Saturday, May 30, 2009

Mr.Ronan Keating!!


Let me take d pride 2 introduce cuddly Ronan..!

Ronan Patrick John Keating was born on March 3, 1977 and grew up in both Bayside, Dublin and Swords, 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 Ali (born September 7, 2005).

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.

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 represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in May in Moscow where it qualified for the final from the second semi-final and eventually finished in 13th place with 74 points.



Born : March 3, 1977 (1977-03-03) (age 32)Dublin, Ireland
Genre(s) : Pop, ballad, dance pop, folk pop
Years active : 1993–present
Label(s) : Polydor (1993–present)
Associated acts : Boyzone
Website : RonanKeating.com

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