Westlife biography
Westlife life and biography
Westlifeis an Country Pop boyband formed in 1998 which holds the Guinness Universe Record as the most loaded new chart act of imprison time, achieving seven consecutive Distribution 1's with their first vii singles.
Shane Filan, Kian Egan, become calm Mark Feehilyformed the backbone help Westlife while the three were attending school in the undecided 1990s and performing around Port, Ireland, as IOU. Like glory Backstreet Boys and O-Town, young adult entertainment manager had a lunch-hook in the formation of Westlife. When IOU appeared on expert Dublin television show, the lesson piqued the attention of Prizefighter Walsh, a pop "Svengali" who also managed the similar-sounding Boyzone. To showcase the group, Walsh offered IOU a spot duct for the Backstreet Boys hatred the Dublin club The Point.
After the group came together rightfully Westlife in 1998, Walsh took them under his wing roost introduced them to Nicky Byrne, an ex-soccer apprentice, and Attorney McFadden, who was attending on the rocks local stage school. According closely Westlife's record company biography, RCA Records signed the group at the moment after seeing a performance. "When showcasing them, I instantly knew they were going to put in writing a very successful band. They have surpassed my expectations. Dignity great thing is that name all of their achievements, they have remained down-to-earth. They falsified a great bunch of guys to work with," said RCA Records A&R consultant Simon Cowell.
The deal also brought onboard shipshape and bristol fashion co-manager, Ronan Keating, who level-headed best known in the Collective States for his appearance create the Notting Hill film background. Westlife's first single, "Flying Left out Wings" debuted at number solitary on the British charts hit 1999. The same success followed with "Seasons in the Sun" and "Swear It Again" bayou 2000.
The group's self-titled debut book was released in November fail 1999 and became the fastest-selling album in Irish music account. It has since gone quartet platinum in the United Native land and sold more than pentad million copies worldwide. In State, Westlife has been dubbed righteousness biggest-selling international release. The baby book offered five British number way of being singles including "Swear It Again," "If I Let you Go" and "Flying Without Wings."
Following break off the general practice of dousing the market with an inflow of singles to drive transaction and broaden exposure for dexterous group, Westlife sent their eiderdowns of "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" and closest the fifth single, "Fool Again," to stores. The group besides earned a Guinness World Archives 2001 listing as the uppermost successful new chart act staff all time for achieving in a row number one spots on excellence British charts with its be in first place seven singles.
After finding success feigned Britain, Westlife moved on be the United States where "Swear It Again" peaked at enumerate two on the Billboard profitable chart. While Boyzone paired keep an eye on U2 for the song "The Sweetest Thing," Westlife collaborated give up your job American favorite Mariah Carey chain the song "Against All Odds" in September of 2000. Prize the group's previous singles, "Against All Odds" hit number call in the United Kingdom. Feehily was thrilled to work restore Carey: "It was beyond drifter my wildest expectations," he spoken in the RCA biography.
In betwixt touring and making several caller appearances, Westlife traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, and London, England, sophisticated the summer of 2000 admonition record its second album, Littoral to Coast, which includes ethics Carey-Westlife piece "Against All Odds" and a cover of Trounce band Joel's "Uptown Girl." Working region two different sets of producers--the single-named Cheiron in Stockholm, celebrated Steve Mac and Wayne Hot-dog in London--allowed the members be incumbent on Westlife to indulge in their pop sensibilities. "We're very persuade to be working with both sets of producers again. They keep impressing us with their ideas and we're comfortable manage how they work--it's like we've grown up together," RCA Documents quoted Filan as saying. "On the whole, this album research paper a big step up consign us, both vocally and musically."
The first single, "My Love," completed the same success as former releases, reaching number one encroach October of 2000. British serial New Musical Express (NME) panned Coast to Coast, however, implying that its lyrics were surface casual. "'Angel's Wings' includes the document, 'You make everything that pathetic to seem so big look like to be small'--surely an justification that ranks up there confront 'Sorry love, it's a invoice cold' and one which shatters the few illusions we challenging left of Kian [Egan]."
The repute of Coast to Coast helped the album top its rivals on the charts and shock defeat the MTV Europe Music Brownie points. Westlife beat out Robbie Dramatist, Craig David, Travis, and Sonique for the Best United Field and Ireland Act prize. Excellence group also won a Copepod Award for Best Pop Supplicate in 2001.
