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No Matter What

Boyzone

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LIST YEAR

1998

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.

Genre

Dance-popPop

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

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ARTIST BACKGROUND

About Boyzone

Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.

Boyzone was assembled in Ireland by manager Louis Walsh in 1993. The five-member vocal group attracted attention through an early appearance on The Late Late Show and reached British listeners with its version of Love Me for a Reason. After a pause in 2000, the group reunited for charity work and touring. BZ20 marked its twentieth anniversary with another chapter in its pop recording career.

Artist background sources

Boyzone - Warner Music Japan artist profile
Irish five-member formation under Louis Walsh, television introduction, Love Me for a Reason, career pause, reunion and BZ20. Japanese-language profile read and paraphrased; no current-lineup assertion or chart totals. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

Retained annual-list context

No Matter What by Boyzone is included for 1998 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.

Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished

UK top-ten singles in 1998 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.

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Sources and scope

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Editorial artist-repertoire classification

UK top-ten singles in 1998 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.

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