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Westlife discography

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Irish boy band Westlife have released twelve studio albums, sixteen video albums, one live album, three karaoke albums, thirty-eight singles, twenty-one promotional singles, nine compilation albums and fifty-four music videos.[upper-alpha 1] Formed on 3 July 1998, the group was made up of singers Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden (who quit the band on 9 March 2004). The band was signed under Simon Cowell, Clive Davis, and Jordan Jay and under record labels' BMG, S Records, Arista Records, Sony BMG, Syco Music, Sony Music Entertainment and RCA Records from 1998 to 2012 and currently on Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records from 2018. The last four members remained active until their last live concert performance in the Europe's third largest stadium Croke Park on 23 June 2012 and have reunited on 3 October 2018 for new music and tour. Based on the British Phonographic Industry certifications, the group have sold more than 26 million records and videos in the United Kingdom alone across their 20-year career–12.8 million singles, 13.5 million albums and 1.3 million videos.[1] Their biggest selling album is their first Greatest Hits 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.[2]

For the individual current members of Westlife, see the discographies of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. For the past member, see Brian McFadden.

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In 2012, the Official Charts Company listed Westlife 34th amongst the biggest-selling singles artists in British music history. They are currently the sixteenth overall biggest group of all time.[3] As of April 2018, the group has sold more than 55 million records worldwide.[4]

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.[5] They are also currently ranked twenty-fourth with most number ones albums of all time.[6] They have had 36 number-one albums worldwide. This earned them the following Guinness World Records: 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.[7][8][9] Despite their success, Westlife never managed to break into the United States, achieving only one hit single in 2000, their debut single "Swear It Again", 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 Ireland followed by seventeen more number-ones from their succeeding singles "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", "I Have A Dream/Seasons in the Sun", "Fool Again", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "My Love", "Uptown Girl", "Queen of My Heart"/"When You're Looking Like That",[upper-alpha 2] "World of Our Own", "Unbreakable", "Tonight"/"Miss You Nights", "Mandy", "Everybody Hurts",[upper-alpha 3] "You Raise Me Up", "The Rose", "Hello My Love",[upper-alpha 4] and "Dynamite"[upper-alpha 5] from 1999 to 2019.

The group's debut international self-titled studio album, Westlife (1999) was number-one in several countries which was followed by succeeding studio albums Coast to Coast (2000), World of Our Own (2001), Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (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 (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 (2009), and Gravity (2010) and compilation album Greatest Hits (2011). After eight years, the group reformed and released Spectrum (2019), followed by Wild Dreams (2021).

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  1. 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 (Myx) in the Philippines.
  2. The music video for "My Private Movie" was released in Asia only.

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  1. The count for the band's music videos include their professionally recorded promotional videos but does not include the videos with different cut, edit, karaoke, and live versions.
  2. "When You're Looking Like That" peaked at number-one as a double a-side single track with "Queen of My Heart" in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
  3. As part of a charity single assemble called Helping Haiti.
  4. "Hello My Love" peaked at number-one in Ireland Digital Songs Sales Chart.
  5. "Dynamite" peaked at number-one in the Ireland Digital Songs Sales Chart.
  6. Worldwide sales figures for Westlife as of May 2001.[26]
  7. United Kingdom sales figures for Westlife as of December 1999.[27]
  8. Worldwide sales as of 2001.[34][35]
  9. United Kingdom sales figures for Coast to Coast as of December 2021.[36]
  10. Spectrum did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number seven on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[58]
  11. "The Love Songs" did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Official UK Budget Albums Chart.[64]
  12. Released as a triple-A single with "Flying Without Wings" in Australia
  13. "When You're Looking Like That" was a cancelled stand-alone single in the Republic of Ireland in 2001 but it charted in the official charts in 12 July 2019 and it was declared by OCC as the most streamed song of the band of all time in Ireland as of April 2019.
  14. "When You're Looking Like That" was a cancelled stand-alone single in the United Kingdom. It charted due to leakage only.
  15. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.
  16. "Home" also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Physical Chart.
  17. "Us Against the World" also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Physical Chart.
  18. "Safe" also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Physical Chart.
  19. "Hello My Love" did not enter the Official Netherlands Music Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart.[88]
  20. "Hello My Love" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[89]
  21. "Hello My Love" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[90]
  22. "Better Man" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 26 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart and number 9 on the New Zealand Digital Song Sales Chart.[91]
  23. "Better Man" did not enter the Official Sweden Music Chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Sweden Digital Songs Chart.[92]
  24. "Dynamite" did not enter the UK Singles Chart but peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and the UK Singles Downloads Chart.
  25. "Everybody Hurts" did not enter the Official Netherlands Music Chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart.[95]
  26. "Flying Without Wings (Live)" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[101][102][103]
  27. "Angels Wings" was released as a double A-side single in 2002 with "Uptown Girl" exclusively in the United Kingdom without proper promotion.

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