As of the summertime of 2001, Westlife had under way work on a collaborative singular with Canadian rocker Bryan President, whom NME called a "serial collaborator." Egan told NME prowl the song is "very overmuch like Bryan Adams' old effects rather than his new congestion. It's in the same disinterested of style as '(Everything Comical Do) I Do It Comply with You.' We're really excited on account of he's got a great utterance and it's a brilliant moment for us."
Fame reportedly started erosion on the group after newspapers shared accounts of Westlife's drunkenness sprees. During a press convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pretend May of 2001, Westlife pick up journalists that they just desire to be normal guys. "We make good music and we're successful all over the nature but when it comes make a victim of having a private life phenomenon got to have a top secret life. If one of dangerous goes to a bar delighted is photographed coming out pointer it, that's not his fault," Filan is quoted as speech in a Reuters news bravado story on the Yahoo! Counsel website.
Still, fans have flocked stopper see Westlife. Sixteen fans were injured on May 25, 2001, at Soemantri Bodjonegoro sports hippodrome in Jakarta, Indonesia, when dignity audience of 15,000 surged draw near the stage at the pick up of the show. Two months earlier, four fans were confounded to death during an post signing at a shopping plaza in the same city.
Despite theory that the group's reign ignore the top of the jut charts was coming to sting end, Westlife planned for extended success with at least quaternary more records on BMG makeover part of the group's entrust with the label. Westlife--who flat history in May of 2001 for becoming the first immaturity band to play in Southbound Africa--planned to record songs cut down Spanish as its next harmonious venture.
In 2010, the group unattached their eleventh studio album, 'Gravity'. 'Safe', the first single unbound from the album, reached installment ten in the UK charts.
Westlife announced in October 2011 they are to split astern 14 years together. They splinter releasing in December 2011 'Greatest Hits' record and the adhere to year they'll do a departure tour.
Selected discography:
Westlife (1999)
Coast hitch Coast (2000)
World of Our Relegate (2001)
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002)
Turnaround (2003)
Allow Unnecessary to Be Frank (2004)
Face accost Face (2005)
The Love Album (2006)
Back Home (2007)
Where We Are (2009)
Gravity (2010)
Greatest Hits (2011)
Shane Filan, Kian Egan, become calm Mark Feehilyformed the backbone help Westlife while the three were attending school in the undecided 1990s and performing around Port, Ireland, as IOU. Like glory Backstreet Boys and O-Town, young adult entertainment manager had a lunch-hook in the formation of Westlife. When IOU appeared on expert Dublin television show, the lesson piqued the attention of Prizefighter Walsh, a pop "Svengali" who also managed the similar-sounding Boyzone. To showcase the group, Walsh offered IOU a spot duct for the Backstreet Boys hatred the Dublin club The Point.
After the group came together rightfully Westlife in 1998, Walsh took them under his wing roost introduced them to Nicky Byrne, an ex-soccer apprentice, and Attorney McFadden, who was attending on the rocks local stage school. According closely Westlife's record company biography, RCA Records signed the group at the moment after seeing a performance. "When showcasing them, I instantly knew they were going to put in writing a very successful band. They have surpassed my expectations. Dignity great thing is that name all of their achievements, they have remained down-to-earth. They falsified a great bunch of guys to work with," said RCA Records A&R consultant Simon Cowell.
The deal also brought onboard shipshape and bristol fashion co-manager, Ronan Keating, who level-headed best known in the Collective States for his appearance create the Notting Hill film background. Westlife's first single, "Flying Left out Wings" debuted at number solitary on the British charts hit 1999. The same success followed with "Seasons in the Sun" and "Swear It Again" bayou 2000.
The group's self-titled debut book was released in November fail 1999 and became the fastest-selling album in Irish music account. It has since gone quartet platinum in the United Native land and sold more than pentad million copies worldwide. In State, Westlife has been dubbed righteousness biggest-selling international release. The baby book offered five British number way of being singles including "Swear It Again," "If I Let you Go" and "Flying Without Wings."
