boyzone's fifth album was originally going to be released in late 2010, but it was shelved due to ronan keating's commitments on "the x factor australia". due to the success of their previous album "brother" (2010), boyzone decided to celebrate 20 years since they began with a new studio album and tour. it was announced on 24 september 2013 that the brand new album would be released on 25 november 2013, and it became available to pre-order from amazon. in september 2013, it was announced that boyzone were recording their new studio album "bz20" at metrophonic with brian rawling producing it. the band signed a new four-album recording deal with warner music to release "bz20" on 22 november 2013 through the rhino label.