Westlife discography | |
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![]() Westlife performing live on their Gravity Tour in October 2011 in Hanoi, Vietnam | |
Studio albums | 12 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 9 |
Singles | 38 |
Video albums | 16 |
Music videos | 55 |
Promotional singles | 14 |
No. 1 singles | 15 |
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]
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]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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IRE [11] | AUS [12] | AUT [13] | DEN [14] | NLD [15] | NZ [16] | NOR [17] | SWE [18] | SWI [19] | UK [20] | ||||
Westlife | 1 | 15 | — | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 2 | |||
Coast to Coast |
| 1 | 40 | 59 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 1 | ||
World of Our Own |
| 1 | 80 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | ||
Turnaround |
| 1 | — | 42 | 4 | 33 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 24 | 1 |
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...Allow Us to Be Frank |
| 2 | — | — | 15 | 32 | — | — | 5 | 75 | 3 |
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Face to Face |
| 1 | 1 | — | 19 | 30 | — | 7 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
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The Love Album |
| 1 | 11 | 49 | — | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 |
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Back Home |
| 1 | 14 | 65 | — | 48 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 19 | 1 |
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Where We Are |
| 2 | — | 53 | — | — | 13 | — | 8 | 25 | 2 |
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Gravity |
| 1 | — | — | — | 76 | 22 | — | 46 | 50 | 3 |
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Spectrum |
| 1 | — [a] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
Wild Dreams |
| 2 | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | 71 | 2 |
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"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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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 |
| 1 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
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Greatest Hits |
| 1 | — | — | 75 | 64 | 17 | 31 | 46 | 96 | 4 | |||
The Love Songs |
| 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [b] | |||
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released |
Title | Album details |
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No.1 Hits and Rare Tracks [75] |
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Golden Hits [76] |
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Grandes Exitos [77] |
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Released [78] |
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Collector's Edition [79] |
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Diamond – The Ultimate Collection [80] |
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Best of the Best [81] |
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Title | Video details |
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The Farewell Tour: Live at Croke Park [82] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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IRE [11] | AUS [83] | GER [70] | NLD [84] | NZ [16] | NOR [17] | SWE [18] | SWI [19] | UK [85] | US [86] | |||||
"Swear It Again" | 1999 | 1 | 12 | — | 27 | 1 | — | 12 | 25 | 1 | 20 | Westlife | ||
"If I Let You Go" | 1 | 13 | 50 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 1 | — |
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"Flying Without Wings" | 1 | 36 | 85 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 12 | — | 1 | — |
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"I Have a Dream"/ "Seasons in the Sun" | 1 | 31 | 24 | — [c] | 10 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 1 | — |
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"Fool Again" | 2000 | 2 | — | 80 | 23 | — | — | 5 | 39 | 1 | — |
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"My Love" | 1 | 36 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 1 | — |
| Coast to Coast | ||
"What Makes a Man" | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
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"I Lay My Love on You" | 2001 | — | 29 | 50 | 12 | 24 | — | 10 | 39 | — | — | |||
"Uptown Girl" | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — |
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"When You're Looking Like That" | 20 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 30 | — | 9 | 47 | 188 | — |
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"Queen of My Heart" | 1 | — | 27 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 1 | — |
| World of Our Own | ||
"World of Our Own" | 2002 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 1 | — |
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"Bop Bop Baby" | 4 | 56 | 15 | 23 | 21 | — | 16 | 36 | 5 | — |
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"Unbreakable" | 1 | — | 12 | 19 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 1 | — |
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| Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 | |
"Tonight"/ "Miss You Nights" | 2003 | 1 | 65 | 47 | 55 | — | — | 33 | — | 3 | — |
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"Hey Whatever" | 2 | — | 22 | 30 | 39 | — | 5 | 53 | 4 | — |
| Turnaround | ||
"Mandy" | 1 | — | 14 | 27 | — | 15 | 4 | 30 | 1 | — |
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"Obvious" | 2004 | 3 | — | 39 | 44 | — | — | 25 | 69 | 3 | — | |||
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | 20 | — | — [d] | — | Allow Us to be Frank | |||
"Smile" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | ||||
"You Raise Me Up" | 2005 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 47 | — | 3 | 7 | 18 | 1 | — |
| Face to Face | |
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (featuring Diana Ross) | 2 | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
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"Amazing" | 2006 | 3 | 34 | 53 | — | — | — | 36 | 58 | 4 | — |
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"The Rose" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 85 | 1 | — |
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| The Love Album | |
"Home" | 2007 | 2 | — | 70 | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | 3 | — |
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| Back Home |
"Us Against the World" | 2008 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | |||
"Something Right" | 43 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | ||||
"What About Now" | 2009 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | 2 | — |
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| Where We Are |
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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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" | 2010 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 10 | Gravity | |
"Lighthouse" | 2011 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 32 | Greatest Hits | |
"Hello My Love" | 2019 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 45 | — | 18 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
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"Better Man" | 8 | — | — | 44 | — | 24 | 26 | 2 | — | 26 |
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"Dynamite" | 27 | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — [e] | |||
"My Blood" [118] | 46 | — | — | * | — | — | — | 6 | — | 96 | |||
"Starlight" [119] | 2021 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 66 | Wild 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 |
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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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) | 2000 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 29 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | Rainbow | ||
"Everybody Hurts" (with Helping Haiti) | 2010 | 1 | 28 | — | — [g] | 17 | — | 1 | 21 | 16 | 1 |
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| Non-album single |
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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UK [129] | UKR [130] | |||
"Until the End of Time" [131] | 2000 | — | — | Non-album promo single |
"My Private Movie" [132] [133] | — | — | Westlife(US edition) | |
"More Than Words" [134] [135] | — | — | Westlife/Grandes Exitos | |
"Angel" [136] | 2002 | — | — | World 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] | 2007 | 129 | 132 | The Love Album |
"I Will Reach You" [144] | 2011 | — | — | Gravity |
"Beautiful World" [145] | — | — | Greatest Hits | |
"Without You" [146] | 2019 | — | — | Spectrum |
"—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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IRE [11] | CIS [147] | SWE [18] | UK [148] | UKR [149] | |||
"Moon River" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | 195 | ...Allow Us to Be Frank |
"Miss You When I'm Dreaming" | 2006 | — | 130 | — | — | 99 | Non-album song |
"All Out of Love" (featuring Delta Goodrem) | — | — | 31 | — | — | The Love Album | |
"You Light Up My Life" | — | — | — | 171 | — | ||
"All or Nothing" | — | — | — | 142 | — | ||
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | 2007 | — | — | — | 135 | — | Non-album song |
"I'm Already There" | 47 | — | — | 62 | — | Back Home | |
"—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released |
Year | Song | Movie | Ref. |
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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] |
Title | Video details | Certifications |
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The Westlife Story [155] |
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Westlife – The Complete Story [156] |
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Title | Video details | Certifications |
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Where Dreams Come True |
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The Greatest Hits Tour |
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The Turnaround Tour |
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The No 1's Tour |
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Live at Wembley |
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Live at Croke Park |
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Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 |
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The Farewell Tour – Live at Croke Park |
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The Twenty Tour – Live at Croke Park |
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Title | Video details | Certifications |
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Westlife: Karaoke [162] |
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Uptown Girl |
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Coast to Coast: Up Close and Personal |
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World of Our Own |
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The Greatest Hits |
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Back Home |
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The Karaoke Collection [163] |
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Greatest Hits Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD |
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Song | Director | Ref. |
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"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] |
Notes for sales figures
Notes for peak chart positions