In 2012, the Official Charts Company listed Westlife 34th amongst the biggest-selling singles artists in British music history. They are currently the sixteenth overall biggest group of all time.[3] As of April 2018, the group has sold more than 55 million records worldwide.[4]
They accumulated a total of 26 top ten hits including 15 number one singles as lead artist and as featured artist, 8 number one albums and 13 top 5 albums in the United Kingdom alone. 20 out of 29 singles as lead artist and as featured artist they have released in the United Kingdom have certifications from 1999 to 2022.[5] They are also currently ranked twenty-fourth with most number ones albums of all time.[6] They have had 36 number-one albums worldwide. This earned them the following Guinness World Records: first to achieve seven consecutive number-one singles in the UK, most singles to debut at number one on the UK chart and top selling album group in the United Kingdom in the 21st century.[7][8][9] 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.
The group's debut international self-titled studio album, Westlife (1999) was number-one in several countries which was followed by succeeding studio albums Coast to Coast (2000), World of Our Own (2001), Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002) and Turnaround (2003), which continued the group's success worldwide. The four remaining member continued as a group to release their cover albums Allow Us to Be Frank (2004) and The Love Album (2006) and the studio albums Face to Face (2005) and Back Home (2007). After a one-year hiatus in 2008, they regrouped and released studio albums Where We Are (2009), and Gravity (2010) and compilation album Greatest Hits (2011). After eight years, the group reformed and released Spectrum (2019), followed by Wild Dreams (2021).
The "If I Let You Go" (Extended Mix), "Evergreen" and "Bop Bop Baby" (Almighty Mix Radio Edit) music videos were exclusively released by a music channel (Myx) in the Philippines.
The music video for "My Private Movie" was released in Asia only.
^The count for the band's music videos include their professionally recorded promotional videos but does not include the videos with different cut, edit, karaoke, and live versions.
^"When You're Looking Like That" peaked at number-one as a double a-side single track with "Queen of My Heart" in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
^As part of a charity single assemble called Helping Haiti.
^"Hello My Love" peaked at number-one in Ireland Digital Songs Sales Chart.
^"Dynamite" peaked at number-one in the Ireland Digital Songs Sales Chart.
^Worldwide sales figures for Westlife as of May 2001.[26]
^United Kingdom sales figures for Westlife as of December 1999.[27]
^"The Love Songs" did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Official UK Budget Albums Chart.[64]
^Released as a triple-A single with "Flying Without Wings" in Australia
^"When You're Looking Like That" was a cancelled stand-alone single in the Republic of Ireland in 2001 but it charted in the official charts in 12 July 2019 and it was declared by OCC as the most streamed song of the band of all time in Ireland as of April 2019.
^"When You're Looking Like That" was a cancelled stand-alone single in the United Kingdom. It charted due to leakage only.
^ "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.
^"Home" also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Physical Chart.
^"Us Against the World" also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Physical Chart.
^"Safe" also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Physical Chart.
^"Hello My Love" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[89]
^"Hello My Love" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[90]
^"Better Man" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 26 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart and number 9 on the New Zealand Digital Song Sales Chart.[91]
^"Better Man" did not enter the Official Sweden Music Chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Sweden Digital Songs Chart.[92]
^"Dynamite" did not enter the UK Singles Chart but peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and the UK Singles Downloads Chart.
Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 299.
^"Westlife announce tour dates". breakingnews.ie. 31 October 2001. ProQuest746742931. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via ProQuest. The latest album, which is released on November 12, follows on from the band's hugely successful second collection Coast to Coast, which sold more than seven million copies.
^ ab"Albums 24.12.05: Westlife". Music Week. 24 December 2005. ProQuest232232948. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via ProQuest. (...) it has already outsold their last two albums - Allow Us To Be Frank (653,405) and Turnaround (752,583)
^"Download chart waits for youth: while its beginnings may be modest, the new rundown has an important future ahead". Music Week. 11 September 2004. ISSN0265-1548.
