Irish boy band Westlife have released twelve studio albums, eleven compilation albums, one live album, nineteen video albums, forty-one singles, thirteen promotional singles, and forty-five music videos. The band was signed under the likes of Simon Cowell, and Clive Davis and under record labels' BMG, S Records, Arista Records, Sony BMG, Syco Music, Sony Music Entertainment and RCA Records from 1998 to 2012, Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records in 2018 to 2020, Warner Music and East West Records in 2021 to 2022, Tencent Music Entertainment in 2024 and Sony Music in 2025-present. 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.
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. They are also currently ranked twenty-sixth with the most number ones albums of all time. They have had 36 number-one albums worldwide. 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, and the top-selling album group in the United Kingdom of the 21st century. 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.
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.
Albums
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsIRE Top-50 peaks from 2026 onwards: AUSPeak chart positions for Westlife albums in Australia: For top 50 entries: For entries peaked below the top 50: For 25: The Ultimate Collection: AUTDENPeak chart positions for Westlife albums in Denmark: All except where noted: Westlife: NLDNZNORSWESWIUK WestlifeReleased: 1 November 1999 Label: BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 15 — 12 8 5 1 5 25 2 DEN: 16,797 NOR: 95,000 UK: 1,382,676 WW: 8,000,000IRMA: 13× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: 5× Platinum GLF: Platinum NVPI: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum Coast to CoastReleased: 6 November 2000 Label: BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 40 59 27 13 2 6 3 38 1 DEN: 24,801 NOR: 80,000 SWE: 80,000 UK: 1,725,393 WW: 7,000,000IRMA: 7× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: 6× Platinum BVMI: Gold GLF: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold NVPI: Gold RMNZ: 4× Platinum World of Our OwnReleased: 12 November 2001 Label: BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 80 9 3 10 3 7 1 19 1 UK: 814,690 WW: 4,000,000BPI: 4× Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold GLF: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold NVPI: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum TurnaroundReleased: 24 November 2003 Label: BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 — 42 4 33 42 37 5 24 1 UK: 752,583BPI: 2× Platinum GLF: Gold ...Allow Us to Be FrankReleased: 8 November 2004 Label: Sony BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 2 — — 15 32 — — 5 75 3 UK: 653,405BPI: 2× Platinum Face to FaceReleased: 31 October 2005 Label: Sony BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 1 — 19 30 — 7 9 14 1 UK: 1,200,923IRMA: 8× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: 4× Platinum GLF: Gold The Love AlbumReleased: 20 November 2006 Label: Sony BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 11 49 — 49 2 1 3 27 1 UK: 630,000IRMA: 10× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: 3× Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: 3× Platinum Back HomeReleased: 5 November 2007 Label: Sony BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 14 65 — 48 12 18 33 19 1 UK: 980,000IRMA: 5× Platinum BPI: 3× Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold Where We AreReleased: 30 November 2009 Label: Sony Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 2 — 53 — — 13 — 8 25 2 UK: 490,569IRMA: 3× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold GravityReleased: 22 November 2010 Label: Sony Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 — — — 76 22 — 46 50 3 UK: 358,943IRMA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum Spectrum Released: 15 November 2019 Label: Virgin EMI Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 — — — — — — — 23 1 IRE: 8,900 UK: 168,217 WW: 500,000 IRMA: Platinum BPI: Gold Wild DreamsReleased: 26 November 2021 Label: East West Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 2 — — — 46 — — — 71 2BPI: Gold "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsIREAUSAUTGERNLDNZNORSWESWIUK Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1Released: 11 November 2002 Label: BMG Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 66 14 7 3 1 10 2 14 1 UK: 1,896,765BPI: 6× Platinum BVMI: Gold GLF: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold NVPI: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum Greatest HitsRelease: 18 November 2011 Label: Sony, RCA Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download, LP, streaming 1 — — 75 64 17 31 46 96 4 IRMA: 3× Platinum BPI: 3× Platinum RMNZ: Gold The Love SongsRelease: 3 February 2014 Label: Camden, Sony Formats: CD, digital download 42 — — — — — — — — — 25: The Ultimate Collection Release: 8 May 2026 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming 2 91 64 31 24 21 — — 27 2 "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released
Limited release compilation albums + List of limited release compilation albums Title Album details No.1 Hits and Rare TracksRelease: 23 August 2000 Label: BMG, RCA Formats: CD Golden HitsRelease: 2001 Label: BMG, RCA Formats: CD Grandes ExitosRelease: 2002 Label: BMG, RCA Formats: CD ReleasedRelease: 28 March 2005 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD Collector's EditionRelease: 1 November 2011 Label: RCA Formats: CD Diamond – The Ultimate CollectionRelease: 2012 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD Best of the BestRelease: 14 July 2014 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD
