Boyzone are an Irish (Irish people) boy band. The group was most successful in Ireland, the UK, Asia, Australia and New Zealand; they also had differing levels of success in parts of Europe. The group has released six #1 UK (UK singles chart) hit singles and five #1 albums, with approximately 20 million records sold by 2009.

They famously made a comeback in 2007 (2007 in music), originally with the intention of just touring but Ronan Keating confirmed in an interview that they wanted to "outdo Take Thats success" in terms of a successful reunion.

Boyzone was put together in 1993 (1993 in music) by Louis Walsh who is also known for managing Johnny Logan (Johnny Logan (singer)) and Westlife. Alan Thomson was one of the bandmates before he left to go work in aable. Before even recording any material they made a now infamous appearance on RT�s The Late Late Show. Their first album Said and Done was released in 1995 (1995 in music) and the following three studio albums in 1996 (1996 in music), 1998 (1998 in music) and 2010 (2010 in music). Seven compilation albums have been released so far. Co-lead singer Stephen Gately died on 10 October 2009 at the age of 33 of natural causes in Majorca, Spain.