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Westlife discography
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Irish boy band Westlife have released twelve studio albums, ten compilation albums, one live album, nineteen video albums, thirty-eight singles, thirteen promotional singles, and forty-five music videos. 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. Their biggest-selling album is their first Greatest Hits compilation, followed by Coast to Coast, with six 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.[1]

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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 biggest group of all time overall.[2] They are also currently ranked twenty-sixth with the most number ones albums of all time.[3] They have had 36 number-one albums worldwide.[4] This earned them the following Guinness World Records: first to achieve six consecutive number-one singles in the UK, most singles to debut at number one on the UK chart,[5][6] and the top-selling album group in the United Kingdom of the 21st century.[7] 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.[8][9]

As of July 2024, the group has sold more than 55 million records worldwide, as well as amassing more than a billion global streams and one billion YouTube views.[10]

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Singles

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Notes for sales figures

  1. Denmark sales figures for Westlife as of December 2000.[21]
  2. Norway sales figures for Westlife as of July 2009.[22]
  3. United Kingdom combined sales figures for Westlife as of December 2001. The album sold 770,416 copies in 1999,[23] 469,000 copies in 2000,[24] and 143,260 copies in 2001.[25]
  4. Worldwide sales figures for Westlife as of April 2000.[26]
  5. Denmark sales figures for Coast to Coast as of December 2000.[21]
  6. Norway sales figures for Coast to Coast as of July 2009.[22]
  7. Sweden sales figures for Coast to Coast as of December 2000.[33]
  8. United Kingdom combined sales figures for Coast to Coast as of November 2019.[34].
  9. Worldwide sales figures for Coast to Coast as of 2002.[35]
  10. United Kingdom sales figures for World of Our Own as of December 2001.[25]
  11. Worldwide sales figures for World of Our Own as of 2002.[35]
  12. United Kingdom sales figures for Turnaround as of December 2005.[44]
  13. United Kingdom sales figures for ...Allow Us to Be Frank as of December 2005.[44]
  14. United Kingdom sales figures for Face to Face as of March 2006.[46]
  15. United Kingdom sales figures for The Love Album as of January 2007.[50]
  16. United Kingdom sales figures for Back Home as of October 2009.[54]
  17. United Kingdom sales figures for Where We Are as of November 2010.[58]
  18. United Kingdom sales figures for Gravity as of November 2011.[61]
  19. Ireland first-week sales figures for Spectrum.[64]
  20. United Kingdom sales figures for Spectrum as of March 2021.[65]
  21. Worldwide sales figures for Spectrum as of February 2021.[66]
  22. United Kingdom sales figures for Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 as of November 2019.[34]
  23. United Kingdom sales figures for "Swear It Again" as of October 2010.[85]
  24. United States sales figures for "Swear It Again" as of February 2001.[86]
  25. United Kingdom sales figures for "If I Let You Go" as of October 2010.[85]
  26. United Kingdom sales figures for "Flying Without Wings" as of November 2021.[92]
  27. United Kingdom sales figures for "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" as of November 2021.[92]
  28. United Kingdom sales figures for "Fool Again" as of October 2010.[85]
  29. United Kingdom sales figures for "My Love" as of October 2010.[85]
  30. United Kingdom sales figures for "What Makes a Man" as of October 2010.[85]
  31. United Kingdom sales figures for "Uptown Girl" as of November 2021.[92]
  32. United Kingdom sales figures for "When You're Looking Like That" as of November 2021.[92]
  33. United Kingdom sales figures for "Queen of My Heart" as of October 2010.[85]
  34. United Kingdom sales figures for "World of Our Own" as of October 2010.[85]
  35. United Kingdom sales figures for "Bop Bop Baby" as of October 2010.[85]
  36. United Kingdom sales figures for "Unbreakable" as of October 2010.[85]
  37. United Kingdom sales figures for "Tonight"/
    "Miss You Nights" as of October 2010.[85]
  38. United Kingdom sales figures for "Hey Whatever" as of 2003.[102]
  39. United Kingdom sales figures for "Mandy" as of September 2018.[103]
  40. United Kingdom sales figures for "You Raise Me Up" as of October 2011.[1]
  41. United Kingdom sales figures for "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" as of October 2010.[85]
  42. United Kingdom sales figures for "Amazing" as of November 2009.[106]
  43. United Kingdom sales figures for "The Rose" as of October 2010.[85]
  44. United Kingdom sales figures for "Home" as of October 2010.[85]
  45. United Kingdom sales figures for "What About Now" as of October 2010.[85]
  46. Denmark sales figures for "Against All Odds" as of December 2000.[21]
  47. United Kingdom sales figures for "Against All Odds" as of November 2021.[92]
  48. United Kingdom sales figures for "Everybody Hurts" as of September 2010.[126]

Notes for peak chart positions

  1. Spectrum did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number seven on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[63]
  2. "The Love Songs" did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Official UK Budget Albums Chart.[72]
  3. "I Have a Dream"/
    "Flying Without Wings" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Dutch Top 40 chart.[94]
  4. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[104]
  5. "Dynamite" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[115]
  6. "My Hero" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[119]
  7. "Everybody Hurts" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number five on the Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart.[125]
  8. "Flying Without Wings" (live) did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[139]
  9. "All Out of Love" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[148]
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