| Westlife is an Irish pop music group that formed in July 1998.In recent years, Westlife's sound has evolved from boy band "teen pop" sound into a more adult contemporary music (ACM) sound, with an emphasis on ballads.Westlife was awarded the Best Irish Pop Act, a public voting category, at the annual Ireland Meteor Awards for the seventh consecutive year on 2 February 2007.Westlife is also the only band in UK chart history to have entered straight at number one with their first seven singles.Formation
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2.Departure of Brian McFadden
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4.The name of the group was changed to Westlife to avoid conflict with a U.Big break
Westlife's first big break came in 1998 when they opened for the Boyzone in Dublin.In March 1999, their first single, "Swear It Again", was released, and went straight to the top of the charts in Ireland and the UK.This version was included in the soundtrack for the Warner Brothers film, Pokemon 2000."Seasons in the Sun" knocked Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" off the top spot."Fool Again" which also reached the top spot in April 2000.After the intital success, they then went on a UK tour performing at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena before releasing the second album.Coast to Coast
Westlife's next album was quickly recorded, and released in November 2000.UK, becoming the country's 4th biggest selling album of the year and Westlife's biggest selling album to date.Westlife took on a signing tour around the UK called "Coast To Coast".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 ballad "My Love".With this, Westlife broke an unexpected record, having their first seven singles debut at the top of the UK charts.In 2001, the boys launched their first world tour, Where Dreams Come True Tour 2001, unofficially nicknamed "The No Stools Tour", because of the band's reputation of performing perched on stools.World of Our Own
Westlife released their third album in November 2001 called World of Our Own, which featured several singles that eventually became Number 1 hits including "Uptown Girl", "Queen of My Heart" and "World of Our Own".This album also featured the original version of "Evergreen", which was then covered by Gareth Gatesand Will Young for Pop Idol.Westlife took this album and went on their second tour, World Of Our Own: In The Round Tour 2002.The tour was taken all over the UK and Europe.Tonight and Miss You Nights which debuted at no.In 2003, Westlife went on to their third tour, The Greatest Hits Tour 2003 and still shrugged off rumours of a split.Turnaround
In September 2003, Westlife released "Hey Whatever", which made it to Number 4 in the UK Charts.In November 2003 came Westlife's fourth studio album Turnaround, which made number 1 on the UK charts and won them Record of the Year for the third time in five years."Obvious" was also released on the album and charted at number 3 in February 2004.Departure of Brian McFadden
On 9 March 2004, just three weeks before Westlife were due to embark on their fourth European tour, Turnaround Tour 2004, Bryan McFadden left the band.He subsequently started a solo career, changing the spelling of his first name back to its original 'Brian'.Allow Us to Be Frank
Less than a month after McFadden's departure, the boys kicked off their fourth arena Turnaround tour.They released a live version of Flying Without Wings as an official UK download.Westlife did not release a single from this album even though they shot many music videos.Before the album release, Westlife travelled up and down the UK to find "the perfect fan" to help promote their album.After X Factor style auditions, they found Joanne Hindley (who later appeared on X Factor).They recorded "The Way You Look Tonight".To celebrate their first ever fan to appear on a Westlife song they televised it, showing auditions and live performances.They also performed alone.Westlife continued to tour Europe with their No.Tour launched in 2005 before taking a 4 months break from work.On 6 November 2005, both the album and the single ("You Raise Me Up") were at Number 1 in the UK charts at the same time.In December 2005, Westlife released the second single off their album, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", which was a duet with Diana Ross who had previously sung the song alone.Westlife then released their third single "Amazing" which debuted at no.As a tradition of Westlife, they launched their 2006 tour, titled Face to Face Tour.This tour marked the first time Westlife have travelled to mainland China for a concert.Their 7th studio album, The Love Album, consists all of covers of love songs.The first single from The Love Album was a cover version of Bette Midler's classic "The Rose", which became their 14th UK number one single.This made Westlife the third act (along with Cliff Richard) in the UK chart history to have most number one singles, only behind Elvis Presley (21, 18 of them different songs) and The Beatles (17).Westlife kicked off their eight tour called The Love Tour on 21 February 2007 in Perth, Australia.The band played its last major concert of 2007 at Carlisle on Sunday 12 August at Bitts Park in Carlisle, England.Back Home
Westlife's 8th studio album Back Home was released on Monday, 5 November 2007 and contains nine new and original songs and three cover songs.The album debuted at number 1 on the UK Music Charts.Westlife plans to release "Us Against The World" as the second single off Back Home in the beginning of 2008.The Westlife Show Live
