Following in the footsteps of All Saints, Take That, Spice Girls, and New Kids on the Block, Irish boyband Boyzone have reunited to tour and release an updated greatest hits collection. Boyzone was big in the late '90s, and while they never achieved the level of success of Take That or their successor group Westlife, they did hold their own, scoring six UK #1 hits. Their new single, "Love You Anyway," was a top 5 hit over the weekend, and it's pretty decent.
They had a #1 while I was in London, "All that I Need," their third #1 hit and a personal favorite.
Shortly thereafter they scored what would remain their biggest UK hit, "No Matter What," the fourth biggest selling single of 1998. It even cracked the US top 40 airplay chart.
Three of the band members have had some solo success on the charts. Mikey Graham had a #13 hit in 2000, "You're My Angel," and Stephen Gately had three top 40 hits, including #3 hit "New Beginning." Ronan Keating has been far and away the most successful though, scoring 15 top 40 hits including three #1s. He's had several good singles, including "Lovin' Each Day" and "Life Is a Rollercoaster," but my favorite has to be his first solo single, "When You Say Nothing At All," which was featured in the movie Notting Hill.
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