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Westlife Westlife is an Irish pop vocal group formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1998. The group currently consists of members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. Brian McFadden was a member, until he left in 2004. The group temporarily di ...
have released twelve
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, sixteen video albums, one
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, three karaoke albums, thirty-eight
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, twenty-one
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s,Alexis nine
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s and fifty-four
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s. Formed on 3 July 1998, the group was made up of singers
Nicky Byrne Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne Jr. (born 9 October 1978) is an Irish pop singer, songwriter and radio and television presenter, best known for being a member of the pop group Westlife; he is the band's oldest member. Westlife has since rele ...
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Kian Egan Kian John Francis Egan (born 29 April 1980) is an Irish Pop music, pop singer, songwriter and musician, best known as a member of pop group Westlife. Westlife has released twelve albums, embarked on thirteen world tours, and won numerous awards ...
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Mark Feehily Markus "Mark" Michael Patrick Feehily (born 28 May 1980) is an Irish singer and one of the two lead vocalists of the pop vocal group Westlife. Westlife has released twelve albums, embarked on thirteen world tours and won several awards, becomin ...
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Shane Filan Shane Steven Filan (born 5 July 1979) is an Irish Pop music, pop singer. He is one of the two lead singers of pop vocal group Westlife, which was formed in 1998, disbanded in 2012, and regrouped in 2018. Westlife have released thirteen albums, ...
, and
Brian McFadden Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980) is an Irish pop singer and television presenter who rose to fame in 1998 as a member of the Irish boy band Westlife. Following his departure from the group in 2004, McFadden released his debut solo ...
(who quit the band on 9 March 2004). The band was signed under
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from 1998 to 2012 and currently on
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from 2018. The last four members remained active until their last live concert performance in the Europe's third largest stadium
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on 23 June 2012 and have reunited on 3 October 2018 for new music and tour. Based on the
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certifications, the group have sold more than 26 million records and videos in the
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alone across their 20-year career–12.8 million singles, 13.5 million albums and 1.3 million videos. Their biggest selling album is their first ''
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'' compilation, followed by '' Coast to Coast'', with seven of their albums selling one million copies or more. Their biggest selling video is " Where Dreams Come True", which has sold 240,000 copies to date. In 2012, the
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listed Westlife 34th amongst the biggest-selling singles artists in British music history. They are currently the sixteenth overall biggest group of all time. As of April 2018, the group has sold more than 55 million records worldwide. They accumulated a total of 26 top ten hits including 15 number one singles as lead artist and as featured artist, 8 number one albums and 13 top 5 albums in the United Kingdom alone. 20 out of 29 singles as lead artist and as featured artist they have released in the United Kingdom have certifications from 1999 to 2022. They are also currently ranked twenty-fourth with most number ones albums of all time. They have had 36 number-one albums worldwide. This earned them the following ''
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'': first to achieve seven consecutive number-one singles in the UK, most singles to debut at number one on the UK chart and top selling album group in the United Kingdom in the 21st century. Despite their success, Westlife never managed to break into the
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, achieving only one hit single in 2000, their debut single "
Swear It Again "Swear It Again" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 19 April 1999 in the United Kingdom and on 25 February 2000 in the United States as the first single from their debut album, ''Westlife'' (1999). The song peaked at number ...
", which peaked at number 20 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified Gold. However, "Swear It Again" was the band's first number-one single in the United Kingdom and
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followed by seventeen more number-ones from their succeeding singles "
If I Let You Go "If I Let You Go" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999 as the second single from their self-titled debut album (1999). It became the second number-one hit, spending 11 weeks on the UK Singl ...
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Flying Without Wings "Flying Without Wings" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife, released on 18 October 1999 as the third single from their self-titled debut studio album (1999). It is the band's fourth-best-selling single on both paid-for and combined sales in the ...
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Fool Again "Fool Again" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 27 March 2000 as the fifth and last single from their Westlife (album), self-titled debut album (1999). The song debuted and peaked at number two in the band's native Ireland, ...
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Queen of My Heart "Queen of My Heart" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 5 November 2001 as the first single from their third studio album, ''World of Our Own'' (2001). It was released as a double A-side single with "When You're Looking Li ...
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When You're Looking Like That "When You're Looking Like That" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife from their second studio album, '' Coast to Coast'' (2000). It was released on 3 September 2001 as the sixth and final single from the album in Australia, Asia, Latin America, a ...
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World of Our Own ''World of Our Own'' is the third studio album recorded by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released through RCA Records on 12 November 2001. This is their third album release under RCA and Sony Music. It was also the band's third album to be re ...
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Hello My Love "Hello My Love" is a song by Irish pop vocal band Westlife. It was released on 10 January 2019 as the lead single from the band's eleventh studio album, ''Spectrum'', and is their first single to be released under Universal Music Group and Vi ...
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" from 1999 to 2019. The group's debut international self-titled studio album, ''
Westlife Westlife is an Irish pop vocal group formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1998. The group currently consists of members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. Brian McFadden was a member, until he left in 2004. The group temporarily di ...
'' (1999) was number-one in several countries which was followed by succeeding studio albums '' Coast to Coast'' (2000), ''
World of Our Own ''World of Our Own'' is the third studio album recorded by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released through RCA Records on 12 November 2001. This is their third album release under RCA and Sony Music. It was also the band's third album to be re ...
'' (2001), ''
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'' (2002) and '' Turnaround'' (2003), which continued the group's success worldwide. The four remaining member continued as a group to release their cover albums ''
Allow Us to Be Frank ''...Allow Us to Be Frank'', a Rat Pack tribute, is the fifth studio album, sixth major album release under Sony BMG and first cover album by Irish boy band Westlife; it is also the first album since the departure of Brian McFadden and as a four ...
'' (2004) and '' The Love Album'' (2006) and the studio albums '' Face to Face'' (2005) and '' Back Home'' (2007). After a one-year hiatus in 2008, they regrouped and released studio albums ''
Where We Are ''Where We Are'' is the ninth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 27 November 2009 in Ireland and on 30 November 2009 in the UK through S Records, RCA Records and Sony Music, the band's tenth album under them. ''Where We ...
'' (2009), and ''
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'' (2010) and compilation album ''
Greatest Hits A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
'' (2011). After eight years, the group reformed and released ''
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'' (2019), followed by '' Wild Dreams'' (2021).


Albums


Studio albums


Compilation albums


Compilation albums (Limited release)


Live albums


Singles


As lead artist


As a featured artist


Promotional singles


Other charted songs


Soundtrack appearances


Videography


Documentaries


Concert tours


Music video compilations, audio and video albums or singles


Music videos

Notes # The "If I Let You Go" (Extended Mix), "Evergreen" and "Bop Bop Baby" (Almighty Mix Radio Edit) music videos were exclusively released by a music channel (
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) in the Philippines. # The music video for "My Private Movie" was released in Asia only.


Cameo appearance

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– "Forever as One" (2001)


See also

* List of songs recorded by Westlife * List of best-selling boy bands *
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References


External links


Official Westlife website
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