On December 15, 2007, Westlife performed on a live ITV show titled The Westlife Show Live where they were joined by their family and friends and an audience comprised of their fans.The show was hosted by Holly Willoughby and opened by one of Westlife's number 1, Uptown Girl.Fans had voted online to choose which five Westlife number one singles were their favourite.The five chosen and performed were: 5.Additionally, the band performed material from their new album Back Home namely Home, I'm Already There, and their forthcoming single Us Against The World.On the show they also got a surprise, an award for 40 million album sales worldwide.Approaching 10 years
Despite celebrating 10 years in 2008, they are planning to take a year out of the spotlight following their Back Home Tour."The fans are all not sure because that's what Boyzone said and whatever but we're just going to take a lot longer to make this 10th album.This is a big tour coming up and then we're actually taking a year off after that.It's a big one for us and a big one for the fans.Mark confirmed while talking to Female First.On 2 November 2007, Westlife announced they will play Croke Park in Dublin on 1 June 2008 during an interview on Irish TV show The Late Late Show.Croke Park is the fourth biggest stadium in Europe which holds 82,300 people making the concert Westlife's biggest performance to date.It was confirmed on 22 November that Shayne Ward will be supporting Westlife for the gig at Croke Park.Duets
Westlife has performed duets with some of the biggest names of the music industry, including Mariah Carey, Donny Osmond, Lulu, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Christian Castro, Ronan Keating and more recently Delta Goodrem.Claudia Schiffer and Vinnie Jones have also starred in their music videos.US market
Westlife have yet to manage to truly break in the United States market.Their debut American album was also released in 2000, but they have not yet released another album in the USA.In 2002, an attempt to promote and release an American version of Westlife's "World Of Our Own" album was cut short due to the band having a larger fan base in other areas, as the two most prominent boy bands in the US, Backstreet Boys and N' Sync, took breaks.In 2003 they went to Nashville to film a TV documentary and recorded a song originally performed by country music legend Kenny Rogers, "Daytime Friends", which won them much praise.Discography
For a further discography of Westlife, see Westlife discography.Westlife Bumps Aguilera From Top Of U.Billboard charts (25 October 1999).Sexton, Paul (10 January 2000).Westlife, Shania Top U.Billboard charts (20 December 1999).Westlife Go Five For Five On U.Westlife Outlasts Spice Girls In U.Westlife Defy The 'Odds' On U.Billboard charts (25 September 2000).Bob The Builder Ends Westlife's U.Billboard charts (26 December 2000).Westlife Return To Form On U.Westlife, Steps Top U.Sexton, Paul (11 November 2002).Westlife, Blue Top U.Sexton, Paul (31 March 2003).Westlife: The Greatest Hits Tour (2003).Sexton, Paul (22 September 2003).Darkness, Black Eyed Peas Lead U.Young, Westlife Top U.Peter Andre Returns To U.Boy band Westlife become foursome.Westlife celebrate chart double.BBC News (7 November 2005).Sexton, Paul (31 October 2005).Westlife, Robbie Williams Top U.Obscure Duo Nizlopi Tops U.Madonna, Jack Johnson Take Lead On U.China youth prefer Westlife to politics.Live At Wembley: Face To Face Tour 2006.Westlife, Jamiroquai Assume Control Of U.Westlife headline at Carlisle in their only major gig this year.Sexton, Paul (12 November 2007).Leona Lewis, Westlife Lead U.Westlife: Pop's not dead!.Manchester Evening News (17 October 2007).The Westlife Show Live on YouTube (Video).Westlife 'Back Home' Tour 2008.Exclusive Westlife Mark Feehily Interview.Years Of Westlife Concert.Tickets for Westlife with special guest Shayne Ward in Croke Park on sale now.Westlife + Donny Osmond: Crazy Horses (Video).Easy With Lionel Richie (Video).Vinnie Jones back with Westlife.This page was last modified 20:02, 27 December 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Visit our Westlife Store!Westlife xmas article
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Shane And Gillian's 4the Wedding Anniversary!Nicole and everyone they love.Rocco (left) and Jay Byrne, sons of the Taoiseach's daughter Georgina and Westlife singer Nicky Byrne, on Christmas Eve.As you can see I removed the headlines because the site was loading slow for me and I'm afraid it was probably slow for some of you too.Affiliation form so if you joined to become affiliates with your site and were not added please fill in the form again.So a big thank you to Ria, Jessy and Nat!SHANE SPENDS SEASON IN SUN; EXCLUSIVE WESTLIFE STAR HIRES ISLAND FOR RUGGED FITNESS REGIME SHANE Filan went from Westlife to jet life at Christmas by splashing out on a EUR100,000 island holiday for his wife.Lost for the pop star as he'll spend it practising survival techniques as part of a new fitness regime.Nicole to the luxury private resort in the Maldives.Shane sprung the surprise on his wife at Christmas and believes it will be the ultimate way to chill out before his band hit the road for a gruelling 2008 tour.He'll even chop through the island's foilage as part of the "back to nature" routine ."It's one of the most amazing locations you could ever go on holiday to but Shane is determined to keep in good shape for the new Westlife tour.Shane loves his new toned physique and has never felt better."He wants to give the Westlife fans their best concerts ever by being in great condition for them."Shane recently told the Irish Daily Mirror: "I've lost loads of weight and I have so much energy now.I've felt in a long time."It's only a few days left till 2007 is over so hopefully they will keep that spot.They deserve it so much and 'Back Home' is an absolutely great album.Westlife 781,739In the Irish Best Selling Singles of the year 'Home' is at No.If so, I'm sooo happy for Kian and Jodi!Hopefully we'll have an official