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They are originally composed of [[Nicky Byrne|Nicholas Bernard James Adam McGarry Byrne]], [[Kian Egan|Cian John Francis Kelly Egan]], [[Mark Feehily|Markus Michael Patrick Verdon Feehily]], [[Shane Filan|Shane Steven Sherlock Filan]], and [[Brian McFadden|Brian Nicholas Durham McFadden]]. Filan is recognized as the band's lead vocalist but Feehily and McFadden do part as lead vocals. Both Egan and McFadden are able to play the guitar and the piano. All of the band members are songwriters, although most of their hits have been composed by external songwriters. The group's musical influences include boy bands such as Boyzone, [[Take That]], [[Backstreet Boys]] and [[Boyz II Men]].<ref>{{cite web
They are originally composed of [[Nicky Byrne|Nicholas Bernard James Adam McGarry Byrne]], [[Kian Egan|Cian John Francis Kelly Egan]], [[Mark Feehily|Markus Michael Patrick Verdon Feehily]], [[Shane Filan|Shane Steven Sherlock Filan]], and [[Brian McFadden|Brian Nicholas Durham McFadden]]. Filan is recognized as the band's lead vocalist but Feehily and McFadden do part as lead vocals. Both Egan and McFadden are able to play the guitar and the piano. All of the band members are songwriters, although most of their hits have been composed by external songwriters. The group's musical influences include boy bands such as [[Boyzone]], [[Take That]], [[Backstreet Boys]] and [[Boyz II Men]].<ref>{{cite web
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Westlife

Westlife are an Irish pop band that was formed on July 3, 1998.[1] They are originally composed of Nicholas Bernard James Adam McGarry Byrne, Cian John Francis Kelly Egan, Markus Michael Patrick Verdon Feehily, Shane Steven Sherlock Filan, and Brian Nicholas Durham McFadden. Filan is recognized as the band's lead vocalist but Feehily and McFadden do part as lead vocals. Both Egan and McFadden are able to play the guitar and the piano. All of the band members are songwriters, although most of their hits have been composed by external songwriters. The group's musical influences include boy bands such as Boyzone, Take That, Backstreet Boys and Boyz II Men.[2][3] They were signed on by Simon Cowell and currently managed by Louis Walsh. On March 9, 2004, McFadden departed from the band to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. In recent years were they turned into a young man quartet band, Westlife's music has evolved from teen pop to a more adult contemporary sound, with an emphasis on ballads but clarified they are still into pop mainstream sound as evidenced by their ninth album, Back Home.

The band is considered as the most successful pop group of the 21st century with more than 40 million sold records worldwide to date and placed 5th as the best selling artist of the 21st Century in UK just behind Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Dido, and Eminem.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Westlife has currently 14 number one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard and tailing behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles. They are the only act that have won the 'Best Irish Pop Act' award, a public voting category, at the annual Ireland Meteor Awards for eight consecutive years. They are also the only artist/group to win the 'Record of the Year' award in the UK for four times.

History

Formation

Prior to Westlife, Egan, Feehily and Filan along with fellow Sligonians Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron and Michael "Miggles" Garrett, were part of a six-member pop vocal group called 'IOYOU' (sometimes IOU).The group was groomed and managed by choreographer Mary McDonagh along with two other informal managers and they released a single titled "Together Girl Forever". [10]

Louis Walsh, the manager of the 1990s boy band Boyzone, was contacted by Filan's mother and came to know about the band. However, IOYOU did not meet Simon Cowell's approval for a record deal with BMG, thus changes were needed. Two members of IOYOU were given the sack and auditions were held in Dublin where Byrne and McFadden were recruited. A third original member of IOYOU, Michael Garrett, was also dropped.

The new group, formed on July 3, 1998, was re-named Westside but as the name was already taken by another band, it was changed to Westlife. Boyzone singer Ronan Keating was brought in to co-manage the band with Walsh.

Original Lineup

Big Break

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Swear It Again Asian EP

Westlife's first big break came in 1998 when they opened for Boyzone in Dublin. Later that year, they won the 'Best New Tour Act' award at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party.[11]

In March 1999, the band released their first single, "Swear It Again" which immediately topped the charts in Ireland and the UK.[12] Their second single, "If I Let You Go", released in August 1999 along with the highly acclaimed "Flying Without Wings", released in October the same year, also followed suit."Flying Without Wings" was also included on the soundtrack of the Warner Brothers film, "Pokemon 2000".

