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从12岁时就开始写歌，和好友组过团，叫NAMESTE。曾经加入学校的合唱团， 但被踢出来，因为合唱团的老师说他，不会唱歌。虽然是老么，3个哥哥一个姐姐，但他做个各式各样的工作。在鞋店打过工，进入BOYZONE时还在学校念书，刚成立时与团员晚上在校园和青少年常去的俱乐部表演， 每天作二到三场的演出，但是在空闲时，还帮父亲修卡车，帮忙母亲的美发沙龙！一直的梦想是成为像TAKE THAT那么红的团员， 直到成为BZ一员，成为主唱，他才真正找到自己心目中的理想事业。
1998年2月， BZ正在录制WHERE WE BELONG，他的母亲因乳癌去世。他几乎无法完成声音配唱的部分，RONAN写THIS IS WHERE I BELONG，唱出自己的成长心情。他后来设立Marie Keating Cancer Awareness Fund，致力乳癌防治。4月BZ的单曲ALL THAT I NEED 直冲冠军。 30日，RONAN与大他2岁的模特女友YVONNE在加勒比海的小岛结婚。同年底RONAN被权威偶像杂志读者选为“最佳衣着男士”、“流行王子”、“最想要的男人”！ 而他也从不受一般媒体重视的偶像派成为受到重视的艺人。
虽然身为BZ的主唱，一直都是最受欢迎BZ成员，但RONAN早在几年前就想要发展个人音乐事业。 1997年5月RONAN被选为“欧洲歌曲比赛”主持人， 同年接下EMA（欧洲MTV颁奖礼）主持，1998年11月主持“世界小姐”， 后来成为WESTLIFE的经纪人，但是他自己说这些都是附加的， 最终目标是成为一位顶尖的词曲创作歌手。而直到1999年初，“新娘百分百”电影导演捧着一首歌请RONAN主唱，他才能实现长久以来的想望。
2000年， BZ的成员以“单飞不解散”的形式开始各自的个人事业。RONAN的新单曲唱片“LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER”与7月19日正式发行， 而他的首张个人专辑在7月30日推出！ 这标志着从此又一位重量级的歌星在乐坛升起了，我们相信 Ronan的星路必定会无比灿烂。
With those dazzling poster-boy looks, Ronan Keating became one of Europe's most endearing stars as the leader of the Irish boy band Boyzone. The five Irish lads in Boyzone, who made their debut in 1993, built their charismatic style into one of the biggest European pop/rock acts of the '90s. But before he was winning over the world, Keating was a middle-class kid living in Dublin. Born Ronan Patrick John Keating on March 3, 1977, he was the last of four children in the Keating household. His father, Gerry, was a pub owner and his mother, Marie, was a hairdresser, so financially the Keating family was trying to make ends meet. The working trudge instilled the desire to work in the youngest Keating. While working in a local shoe store, he noticed a search advertisement for an Irish Take That. The 14-year-old beat out 300 hopefuls with his own rendition of the Cat Stevens song "Father and Son" and was headed toward becoming a celebrity. Boyzone released four albums, every one debuting at number one in the U.K. They released 16 singles, each one also charting in the Top Three on the U.K. charts. Most notably, Americans will recognize this five-piece as the dashing young men singing behind U2's Bono in "The Sweetest Thing" video.
Six years into being part of one of the U.K.'s brightest and biggest-selling pop bands, Keating searched for an alternate creative outlet. He began managing another male pop group called Westlife. He married Irish model Yvonne Connelly in April 1998 and the following year they had a son, Jack. Musically, however, Keating's intentions stayed in tune with his internal spirit. He couldn't possibly steer clear of the media spotlight for long and something positive was bound to come of it. He recorded his debut solo effort in early 2000 under the craftsmanship of artists such as Bryan Adams and Barry Gibb. His sensual and childlike persona was full-fledged. He is a working songsmith with the utmost class, and counterparts like Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow might be considered a bit shy of such inborn grace. Ronan was issued overseas in mid-2000. A U.S. version followed in October. For 2002's Destination, Keating collaborated with songwriter and ex-New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander. This album was another smash overseas with hit singles such as "I Love It When We Do" and "I've Got My Heart on You," yet it failed to see a release in the States. Two years later, Keating issued Turn It On. His rendition of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Let Her Down Easy" and songs co-written with Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross were featured in another mature set from the former boy band singer. 10 Years of Hits followed in 2005.
