Ronan Patrick John Keating was born on 3 March 1977 and is an Irish singer, songwriter and television and radio presenter.
68 Facts About Ronan Keating
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Ronan Keating debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer of Irish pop group Boyzone.
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Ronan Keating gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing At All" was featured in the film Notting Hill and reached number one in several countries.
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Ronan Keating is active in charity work and has been a charity campaigner for the Marie Ronan Keating Foundation, which raises awareness for breast cancer and is named after his mother, who died from the disease in 1998.
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Ronan Keating was born on 3 March 1977, the youngest of five children.
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Ronan Keating grew up in Bayside, Dublin and County Meath attending St Fintan's High School.
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Ronan Keating's father, Gerry Keating, was a lorry driver; his mother Marie was a mobile hairdresser.
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Ronan Keating has one sister: Linda, and three brothers: Ciaran, Gerard and Gary.
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Ronan Keating competed in track and field, winning the All Ireland under-13 200 m title.
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In 1993, the then 16-year-old Ronan Keating was the youngest member to join Boyzone.
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The couple are now divorced after Ronan Keating had an affair.
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In 1999, while still a member of Boyzone, Ronan Keating recorded a version of "When You Say Nothing at All" for the motion picture Notting Hill.
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In 2001, Ronan Keating was certified two-times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments of two million copies inside Europe.
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Ronan Keating collaborated with several major stars, including Elton John, Lulu, LeAnn Rimes and the Bee Gees, for these albums.
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In October 2007, Ronan Keating was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for being the only artist ever to have 30 consecutive top 10 singles in the UK chart, beating the likes of Elvis Presley.
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Ronan Keating embarked on two world tours, won the Ivor Novello and BMI songwriting awards, released an autobiography, had a role as ambassador for Christian Aid and had sales in excess of 22 million albums worldwide.
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Ronan Keating performed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup opening party at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in front of an audience of nearly 250,000 people, and posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine's 10 Years of Naked Centrefolds.
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On 9 May 2007, Ronan Keating became the first international number-one selling foreign artist to perform a concert in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Ronan Keating has performed duets with Elton John at Madison Garden in New York and has sung for the Pope twice and performed for Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust 30th birthday, which took place at the Tower of London.
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Ronan Keating performed on stage for the Swedish Royal family at Crown Princess Victoria's birthday celebrations, and at the opening ceremony of the 19th European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
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On 5 November 2007, Ronan Keating confirmed that Boyzone would reunite for a special appearance on the BBC's annual fundraiser, Children in Need, performing a medley of hits, although had not yet commented on the possibility of a new tour or album.
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Stephen Gately, a close friend and bandmate of Ronan Keating, died on 10 October 2009 of a pulmonary edema.
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In 2009, Ronan Keating co-wrote the song "Believe Again" sung by Niels Brinck, who won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow where it qualified for the final from the second semi-final and finished in 13th place with 74 points.
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On 12 November 2010, Ronan Keating released his seventh studio album, entitled Duet, in Australia and New Zealand.
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Ronan Keating joined the judging panel of The X Factor in 2010, where he remained for five seasons.
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Ronan Keating was the winning mentor on two occasions; in 2010 with Altiyan Childs and in 2014 with Marlisa Punzalan.
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Ronan Keating performed at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany in front of a crowd of 16,500.
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Ronan Keating toured Australia and New Zealand in the beginning of 2012 at the state theatre in Sydney, Brisbane convention centre, Melbourne Regent Theatre, Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Canberra Royal Theatre, Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Adelaide Festival Theatre and at Perth Kings Park in front of 29,000 in all making 1.6 million pounds.
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Ronan Keating later joined his management for dinner at Palazzo Parisio.
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In September 2013, Ronan Keating teamed up with X Factor judge Dannii Minogue to record a duet of Christmas classic "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" for department store chain Myer's "The Spirit of Christmas 2013" compilation.
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On 24 December 2015, Ronan Keating was announced as Ricky Martin's replacement on The Voice Australia.
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Ronan Keating joined Jessie J, Delta Goodrem and The Madden Brothers on the show.
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On 7 December 2016, Ronan Keating announced his departure from the show after one season.
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Ronan Keating released his tenth studio album Time of My Life in February 2016.
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In February 2020, Ronan Keating announced the release of his eleventh studio album titled, Twenty Twenty.
