Westlife discography

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Westlife discography
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Westlife performing live on their Gravity Tour in October 2011 in Hanoi, Vietnam
Studio albums12
Live albums1
Compilation albums9
Singles38
Video albums16
Music videos55
Promotional singles14
No. 1 singles15

Irish boy band Westlife have released twelve studio albums, sixteen video albums, one live album, three karaoke albums, thirty-eight singles, fourteen promotional singles, nine compilation albums and fifty-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]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
IRE
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[13]
DEN
[14]
NLD
[15]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[20]
Westlife 115128515252
Coast to Coast
  • Released: 6 November 2000
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
140592713263381
World of Our Own
  • Released: 12 November 2001
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
1809310371191
  • UK: 814,690 [J]
  • WW: 5,500,000 [K]
Turnaround
  • Released: 24 November 2003
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
14243342375241
  • UK: 752,583 [L]
...Allow Us to Be Frank
  • Released: 8 November 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
215325753
  • UK: 653,405 [M]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [29]
Face to Face
  • Released: 31 October 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
11193079141
  • UK: 1,200,923 [N]
  • IRMA: 8× Platinum [48]
  • ARIA: Platinum [49]
  • BPI: 4× Platinum [29]
  • GLF: Gold [50]
The Love Album
  • Released: 20 November 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
1114949213271
  • UK: 630,000 [O]
  • IRMA: 10× Platinum [52]
  • ARIA: Platinum [49]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [29]
  • GLF: Gold [53]
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum [54]
Back Home
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
1146548121833191
  • UK: 980,000 [P]
Where We Are
  • Released: 30 November 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
253138252
  • UK: 490,569 [Q]
Gravity
  • Released: 22 November 2010
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
1762246503
  • UK: 358,943 [R]
  • IRMA: 2× Platinum [63]
  • BPI: Platinum [29]
Spectrum
  • Released: 15 November 2019
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl [64]
1 [a] 231
Wild Dreams
  • Released: 26 November 2021
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: Digital download, CD, LP, streaming
246712
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
IRE
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[13]
GER
[70]
NLD
[15]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[20]
Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1
  • Released: 11 November 2002
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download, streaming
16614731102141
  • UK: 1,896,765 [V]
Greatest Hits
  • Release: 18 November 2011
  • Label: Sony, RCA
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
17564173146964
  • IRMA: 3× Platinum [72]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [29]
  • RMNZ: Gold [73]
The Love Songs
  • Release: 3 February 2014
  • Label: Camden, Sony
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
42 [b]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Limited release compilation albums

List of limited release compilation albums
TitleAlbum details
No.1 Hits and Rare Tracks [75]
  • Release: 23 August 2000 (Japan)
  • Label: BMG, RCA
  • Formats: CD
Golden Hits [76]
  • Release: 2001 (Hong Kong)
  • Label: BMG, RCA
  • Formats: CD
Grandes Exitos [77]
  • Release: 2002 (Venezuela)
  • Label: BMG, RCA
  • Formats: CD
Released [78]
  • Release: 28 March 2005 (South Africa)
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
Collector's Edition [79]
  • Release: 1 November 2011
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD
Diamond – The Ultimate Collection [80]
  • Release: 2012 (South Africa)
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
Best of the Best [81]
  • Release: 14 July 2014 (Malaysia)
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD

Live albums

List of live albums
TitleVideo details
The Farewell Tour: Live at Croke Park [82]
  • Released: 18 December 2012
  • Label: BBC
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

1990s and 2000s

List of singles released in the 1990s and 2000s, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales, certifications, and originating album
TitleYearPeak chart positionsSales Certifications Album
IRE
[11]
AUS
[83]
GER
[70]
NLD
[84]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[85]
US
[86]
"Swear It Again"19991122711225120Westlife
"If I Let You Go"1135019816251
  • UK: 315,000 [Y]
"Flying Without Wings"136851767121
  • UK: 800,000 [Z]
"I Have a Dream"/
"Seasons in the Sun"
13124 [c] 101015181
"Fool Again"2000280235391
"My Love"136579331381Coast to Coast
"What Makes a Man"22
"I Lay My Love on You"2001295012241039
"Uptown Girl"1682432131
"When You're Looking Like That"2019242330947188
"Queen of My Heart"127124123371World of Our Own
"World of Our Own"2002321112961311261
"Bop Bop Baby"45615232116365
"Unbreakable"112194495411Unbreakable: The
Greatest Hits Volume 1
"Tonight"/
"Miss You Nights"
20031654755333
"Hey Whatever"22230395534Turnaround
"Mandy"11427154301
"Obvious"20043394425693
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head"4120 [d] Allow Us to be Frank
"Smile"37
"You Raise Me Up"200513114737181Face to Face
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
(featuring Diana Ross)
2452
"Amazing"20063345336584
"The Rose"14851The Love Album
"Home"2007270783Back Home
"Us Against the World"200868
"Something Right"439246
"What About Now"20092132Where We Are
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

2010s and 2020s

List of singles released in the 2010s and 2020s, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and originating album
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
IRE
[11]
BEL
(FL Tip)

[109]
BEL
(WA Tip)

[110]
CHN Intl.
[111]
HRV
[112]
HUN
[113]
NZ Hot
[114]
SCO
[115]
SWE
Heat.

