Westlife is an Irish boyband, which has members Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Mark Feehily.
The Irish boyband was formed on July 3, 1998 and disband on June 23, 2012.
One other member, Bryan McFadden, came out on March 9, 2004 to be able to spend much of his time in family life with ex-Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona, although in the end they parted ways.
Biography of Westlife
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The band proved to be quite successful in Ireland and in the United Kingdom, with 14 number 1 singles earned between 1999 and 2005, such as:
- Swear It Again (1999)
- If I Let You Go (1999)
- Flying Without Wings, with BoA (1999)
- I Have a Dream / Seasons In The Sun (1999)
- Foll Again (2000)
- Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), a duet with Mariah Carey (2000)
- My Love (2000)
- Uptown Girl (2001)
- Queen Of My Heart (2001)
- Try Again (2001)
- World of Our Own (2002)
- Unbreakable (2002)
- Mandy (2003)
- You Raise Me Up (2005)
Meanwhile, the single they made, but failed to reach the first rank on the Great Britain charts, such as:
- What Makes a Man (2000): 2nd rank
- Bop Bop Baby (2002): 5th rank
- Tonight / Miss You Nights (2003): 3rd rank
- Hey Whatever (2003): 4th rank
- Obvious (2004): rank 3rd rank
Westlife itself has also won 4 consecutive awards of ITV's Record of the Year with their singles, "Flying Without Wings", "My Love", "Mandy" and "You Raise Me Up".
Westlife itself also holds the record for best selling foreign album in music history in Indonesia and become the only international artist that can sell an album over 1 million units in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, Westlife was unable to penetrate the music industry in the United States, although it was their first single, "Swear it Again" which at that time was quite popular on radio and MTV US.
However, in the MTV TRL show, the video clip "Swear it Again" has been asked several times and made it into the "Hot 100" chart in one of the United States (Billboard Magazine) magazines for the 20th edition of the summer.
Their debut album failed after it was released in 2000 and it became the only album they released in the United States. The band itself is so well known in some areas, such as Asia, Europe, Australia and some countries in the United States.
Like any other boyband, the album they created was aimed at teenage girls, although there were also male fans.
However, their sweet journey must stop after in October 2011, Westlife announced if they will disband after their tour was completed in June 2012.
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