Ronan (album) explained

Ronan
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ronan Keating
Cover:	RonanK.jpg
Released:	31 July 2000
Studio:	Hollywood, California London, England Nashville, Tennessee Burbank, California
Genre:	Pop
Length:	52:57
Label:	Polydor
Next Title:	Destination
Next Year:	2002

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

Charts

Charts

Chart (2000–01)	Peak position
Danish Albums (IFPI)^[2]	1
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[3]	2

Year-end

Chart (2000)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	31
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[5]	42
European Albums (Music & Media)^[6]	28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	52
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[8]	29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[9]	88
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	34
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	12

Chart (2001)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[12]	19
European Albums (Music & Media)^[13]	99
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	75
UK Albums (OCC)^[15]	70

Notes and References

1. Web site: IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2001 . . 2011-04-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090422231201/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2001.html . 22 April 2009 .
2. 16 September 2000. Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 08/28/00. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 112. 38. 49. 0006-2510.
3. Web site: Chart Track. Irish Albums Chart. GfK. 2011-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609211800/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2000&year=2000&week=31. 9 June 2012. dead.
4. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2000. Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 December 2020.
5. Web site: Chart of the Year 2000. Mogens Nielsen. 6 January 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150725015224/http://top20.dk/chart/2000. 25 July 2015.
6. Year in Focus – European Top 100 Albums 2000 . Music & Media . 17 . 52 . 23 December 2000 . 9 . 29800226 . American Radio History. 19 January 2019.
7. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2000. de . GfK Entertainment. 19 May 2018.
8. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 2000. Official New Zealand Music Chart. 22 May 2019.
9. Web site: Year list Album (incl. Collections), 2000. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 20 December 2020.
10. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000. hitparade.ch. 8 January 2021.
11. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2000. Official Charts Company. 4 January 2021.
12. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2001. Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 December 2020.
13. Year in Review – European Top 100 Albums 2001 . Music & Media . 19 . 52 . 22 December 2001 . 15 . 29800226 . 4 March 2020 . American Radio History.
14. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2001 . German . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 12 January 2019.
15. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2001. Official Charts Company. 4 January 2021.