[116]
UK
[20]
"Safe"20104710Gravity
"Lighthouse"2011112732Greatest Hits
"Hello My Love"2019227116451821013Spectrum
"Better Man"8442426226
"Dynamite"272410 [e]
"My Blood" [118] 46*696
"Starlight" [119] 202129*66Wild Dreams
"My Hero" [120] 81 [f]
"Alone Together" [122] 2022
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released
"*" denotes the chart is discontinued
List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales, certifications, and originating album
SingleYearPeak chart positionsSales Certifications Album
IRE
[11]
AUS
[83]
DEN
[123]
NLD
[84]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SCO
[124]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[20]
"Against All Odds"
(Mariah Carey featuring Westlife)
20001522292131 Rainbow
"Everybody Hurts"
(with Helping Haiti)
2010128 [g] 17121161Non-album single
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and originating album
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[129]
UKR
[130]
"Until the End of Time" [131] 2000Non-album promo single
"My Private Movie" [132] [133] Westlife(US edition)
"More Than Words" [134] [135] Westlife/Grandes Exitos
"Angel" [136] 2002World of Our Own
"Evergreen" [137]
"Flying Without Wings" (featuring BoA) [138] Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1(Asian edition)
"Flying Without Wings" (featuring Cristian Castro) [139] Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1(Spanish/Mexican edition)
"Flying Without Wings" (Live) [140] 2004 [h] Turnaround Tour
"Beyond the Sea" [142] Non-album promo single
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" [143] 2007129132The Love Album
"I Will Reach You" [144] 2011Gravity
"Beautiful World" [145] Greatest Hits
"Without You" [146] 2019Spectrum
"—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and originating album
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
IRE
[11]
CIS
[147]
SWE
[18]
UK
[148]
UKR
[149]
"Moon River"2004195...Allow Us to Be Frank
"Miss You When I'm Dreaming"200613099Non-album song
"All Out of Love"
(featuring Delta Goodrem)
31The Love Album
"You Light Up My Life"171
"All or Nothing"142
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"2007135Non-album song
"I'm Already There"4762Back Home
"—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released

Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances
YearSongMovieRef.
1999"We Are One" A Monkey's Tale [150]
2000"Flying Without Wings" Pokémon: The Movie 2000 [151]
"I Don't Wanna Fight" Maybe Baby [152]
2011"Safe" Dolphin Tale [153]
2014"You Raise Me Up" Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie [154]

Videography

Documentaries

List of documentaries with certifications
TitleVideo detailsCertifications
The Westlife Story [155]
  • Released: 26 June 2000
  • Label: Sony BMG
Westlife – The Complete Story [156]
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Label: BMG

Concert tours

List of concert tours with certifications
TitleVideo detailsCertifications
Where Dreams Come True
  • Released: 19 November 2001
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • BPI: 4× Platinum [29]
The Greatest Hits Tour
  • Released: 6 October 2003
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [29]
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum [157]
The Turnaround Tour
  • Released: 15 November 2004
  • Label: BMG
The No 1's Tour
  • Released: 21 November 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
Live at Wembley
  • Released: 27 November 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
Live at Croke Park
  • Released: 24 November 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • IRMA: 6× Platinum [160]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [29]
Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2
  • Released: 29 November 2010
  • Label: Sony BMG
The Farewell Tour – Live at Croke Park
  • Released: 19 November 2012
  • Label: Sony Music, RCA, 2Entertain
  • BPI: 4× Platinum [29]
The Twenty Tour – Live at Croke Park
  • Released: 13 March 2020
  • Label: Universal, Virgin EMI

Music video compilations, audio and video albums or singles

List of music video compilations, audio and video albums or singles, with certifications
TitleVideo detailsCertifications
Westlife: Karaoke [162]
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: BMG
Uptown Girl
  • Released: 12 March 2001
  • Label: BMG
Coast to Coast: Up Close and Personal
  • Released: 30 November 2000
  • Label: BMG
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [29]
World of Our Own
  • Released: 25 February 2002
  • Label: BMG
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [29]
Back Home
  • Released: 3 November 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
The Karaoke Collection [163]
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Sony BMG
Greatest Hits Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD
  • Released: 21 November 2011
  • Label: RCA, Sony Music
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [29]