Live albums + List of live albums Title Video details The Farewell Tour: Live at Croke ParkReleased: 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 Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications AlbumIREAUSPeak chart positions for singles in Australia: All except where noted: "Bop Bop Baby": "Tonight": "Something Right": "Against All Odds": GERNLDNZNORSWESWIUKPeak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom: All except where noted: "When You're Looking Like That": US "Swear It Again"1999 1 12 — 27 1 — 12 25 1 20 UK: 365,000 US: 600,000ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum RIAA: Gold RMNZ: Gold Westlife "If I Let You Go" 1 13 50 19 8 1 6 25 1 — UK: 315,000ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Flying Without Wings" 1 36 85 17 6 7 12 — 1 — UK: 800,000 BPI: Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" 1 31 24 — 10 10 15 18 1 — UK: 707,000 BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Gold "Fool Again"2000 2 — 80 23 — — 5 39 1 — UK: 215,000BPI: Gold GLF: Gold "My Love" 1 36 57 9 3 3 1 38 1 — UK: 300,000BPI: Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold Coast to Coast "What Makes a Man" 2 — — — — — — — 2 — UK: 400,000BPI: Gold "I Lay My Love on You"2001 — 29 50 12 24 — 10 39 — — "Uptown Girl" 1 6 8 2 4 3 2 13 1 — UK: 1,100,000ARIA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold "When You're Looking Like That" 20 19 24 23 30 — 9 47 188 — UK: 276,000BPI: Gold GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Queen of My Heart" 1 — 27 12 4 12 3 37 1 — UK: 335,000BPI: Platinum GLF: Gold RMNZ: Gold World of Our Own "World of Our Own"2002 3 21 11 29 6 13 11 26 1 — UK: 225,000BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Gold "Bop Bop Baby" 4 56 15 23 21 — 16 36 5 — UK: 120,000BPI: Silver "Unbreakable" 1 — 12 19 44 9 5 41 1 — UK: 210,000BPI: Silver Unbreakable: TheGreatest Hits Volume 1 "Tonight"/"Miss You Nights"2003 1 65 47 55 — — 33 — 3 — UK: 115,000 "Hey Whatever" 2 — 22 30 39 — 5 53 4 — UK: 75,000 Turnaround "Mandy" 1 — 14 27 — 15 4 30 1 — UK: 235,082BPI: Silver "Obvious"2004 3 — 39 44 — — 25 69 3 — "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" — — — 41 — — 20 — — —Allow Us to Be Frank "Smile" — — — — — — 37 — — — "You Raise Me Up"2005 1 3 11 47 — 3 7 18 1 — UK: 450,000ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold RMNZ: Gold Face to Face "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"(featuring Diana Ross) 2 — — 45 — — — — 2 — UK: 120,000 "Amazing"2006 3 34 53 — — — 36 58 4 — UK: 47,049 "The Rose" 1 — — — — — 4 85 1 — UK: 140,000BPI: SilverThe Love Album "Home"2007 2 — 70 — — 7 8 — 3 — UK: 200,000BPI: Silver Back Home "Us Against the World"2008 6 — — — — — — — 8 — "Something Right" 43 92 — — — — 46 — — — "What About Now"2009 2 — — — — — 13 — 2 — UK: 270,000BPI: PlatinumWhere 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 Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumIREBEL(FL) TipBEL(WA) TipCHN Intl.Peak positions on the Billboard China Airplay/FL chart: "Hello My Love": "Better Man": "Dynamite": HRVHUNNZ HotPeak on the NZ Hot Singles Chart: "Hello My Love": "Better Man": SCOPeak positions for singles in Scotland: "Safe": "Lighthouse": "Hello My Love": "Better Man": "Dynamite": "My Blood": SWEHeat.UK "Safe"2010 4 — — — — — — 7 — 10Gravity "Lighthouse"2011 11 — — — — — — 27 — 32Greatest Hits "Hello My Love" 2019 2 27 1 16 45 — 18 2 10 13BPI: Platinum Spectrum "Better Man" 8 — — 44 — 24 26 2 — 26BPI: Silver "Dynamite" 27 — — 24 — — — 10 — — "My Blood" 46 — — rowspan="6" — — — 6 — 96"Starlight" 2021 29 — — — — — rowspan="5" — 66 Wild Dreams"My Hero" 81 — — — — — — —"Alone Together" 2022 — — — — — — — —"Chariot"2025 58 — — — — — — — 25: The Ultimate Collection"Your Love Amazes Me" 2026 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released"*" denotes the chart is discontinued
As a featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales, certifications, and originating album Single Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications AlbumIREAUSDENNLDNZNOR SCOPeak positions for singles in Scotland: "Against All Odds": "Everybody Hurts": SWESWIUK "Against All Odds"(Mariah Carey featuring Westlife)2000 1 52 2 29 — 2 1 3 — 1 DEN: 4,576 UK: 600,000BPI: Platinum GLF: Gold IFPI DEN: Gold Rainbow "Everybody Hurts"(with Helping Haiti)2010 1 28 — — 17 — 1 21 16 1 UK: 620,596BPI: Platinum "—" 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 Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumUKUKR "Until the End of Time"2000 — — Swear It Again - EP "My Private Movie" — — Westlife (US edition) "More Than Words" — — Westlife/Grandes Exitos "Angel" 2002 — —World of Our Own "Evergreen" — — "Flying Without Wings" (featuring BoA) — — Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Asian edition) "Flying Without Wings" (featuring Cristian Castro) — — Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Spanish/Mexican edition) "Flying Without Wings" (live)2004 — — Turnaround Tour "Beyond the Sea" — — Fly Me To The Moon - Single "Total Eclipse of the Heart" 2007 129 132 The Love Album "I Will Reach You"2011 — — Gravity "Beautiful World" — — Greatest Hits "Without You" 2019 — — Spectrum "—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released
Other charted songs