‎Their first album, simply titled "Westlife", was released in November 1999 and peaked at #2 in the UK. Ironically, the album was the biggest chart dropper in the music history of UK, falling from #3 to #37. In December 1999, the double a side fourth single was released,"I Have A Dream"/"Seasons In The Sun", knocked Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" off the top spot and earning them the 1999 UK Christmas number-one single.[13][14] The fifth and last single from the album, "Fool Again", also peaked at #1.[15]

The band went on a UK and short Asian tour in support of their debut album before releasing a second album.

Coast to Coast

"Coast to Coast" was released a year after and was another #1 UK album, becoming the country's 4th biggest selling album of 2000 and is Westlife's biggest selling album to date. Westlife then embarked on a short tour around the UK in support of the album. [16][17]

The album was preceded by a duet with Mariah Carey on the Phil Collins' classic "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" and the original song, "My Love". Both singles reached #1 on the UK charts.[18][19]With this, Westlife broke an unexpected record of having their first seven singles debut at the top of the UK charts, tying with The Beatles.

However, in December 2000, they failed to secure their eighth chart-topper in a row with "What Makes A Man" when kid's favourite, Bob The Builder's "Can We Fix It", was crowned as the Christmas number-one single of that year.[20]

In 2001, the boys launched their first world tour, "Where Dreams Come True Tour", unofficially nicknamed "The No Stools Tour" due to the band's reputation of performing while perched on stools.[21][12]

World of Our Own

Westlife released World Of Our Own, their third album, in November 2001. "Uptown Girl", "Queen of My Heart" and "World of Our Own" were released as singles, as of which peaked at #1 in the UK.[22][23][24] "Bop Bop Baby" was also released as a single but it peaked at #5 in the UK Singles Chart.

In 2002, Westlife went on their second world tour, the World Of Our Own Tour (In The Round)[12]

Greatest Hits Vol. 1, UK Version

Greatest Hits

The band released their eleventh UK #1 single, "Unbreakable", in 2002.[25] Amidst rumors of a split, Westlife released their first greatest hits album in November that same year. Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 went straight to #1 in the UK. The release was followed by the double a side single, "Tonight/Miss You Nights", which debuted at #3 in the UK.[26] In 2003, Westlife went on to their third world tour, The Greatest Hits Tour, shrugging off rumors of a split.[27]

Turnaround

In September 2003, Westlife released "Hey Whatever", which peaked at #4 on the UK Charts.[28]

Westlife's fourth studio album, Turnaround, was then released in November, earning the band another UK #1 album.

"Mandy", a cover of the Barry Manilow hit, was released in November 2003. Their version won them their third Record of the Year award in under five years.[29] Their version of Mandy is also considered as the highest single leaper to the top (from #200 to #1) in the UK music history.[30]

"Obvious" was released as the final single from the album, charting at #3.[31]

Departure of Brian McFadden

On 9 March 2004, just three weeks prior to embarking on their fourth world tour, Bryan McFadden left the band to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. On that day, a press conference was announced. His final public performance as part of Westlife was at Newcastle Upon Tyne's Powerhouse nightclub on 27 February 2004.[32][33] He subsequently began a solo career, reverting the spelling of his first name back to its original 'Brian'. His first solo single, "Real To Me" entered the chart at #1 and soon after, he released his first solo album, "Irish Son".[34] He went on to release more singles but to only moderate success.

The New Age

Allow Us to Be Frank

Less than a month after McFadden's departure, the band kicked off their "Turnaround Tour". A live version of "Flying Without Wings" was released as an official UK download and went straight to #1.

They then put out a Rat Pack inspired album, "Allow Us to Be Frank", peaking at #3. No singles were released in the UK from this album.

"Ain't That A Kick In The Head", accompanied with a music video, was released as a physical single in other European countries. "Smile" and "Fly Me To The Moon" were released as digital downloads only.

Prior to the album release, Westlife scouted for "the perfect fan" to help promote their album. After X Factor style auditions, they found Joanne Hindley, who recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" with the band.[12] . To mark this special collaboration, a special programme was televised, showing auditions and live performances. Performers included Joanne, Westlife members' fathers and glamour model Katie Price. The band also performed "Fly Me To The Moon" with actor Kevin Spacey.

