The Resume

(1993-2000)
Ronan Keating (1977- )
Keith Duffy (1974- )
Mikey Graham (1972- )
Stephen Gately (March 17, 1976–October 10, 2009)
Shane Lynch (1976- )
Albums include 'Said and Done' (1995), 'A Different Beat' (1997), 'Where We Belong' (1998) and 'By Request' (1999)
Hit singles include 'Love Me for a Reason,' 'A Different Beat,' 'All That I Need,' and 'No Matter What'
Formed by Louis Walsh and Mark Plunkett

Why they might be annoying:

They just might have the worst name of any boy band, ever.
They are a manufactured commercial pop group targeted at teen girls.
Many of their hit songs are covers or sappy love ballads.
They didn't write any of their own material (as is typical of boy bands.)
Stephen didn't come out as gay until he discovered the tabloids were planning to out him.
They made an embarrassing (and now well-known) appearance on the Irish talk show 'The Late Late Show' (1993).
Ronan left the group in 2001 for a solo career.

Why they might not be annoying:

They were chosen from over 300 hopefuls to be members of the group.
They've had over 15 hit singles in the UK since forming.
Their 1998 Irish tour broke sales records by selling out 35,000 tickets within 4 hours.
Stephen no longer hides his homosexuality.

Credit: Unknown

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Boy Bands
• Bubble Gum Music
• I Covered Stevie Wonder’s ‘What Christmas Means to Me (My Love)’
• I Record Music That Sounds Kinda Gay
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Baseball Cap
• Pretty Boys
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14696)
• UK's Top 10 Most Popular Funeral Songs [April 2009] (Ranked: 6)
• Unknown's Profiles
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs That Never Reached #1 [Performers, 2004] (Ranked: 75)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 99 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 77 Votes: 68.83% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 216 Votes: 76.85% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 135 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 349 Votes: 70.20% Annoying