very successful with various number 1 hits and four albums.
In 1997 he hosted the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin with Carrie Crowley .
In 1999, Keating also became co-manager of the band Westlife . Then he started a quite successful solo career.
As part of the Live 8 concerts, Keating played on July 6, 2005 at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh ( Scotland ).
Keating composed and wrote Denmark's contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow .
From 2010 to 2014 he was a jury member for the Australian edition of the casting show The X Factor . At the beginning of the seventh season he was replaced by James Blunt .
After a break of almost four years, Keating's ninth solo album Time of My Life was released in February 2016 . Since May 1, 2016 he has been one of the coaches in the Australian edition of the talent show The Voice .
Personal
Keating was born the youngest of five siblings in a middle-class Irish family. His father Gerry owned a pub , his mother Marie worked as a hairdresser .
In 1998, Keating's mother died of breast cancer . The family founded the Marie Keating Foundation to provide better prevention and education about the disease .
On April 30, 1998, Keating married Irish model Yvonne Connolly. They have a son (* 1999) and two daughters (* 2001, * 2005) together. On May 20, 2010, Ronan and Yvonne Keating announced their split after Keating cheated on his wife with his backing dancer. Only a few weeks later, Yvonne forgave her husband and gave her marriage a second chance. Both moved into a new house with the children. Although they tried to work on their problems for two years after that, their marriage could not be saved. In April 2012, Yvonne and Ronan Keating announced the final failure of their marriage and separated after 14 years together.
On August 17, 2015, Ronan Keating married Australian producer Storm Uechtritz in Scotland. Their son was born in April 2017; a daughter followed in March 2020.
social commitment
Ronan Keating's social commitment includes his support for Deutsche Krebshilfe in the fight against cancer. The singer advertises cancer prevention and cancer screening on the aid organization's website . Both as a soloist and with his band Boyzone, Keating is always a participant or initiator of various charity campaigns .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 IE
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| 2000 | Ronan |
DE2 (44 weeks) DE |
AT10 (13 weeks) AT |
CH4th  (33 weeks)CH |
UK1  × 4
(63 weeks)UK |
IE2 (29 weeks) IE |
First published:
Aug 21, 2000 Sales: + 2,277,059 |
| 2002 | Destination |
DE1 (36 weeks)DE |
AT2 (21 weeks) AT |
CH3 (34 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 2
(48 weeks)UK |
IE3 (7 weeks) IE |
First published: May 17, 2002
Sales: + 1,290,000 |
| 2003 | Turn it on |
DE18 (15 weeks) DE |
AT45 (11 weeks) AT |
CH19 (15 weeks) CH |
UK21st (18 weeks)UK |
IE57 (1 week) IE |
First published: November 16, 2003
|
| 2006 | Bring you home |
DE7 (14 weeks) DE |
AT10 (7 weeks) AT |
CH3 (13 weeks) CH |
UK3 (16 weeks)UK |
IE16 (7 weeks) IE |
First published: June 2, 2006
|
| 2009 | Songs for My Mother |
DE14 (5 weeks) DE |
AT34 (4 weeks) AT |
CH13 (9 weeks) CH |
UK1 (12 weeks)UK |
IE1 (25 weeks)IE |
First published: March 13, 2009
|
| Winter songs |
DE73 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH74 (1 week) CH |
UK16 (6 weeks)UK |
IE12 (7 weeks) IE |
First published: November 13, 2009
|
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| 2011 | When Ronan Met Burt | - | - | - |
UK3 (9 weeks)UK |
IE5 (7 weeks) IE |
First published: March 21, 2011
with Burt Bacharach |
| 2012 | Fires |
DE20 (3 weeks) DE |
AT51 (1 week) AT |
CH26 (3 weeks) CH |
UK5 (8 weeks) UK |
IE12 (4 weeks) IE |
First published: August 31, 2012
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| 2016 | Time of My Life |
DE25 (2 weeks) DE |
AT44 (1 week) AT |
CH16 (8 weeks) CH |
UK4 (7 weeks) UK |
IE26 (... weeks) IE |
First published: February 12, 2016
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| 2020 | Twenty Twenty |
DE24 (... weeks) DE |
AT47 (1 week) AT |
CH10 (2 weeks) CH |
UK2 (... weeks) UK |
IE22 (... weeks) IE |
First published: July 24, 2020
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Web links
- Ronan Keating in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official German website
- Official international site (English)
- Ronan Keating at Discogs (English)
- Marie Keating Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ All Artist Biography: Ronan Keating (English)
- ↑ Ronan Keating's Biography. imdb.com, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ After the affair: Ronan Keating hopes for forgiveness. spiegel.de, May 25, 2010, accessed on May 28, 2010 .
- ↑ Ronan Keating & Storm Uechtritz got married. ok-magazin.de, August 18, 2015, accessed September 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Ronan Keating bonds with newborn son in adorable photo. hellomagazin.com, April 27, 2017, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Ronan Keating is father again. n-tv.de, March 30, 2020, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK IE1 IE2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keating, Ronan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keating, Ronan Patrick John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin , Republic of Ireland |