Westlife continued to tour Europe as part of their "The Number Ones Tour", before taking a 4 months break from work.[35]

Face To Face

In 2005, Westlife returned with their come back single, "You Raise Me Up", which was taken from their "Face To Face" album. On 6 November 2005, both the album and the single were at #1 in the UK at the same time. It was the first time that Westlife has held both top album and single position in the same week.[36][37] In December that year, the band released "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", a duet with Diana Ross, as the second single.[38] Westlife then released a third single, "Amazing", which debuted at #4.[39]

After that, Westlife embarked on the Face To Face Tour, travelling extensively to the UK, Ireland, Australia and Asia. This tour marks the first time that Westlife has travelled to mainland China for a concert.[40][41]

The Love Album

In late 2006, Westlife signed a brand new five album deal with Sony BMG. Their 8th album, The Love Album, was a "love" concept album which consisted of popular love song covers. The album peeked at #1 in the UK and outsold other compilation albums by Oasis, The Beatles, and U2.

The first single from The Love Album was a cover version of Bette Midler's classic, "The Rose", which became their 14th UK #1 single.[42] This made Westlife the third act (along with Cliff Richard) in the UK to have the most #1 singles, tailing behind Elvis Presley (21) and The Beatles (17). The release of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" as the second single was scrapped and no further single was released from the album.[43]

Westlife then kicked off their eight world tour, The Love Tour, in Perth, Australia.[44] The band then went onto other Australian cities before moving on to South Africa, the UK and Ireland. The band played their last major concert of 2007 at Bitts Park in Carlisle, England.[45]

Back Home

Back to Basics, "Back Home" album

On November 5, 2007, Westlife released their ninth album, Back Home, which contained nine new original songs along with three cover songs. The album debuted at #1 on the UK Music Charts and it was also 2007's fifth biggest selling album in the UK.[46]

The first single released from the album was a cover of Michael Bublé's "Home", which peaked at #3 in the UK.[47][48] Months later, "Us Against The World" was released as a UK and Ireland only single. However, the single failed to perform and is the band's lowest charting single to date. Meanwhile, "Something Right" was released as the second single in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. "I'm Already There", though not released as a single, managed to chart in the UK based on downloads alone, following a performance on an The X Factor episode.

Approaching 10 years

To mark their tenth year in music, Westlife will be staging a special 10 Years Of Westlife concert at World's thirty-third and Europe's fourth biggest stadium,[49] Croke Park, on June 1 2008.[50] With a capacity of 82 300, it will be the band's biggest show to date. Shayne Ward will be filling in as a support act for the concert,[51] which Kian described to be of a pop extravaganza.[52] Shane confirmed that a corresponding live concert DVD will be released.

The band announced that they will be on hiatus for a year after their Back Home Tour[53] and that there will not be an album release in 2008 as they will be spending more time on the production of their tenth album.[9]

US market

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Flying Without Wings CD1 single

Despite their success in Europe and other parts of the world, Westlife has been unable to break into the US market.

Their debut single and music video "Swear It Again", released in the US in 2000, was a hit on mainstream radio and the band even made an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live. The song was #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 year end chart of 2000.[54] A US edition of their debut album, Westlife was also released.[55]

In 2002, an attempt was made to promote and release a US version of Westlife's World Of Our Own album but was scaled back as the band decided to concentrate promotions in other foreign markets where they had a larger fan base. This was a surprising decision as the band did not maximise the potential and opportunity available when the two most prominent boy bands in the US, the Backstreet Boys and N' Sync, went on hiatus that year.

The Westlife hit song "Flying Without Wings" peaked at #2 in the US when American Idol Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard recorded and released it as his debut single.[56] The band was disappointed when they heard of the news as they were planning on bringing that song to the American audiences in the near future.

In 2003, Westlife went to Nashville to film a TV documentary. While they were there, they gave a live performance of the song "Daytime Friends", originally by country music legend Kenny Rogers, which won them much critical praise.[12]

Collaborations

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Their first collaborated single, "Against All Odds"

Westlife has performed live duets with some of the biggest names in the music industry including Sinead O'Connor (Silent Night), Donny Osmond (Crazy Horses), Mariah Carey (Never Too Far/Hero Medley), Secret Garden (You Raise Me Up), Lionel Richie (Easy) and Ronan Keating, (Brown Eyed Girl) and (The Dance).[57][58][59][60][61][62][63]

Divas' Mariah Carey (Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)), Lulu (Back at One), Joanne Hindley (The Way You Look Tonight), Diana Ross (When You Tell Me That You Love Me), Donna Summer (No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) and Delta Goodrem (All Out Of Love) have performed with Westlife on stage. These songs were also recorded and included on various albums.