announcement soon.By Edel KennedyIt's life imitating art as the last single member of pop group Westlife has got engaged to his long term girlfriend.Just last month Kian said he planned to ask Jodi to be his wife, but said he planned to do it after the New Year.It's just that I have a different plan, nothing to do with Christmas."Westlife singer Brian McFadden also recently got engaged to Australian Delta Goodrem.LIVE after she discovered the band had sneaked round her house while she was out.Who proved that, truly, nothing gets past her: "Welcome back to The Westlife Show and look who's here: It's Westlife!"WESTLIFE's SHANE FILAN on the best Christmas present he has ever received.NICKY: "I remember one year my sister got a tape deck and she only had one record which was the Band Aid record so it must have been '84 and she just played it over and over and over again.WESTLIFE singer NICKY BYRNE on his worst Christmas ever.Mark and Nicky were on Real radio show yesterday.Dec 2007 by Villy
Westlife No.Barmado's supporters, Gemma Tizzard, 11, Phoebe, seven, and Chloe, from Upminster, London, said: "It's a dream come true."Check out the competitions page to win Westlife goodies, see new video interviews on the group interviews page, and find out when and where Westlife will be appearing (including tour dates) in the calendar.More details on the tracklisting and lyrics for both the new single and album.Catch up with the latest news on Westlife's new single and brand new album, released 29 October and 5 November respectively.Mark the dates in your diary now..Westlife's upcoming TV appearances!Michael Buble song, an emotive and heartfelt ballad, beautifully showcasing the smooth vocal talents of the band.Since their launch in 1998, Westlife have become a total cultural phenomenon.View AllX Factor this weekend!Hi Guys,
Westlife will be on ITV1 this Saturday night as special guests on this week's episode of X Factor where the remaining 6 acts battle it out to stay in the competition.Plus Westlife have just confirmed they'll be playing at London's famous G.Your Favourite Song On The New Album?We've just launched the Poll section on the all new www.BBC NewsRemember, Westlife are appearing on Children in Need on Friday, performing their Top 5 single Home.You can also see the guys being interviewed and performing an album track on BBC News on Friday morning.Post A CommentYasmin Loves ShaneThe pic of me and Shane is in Reveal magazine
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Was A Good Show.JUST BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY!Had to get up at 5am to get the tickets but it was SO worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!X2 weeks agoKerigoing to see you at the MEN arena on the 16th March next year...Putting Westlife Together: Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan were 3 of the 6 members of a group called IOU out of Sligo in northwestern Ireland.The remaining 3 members of the group were dumped and Nicky Bryne and Bryan McFadden were recruited to take the place.The group was initially called Westside, but when a conflict with another group was discovered, they became Westlife.However, Westlife would never again hit the US pop charts.Westlife were on their way as one of the top UK pop groups.Trivia Fact About Westlife: Westlife member Nicky Byrne is married to Georgina Ahern, daughter of Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern.One Of the Biggest UK Pop Acts Of All Time: Westlife have quickly become one of the most successful pop groups of all time in the UK.Westlife are known for recording ballads with lush musical settings and soulful vocals.Westlife have hit the top of the charts with many cover versions of pop songs.It became a major international hit, but it was not marketed as a single in the US where Carey was suffering from a significant commercial downturn.Tabloid news stories have followed Westlife throughout their career.Westlife member Bryan McFadden left the group in 2004 to embark on a solo career and spend more time with his wife, Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona.Westlife member Mark Feehily announced that he is gay in August 2005.This was received very positively by the significant portion of Westlife's fan base that is gay.The New York Times Company.Nurtured by fellow star Ronan Keating, Shane, Nicky Mark and Kian make up the Irish boy band with the squeakiest of clean images and the mightiest string of number ones.Nurtured by fellow star Ronan Keating, Shane, Nicky Mark and Kian make up the Irish boy band with the squeakiest of clean images and the mightiest string of number ones.Best Pop Act award at the Brits in 2002 was well deserved.Email details of this tour to a friend."Are you sure you want to block this user?On X Factor this weekend!Michael Buble song, an emotive and heartfelt ballad, beautifully showcasing the smooth vocal talents of the band.Since their launch in 1998, Westlife have become a total cultural phenomenon.After nine years they are still at the top of their game and continue to surprise and astound in equal measure.Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.IM A NEW ARTIST, CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE AND YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED.LOVE LOVE LOVE I LOVE WESTLIFE and I need sing your songs, please come back to Mexico (no sepo bien ingles, pero entienden, no??HaPpY HoLiDaZe and a better 2008!Westlife tickets again for the Secc in March and as I will just be back home from tour of Holland and Denmark then I think I will be dumped and chucked until your concert is over ha ha ha!!Anita from Faroe Island.Merry Xmas Guys, hope Santa has been and you've got what ya wanted."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Id + " Link: " + targetLink. |