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released, title, and director
SongDirectorRef.
"Swear It Again" Wayne Isham, Brett Turnbull [164] [165]
"If I Let You Go"Sven Harding [165]
"Flying Without Wings"Cameron Casey [166]
"I Have a Dream" [165]
"Seasons in the Sun"Cameron Casey, Simon Brand [165]
"Fool Again"Cameron Casey [166]
"Swear It Again"
(US version)
Nigel Dick [167]
"Against All Odds"
(Mariah Carey featuring Westlife)
Bill Boatman, P. Snyde [165]
"My Love"Cameron Casey [165]
"What Makes a Man"Stuart Gosling [165]
"I Lay My Love On You" [165]
"Uptown Girl" [165]
"When You're Looking Like That"Matthew Amos [165]
"Queen of My Heart"Phil Griffin [165]
"Angel"Max & Dania [168]
"World of Our Own"Cameron Casey [166]
"Bop Bop Baby"Max & Dania [168]
"World of Our Own"
(US version)
Antti Jokinen [169]
"Unbreakable" [169]
"Tonight" [169]
"Miss You Nights" [169]
"Flying Without Wings"
(featuring BoA)
[170]
"Flying Without Wings"
(featuring Cristian Castro)
[171]
"Hey Whatever"David "Mouldy" Mould [165]
"Mandy" Tim Royes [165]
"Obvious"Max & Dania [168]
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" Marcus Raboy [172]
"Smile" [172]
"You Raise Me Up"Alex Hemming [165]
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
(featuring Diana Ross)
Ashley Pugh [165]
"Amazing"Max & Dania [168]
"The Rose"Alex Hemming [165]
"Home"Max & Dania, Mike Lipscombe [165] [168]
"Us Against the World"Max & Dania [168]
"Something Right"Julian Gibbs [165]
"What About Now" Philip Andelman [165]
"Everybody Hurts"
(with Helping Haiti)
Joseph Kahn [173]
"Safe"Sean de Sparengo [165]
"Lighthouse"Philip Andelman [165]
"Beautiful World" [174]
"Hello My Love" Robert Hales [175]
"Better Man"Lochlainn McKenna [176]
"Dynamite" Paul "Coy" Allen [177]
"My Blood"Robert Hales [178]
"Starlight"Mike Baldwin [179]

See also

Footnotes

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 August 2001. [41]
  12. United Kingdom sales figures for Turnaround as of December 2005. [45]
  13. United Kingdom sales figures for ...Allow Us to Be Frank as of December 2005. [45]
  14. United Kingdom sales figures for Face to Face as of March 2006. [47]
  15. United Kingdom sales figures for The Love Album as of January 2007. [51]
  16. United Kingdom sales figures for Back Home as of October 2009. [55]
  17. United Kingdom sales figures for Where We Are as of November 2010. [59]
  18. United Kingdom sales figures for Gravity as of November 2011. [62]
  19. Ireland first-week sales figures for Spectrum. [66]
  20. United Kingdom sales figures for Spectrum as of March 2021. [67]
  21. Worldwide sales figures for Spectrum as of February 2021. [68]
  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. [87]
  24. United States sales figures for "Swear It Again" as of February 2001. [88]
  25. United Kingdom sales figures for "If I Let You Go" as of October 2010. [87]
  26. United Kingdom sales figures for "Flying Without Wings" as of November 2021. [94]
  27. United Kingdom sales figures for "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" as of November 2021. [94]
  28. United Kingdom sales figures for "Fool Again" as of October 2010. [87]
  29. United Kingdom sales figures for "My Love" as of October 2010. [87]
  30. United Kingdom sales figures for "What Makes a Man" as of October 2010. [87]
  31. United Kingdom sales figures for "Uptown Girl" as of November 2021. [94]
  32. United Kingdom sales figures for "When You're Looking Like That" as of November 2021. [94]
  33. United Kingdom sales figures for "Queen of My Heart" as of October 2010. [87]
  34. United Kingdom sales figures for "World of Our Own" as of October 2010. [87]
  35. United Kingdom sales figures for "Bop Bop Baby" as of October 2010. [87]
  36. United Kingdom sales figures for "Unbreakable" as of October 2010. [87]
  37. United Kingdom sales figures for "Tonight"/
    "Miss You Nights" as of October 2010. [87]
  38. United Kingdom sales figures for "Hey Whatever" as of 2003. [104]
  39. United Kingdom sales figures for "Mandy" as of September 2018. [105]
  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. [87]
  42. United Kingdom sales figures for "Amazing" as of November 2009. [108]
  43. United Kingdom sales figures for "The Rose" as of October 2010. [87]
  44. United Kingdom sales figures for "Home" as of October 2010. [87]
  45. United Kingdom sales figures for "What About Now" as of October 2010. [87]
  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. [94]
  48. United Kingdom sales figures for "Everybody Hurts" as of September 2010. [128]

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. [65]
  2. "The Love Songs" did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Official UK Budget Albums Chart. [74]
  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. [96]
  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. [106]
  5. "Dynamite" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. [117]
  6. "My Hero" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Sales Chart. [121]
  7. "Everybody Hurts" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but peaked at number five on the Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart. [127]
  8. "Flying Without Wings (Live)" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart. [141]

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