The band has also recorded "If I Had Words" with The Vards, "I Have A Dream" with Indonesian star Sherina and "My Love" with Amr Diab.In 2002, Westlife re-recorded their hit song "Flying Without Wings" with Cristian Castro and Korean singer BoA as two separate duets.

Prominent stars Claudia Schiffer, Robert Bathurst, James Wilby, Ioan Gruffudd, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Tim McInnerny and Vinnie Jones have also starred in their music videos.[12][64]


Philanthropy

The band released their cover version of "Uptown Girl" as a Comic Relief single, which is their biggest selling single to date.

Apart from that, they have also help the S.I.R.F. organization in aid of the South Asian tsunami victims. They've also been actively helping both the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID), Childline and Children In Need organizations. Most recently, they performed "Us Against The World" live on Sports Relief to help for a cause and "The Golden Mile Challenge" of Bluebell Wood.

Tours

Main article: Westlife Tours
Year Title
2001 Where Dreams Come True
2002 World Of Our Own Tour (In The Round)
2003 The Greatest Hits Tour
2004 Turnaround Tour
2005 The Number Ones Tour
2006 Face To Face Tour
2007 The Love Tour
2008 Back Home Tour

Selected Discography

Main article: Westlife discography

Albums

Year Album Chart
United Kingdom 		Certification
United Kingdom
1999 Westlife 2 4x Platinum
2000 Coast To Coast 1 5x Platinum
2001 World Of Our Own 1 4x Platinum
2002 Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 1 4x Platinum
2003 Turnaround 1 2x Platinum
2004 Allow Us To Be Frank 3 2x Platinum
2005 Face To Face 1 4x Platinum
2006 The Love Album 1 3x Platinum
2007 Back Home 1 3x Platinum

UK No. 1 Singles

Release Date Song From the Album Weeks at #1
1 April 12 1999 Swear It Again Westlife 2
2 August 9 1999 If I Let You Go Westlife 1
3 October 18 1999 Flying Without Wings Westlife 1
4 December 6 1999 I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun Westlife 4
5 March 17 2000 Fool Again Westlife 1
6 September 18 2000 Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) Coast To Coast 2
7 October 31 2000 My Love Coast To Coast 1
8 February 26 2001 Uptown Girl Coast To Coast 1
9 November 5 2001 Queen of My Heart World Of Our Own 1
10 February 18 2002 World Of Our Own World Of Our Own 1
11 October 28 2002 Unbreakable Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 1
12 November 10 2003 Mandy Turnaround 1
13 October 24 2005 You Raise Me Up Face To Face 2
14 November 6 2006 The Rose The Love Album 1

Videography

Main article: Westlife Videography

Songwriters

Main article: Westlife Songwriters

Westlife have penned several songs for both the band and other artists.

Several other songwriters also contribute songs to the band's albums. Two major writers are Steve Mac and Wayne Hector, both of whom have written some of Westlife's #1 singles.

Songlist

Main article: Westlife songlist

Westlife has recorded well over a 100 songs to date, this includes both originals and covers.

Awards

Main article: Westlife awards

Westlife have won numerous awards including the Meteor Awards' "Best Irish Pop Act", World Music Awards' "World's Best Selling UK/Ireland Act" and 4 UK "Record of the Year" awards.

World Records

Most consecutive number 1's
All of Westlife's first 7 singles debuted at #1. Their 8th single, "What Makes A Man", peaked at #2.
Most entries at number 1 by a debuting act
Westlife is the only act to have their first 7 singles peaked at #1 in the first week of their release.
Group with most consecutive top 5 hits in UK
Westlife has earned 22 consecutive top 5 hits in a row within nine years, surpassing Elvis Presley.
Most number 1 singles from the same album
The band's debut album, Westlife had 5 #1 singles.
Fastest selling UK act to have top 5 single hits
Biggest selling arena act in UK[12]

See also

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External links

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