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On 21 December 2020, a new version of the charity Christmas number one contender "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" by LadBaby was released which featured Ronan Keating performing the song with 'LadBabyMum' Roxanne Hoyle.
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In November 2021, Ronan Keating released Songs from Home, a set to pay homage to his homeland of Ireland.
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In December 2022, Ronan Keating was featured as a coach on the sixth series of The Voice Kids.
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Ronan Keating was given a tree in London's Hyde Park for performing for The Prince's Trust.
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Ronan Keating has a World Music Award for the best-selling Irish artist.
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On 3 May 1997, Ronan Keating presented the Eurovision Song Contest along with Carrie Crowley.
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Ronan Keating presented the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1997 and 1999, and co-presented the MTV Asia Awards in 2002 with Mandy Moore.
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That same year, Ronan Keating co-hosted the Royal Variety Performance alongside Ulrika Jonsson at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
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In 1999, Ronan Keating presented all nine episodes of the BBC1 talent show Get Your Act Together.
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On 20 April 2009, Ronan Keating guest co-hosted The Morning Show in Australia alongside Kylie Gillies, while the show's regular male co-host Larry Emdur was on holiday.
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Ronan Keating came third overall, after being forced to abandon the car with only 20 seconds left to complete the course to disarm the on-board time bomb.
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In 2010, Ronan Keating became a judge and mentor on the Australian version of The X Factor, joining Guy Sebastian, Natalie Imbruglia, and Kyle Sandilands for the second season of the show.
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Ronan Keating eventually became the winning mentor with his contestant Altiyan Childs.
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Ronan Keating went on to mentor the Groups for two consecutive years, notably with The Collective finishing third in the fourth season.
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On Christmas Eve 2015, during the broadcast of Carols by Candlelight on Channel 9 Australia, it was announced that Ronan Keating would be returning to Australian TV screens in 2016 as a coach on the fifth season of The Voice Australia, joining other coaches Jessie J, Delta Goodrem and The Madden Brothers.
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In September 2017, Ronan Keating was signed to co-host Magic Breakfast alongside Harriet Scott on Magic Radio running Monday to Fridays, 6am till 10am.
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From 2017 to 2021, Ronan Keating guest-presented episodes of The One Show, before becoming a main presenter in May 2021.
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On 19 November 2020, Ronan Keating was a guest panellist on the ITV Daytime show, Loose Women, and made history as being part of the first all-male panel in the show's 21 year history.
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In May 2014, Ronan Keating provided the singing voice of Postman Pat in the film Postman Pat: The Movie.
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Ronan Keating made a part of Keith Lemon: The Film.
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Ronan Keating was the fourth principal 'Guy' in the West End production, and the first Irishman to have played the role since Glen Hansard in the Oscar-winning original film, on which the musical is based.
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In 2017, Ronan Keating starred alongside Jessica Marais in the fourth season of the Australian drama, Love Child.
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In October 2005, shortly after joining Christian Aid and the Trade Justice Campaign in 2004, Ronan Keating went to Rome where he was appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador via the Food and Agricultural Organisation.
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Ronan Keating ran in the London Marathon on 13 April 2008 to raise money for Cancer Research, with a personal best time of 3hr 59min.
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Ronan Keating has walked the length of Ireland twice, each time raising money for the Marie Keating Foundation, now linked to Cancer Research in the UK.
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In 2009, Ronan Keating climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief; joining him were Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Kimberley Walsh, Denise van Outen, Fearne Cotton, Alesha Dixon and Cheryl Cole.
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When Ronan Keating announced he wanted to take a break from Boyzone, Louis Walsh continued to manage his career.
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Ronan Keating achieved a number one hit with "Life is a Rollercoaster" in 2000 while his album sold 4.4 million copies.
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The feud between the two men had apparently ended by March 2008, after which Ronan Keating helped in selecting the finalists in the groups category in The X Factor.
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In 2009, Ronan Keating had a seven-month affair with Boyzone back-up dancer Francine Cornell which resulted in Ronan Keating and Connolly separating in 2010; their divorce was finalized in March 2015.
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Ronan Keating met his second wife Storm Uechtritz in August 2010 and married her on 17 August 2015.
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On 16 May 2022, Ronan Keating was awarded an honorary doctorate from The Open University for his work on philanthropy and music.
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On 10 March 2023 it was announced Ronan Keating had become a grandfather for the first time at the age of 46, when his 23-year-old son Jack announced on his Instagram account that he had become the father of a baby girl.