Boyzone stay on top of UK album chart
According to Official Charts Company, Boyzone have topped the UK album charts for the second week in a row. Their record “Brother” debuted at number one four weeks ago. It dropped two places a fortnight ago but regained the top spot last week.
The top three was unchanged, with Lady GaGa’s “The Fame Monster” and Justin Bieber’s “My Worlds” holding onto second and third place respectively.
The top ten albums in full:
1. (1) Boyzone: “Brother”
2. (2) Lady GaGa: “The Fame Monster”
3. (3) Justin Bieber: “My Worlds”
4. (5) “Glee” Cast: “Glee: The Music, Volume II”
5. (9) Florence and the Machine: “Lungs”
6. (7) Paolo Nutini: “Sunny Side Up”
7. (11) “Glee” Cast: “Glee: The Music, Volume I”
8. (8) Alicia Keys: “The Element Of Freedom”
9. (10) Mumford & Sons: “Sigh No More”
10. (-) Free & Bad Company: “The Very Best Of”
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Boyzone are an Irish 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 hit singles and five #1 albums, with approximately 20 million records sold by 2009. They made a comeback in 2007, originally with the intention of just touring but Ronan Keating confirmed in an interview that they wanted to “outdo Take That” in terms of a successful reunion.
Boyzone was put together in 1993 by Louis Walsh who is also known for managing Johnny Logan and Westlife. Before even recording any material they made a now infamous appearance on RTÉ´s The Late Late Show. Their first album Said and Done was released in 1995 and the following three studio albums in 1996, 1998 and 2010. 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.