Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating gained worldwide attention when his single “When You Say Nothing at All” was featured in the film Notting Hill and peaked at number one in several countries.

As a solo artist, Keating has sold over 25 million records worldwide alongside the 30 million records with Boyzone, and in Australia he is best known as a judge on The X Factor.

In 2005, he was appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador, and in 2007 became the first international artist to perform in Cambodia. Keating has performed with Elton John at Madison Garden, for Prince Charles at The Prince’s Trust 30th Birthday, and has even sung for the Pope – twice. He has also earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the only artist ever to have 30 consecutive top 10 singles in the UK charts. You can currently find him as a judge on The X Factor Australia. He released his latest album Fires in September of 2012 with single of the same name.

“Fires”, the album’s title track, premiered on 21 July 2012 on BBC Radio 2. The music video for the song premiered on 1 August 2012, via YouTube. The single as released as a digital download on 2 September 2012. The song was only available as a digital download and sold 10,000 copies.

Ronan’s soulful voice has won him millions of fans around the world by crooning out fan favorites such as “When You Say Nothing at All ” “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” and “Life is a Rollercoaster.”

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