Ronan (album)

Ronan
Studio album by Ronan Keating
Released	31 July 2000
Recorded	Hollywood, California London, England Nashville, Tennessee Burbank, California
Genre	Pop
Length	52:77
Label	Polydor
Producer	Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, Gregg Alexander, Patrick Leonard, Phil Thornalley, Rick Nowels, Stephen Lipson, Steve Mac
Ronan Keating chronology
Ronan (2000) Destination (2002)
Singles from Ronan
"When You Say Nothing at All" Released: 26 July 1999 "Life Is a Rollercoaster" Released: 10 July 2000 "The Way You Make Me Feel" Released: 20 November 2000 "In This Life" Released: 2 December 2000 "Lovin' Each Day" Released: 16 April 2001

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Ronan is the self-titled, debut solo album from Irish singer-songwriter and Boyzone frontman, Ronan Keating. It was released by Polydor Records on 31 July 2000, and has become a commercial success.

The album produced four UK and Irish top-ten singles: "When You Say Nothing at All", originally recorded for the soundtrack of the 1999 film Notting Hill, "Life Is a Rollercoaster", "The Way You Make Me Feel", and "Lovin' Each Day", the latter of which was featured on the re-release edition of the album, and later on Keating's second album, Destination.

Reception

The album was given several negative reviews; however, it sold over 750,000 copies and became one of the top selling albums of the year in the United Kingdom. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and have been certified four-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of 1.2 million copies. In the singer's native Ireland, the album debuted at number two. The album also became a commercial success in other European countries, where it charted within the top ten of eight countries. In 2001, Ronan was certified two-times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments of two million copies inside Europe.^[1] The album sold 9 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Life Is a Rollercoaster"	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	Alexander, Nowels	3:56
2.	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	Phil Thornalley, Bryan Adams	Thornalley	3:54
3.	"In This Life"	Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin	Stephen Lipson	3:10
4.	"Heal Me"	Alexander, Nowels	Alexander, Nowels	4:05
5.	"Keep on Walking"	Ronan Keating, Patrick Leonard, Robin Thicke	Leonard	3:56
6.	"When You Say Nothing at All"	Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz	Lipson	4:18
7.	"Brighter Days"	Gordon Chambers, Andy Hill	Lipson	4:55
8.	"If You Love Me"	Gary Baker, Steve Diamond, Keating, Lipson	Lipson	3:27
9.	"If I Don't Tell You Now"	Diane Warren	Steve Mac	3:20
10.	"Only for You"	Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, Paul Tucker	Bag & Arnthor	4:29
11.	"Addicted"	Wayne Hector, Michael Power, Lipson	Lipson	5:25
12.	"When the World Was Mine"	Billy Livsey, Wayland Holyfield	Lipson	5:18
13.	"Believe"	Keating, Leonard	Leonard	5:04

UK bonus track
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Once Upon a Lifetime"	Baker, Frank J. Myers	Lipson	4:00

Re-issue bonus track
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Lovin' Each Day"	Alexander, Nowels	Alexander, Nowels	3:29

Turkish Platinum Edition bonus tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
14.	"This Is Your Song"	3:45
15.	"At The End Of A Perfect Day"	4:30
16.	"I Will Miss You"	4:03
17.	"Since 13"	3:48
18.	"You"	3:56
19.	"Thank God I Kissed You"	3:57

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2000) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[2] 5 Austrian Albums Chart[2] 10 Belgian Album Chart (Flanders)[2] 15 Danish Albums Chart[3] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[2] 8 Finnish Albums Chart[2] 5 German Albums Chart[4] 2 Irish Albums Chart[5] 2 Italian Albums Chart[2] 13 New Zealand Albums Chart[2] 2 Norwegian Albums Chart[2] 1 Swedish Albums Chart[2] 3 Swiss Albums Chart[2] 4 UK Albums Chart[6] 1

Certifications Country Certification Australia 3× Platinum[7] Denmark Gold[8] Finland Gold[9] New Zealand 2× Platinum[10] Norway Platinum[11] Switzerland Gold[12] United Kingdom 4× Platinum[13]

References

1. "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2001". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
2. "Ronan Keating - Ronan - hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
3. "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 08/28/00". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 112 (38): 49. 16 September 2000. ISSN 0006-2510.
4. "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - KEATING,RONAN - Ronan". Media Control Charts (in German). PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
5. "Chart Track". Irish Albums Chart. GfK. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
6. "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
7. "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
8. "Album Top-40". Hitlisten (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
9. "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Kulta- ja platinalevyt" (in Finnish). IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
10. "Chart #1271: Sunday 5 August 2001". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
11. ""IFPI Norsk platebransje - Salgstroféer" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
12. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community – Awards 2000". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
13. "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2011-04-09.