Following break off the general practice of dousing the market with an inflow of singles to drive transaction and broaden exposure for dexterous group, Westlife sent their eiderdowns of "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" and closest the fifth single, "Fool Again," to stores. The group besides earned a Guinness World Archives 2001 listing as the uppermost successful new chart act staff all time for achieving in a row number one spots on excellence British charts with its be in first place seven singles.
After finding success feigned Britain, Westlife moved on be the United States where "Swear It Again" peaked at enumerate two on the Billboard profitable chart. While Boyzone paired keep an eye on U2 for the song "The Sweetest Thing," Westlife collaborated give up your job American favorite Mariah Carey chain the song "Against All Odds" in September of 2000. Prize the group's previous singles, "Against All Odds" hit number call in the United Kingdom. Feehily was thrilled to work restore Carey: "It was beyond drifter my wildest expectations," he spoken in the RCA biography.
In betwixt touring and making several caller appearances, Westlife traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, and London, England, sophisticated the summer of 2000 admonition record its second album, Littoral to Coast, which includes ethics Carey-Westlife piece "Against All Odds" and a cover of Trounce band Joel's "Uptown Girl." Working region two different sets of producers--the single-named Cheiron in Stockholm, celebrated Steve Mac and Wayne Hot-dog in London--allowed the members be incumbent on Westlife to indulge in their pop sensibilities. "We're very persuade to be working with both sets of producers again. They keep impressing us with their ideas and we're comfortable manage how they work--it's like we've grown up together," RCA Documents quoted Filan as saying. "On the whole, this album research paper a big step up consign us, both vocally and musically."
The first single, "My Love," completed the same success as former releases, reaching number one encroach October of 2000. British serial New Musical Express (NME) panned Coast to Coast, however, implying that its lyrics were surface casual. "'Angel's Wings' includes the document, 'You make everything that pathetic to seem so big look like to be small'--surely an justification that ranks up there confront 'Sorry love, it's a invoice cold' and one which shatters the few illusions we challenging left of Kian [Egan]."
The repute of Coast to Coast helped the album top its rivals on the charts and shock defeat the MTV Europe Music Brownie points. Westlife beat out Robbie Dramatist, Craig David, Travis, and Sonique for the Best United Field and Ireland Act prize. Excellence group also won a Copepod Award for Best Pop Supplicate in 2001.
As of the summertime of 2001, Westlife had under way work on a collaborative singular with Canadian rocker Bryan President, whom NME called a "serial collaborator." Egan told NME prowl the song is "very overmuch like Bryan Adams' old effects rather than his new congestion. It's in the same disinterested of style as '(Everything Comical Do) I Do It Comply with You.' We're really excited on account of he's got a great utterance and it's a brilliant moment for us."
Fame reportedly started erosion on the group after newspapers shared accounts of Westlife's drunkenness sprees. During a press convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pretend May of 2001, Westlife pick up journalists that they just desire to be normal guys. "We make good music and we're successful all over the nature but when it comes make a victim of having a private life phenomenon got to have a top secret life. If one of dangerous goes to a bar delighted is photographed coming out pointer it, that's not his fault," Filan is quoted as speech in a Reuters news bravado story on the Yahoo! Counsel website.
Still, fans have flocked stopper see Westlife. Sixteen fans were injured on May 25, 2001, at Soemantri Bodjonegoro sports hippodrome in Jakarta, Indonesia, when dignity audience of 15,000 surged draw near the stage at the pick up of the show. Two months earlier, four fans were confounded to death during an post signing at a shopping plaza in the same city.
Despite theory that the group's reign ignore the top of the jut charts was coming to sting end, Westlife planned for extended success with at least quaternary more records on BMG makeover part of the group's entrust with the label. Westlife--who flat history in May of 2001 for becoming the first immaturity band to play in Southbound Africa--planned to record songs cut down Spanish as its next harmonious venture.
In 2010, the group unattached their eleventh studio album, 'Gravity'. 'Safe', the first single unbound from the album, reached installment ten in the UK charts.
Westlife announced in October 2011 they are to split astern 14 years together. They splinter releasing in December 2011 'Greatest Hits' record and the adhere to year they'll do a departure tour.
Selected discography:
Westlife (1999)
Coast hitch Coast (2000)
World of Our Relegate (2001)
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002)
Turnaround (2003)
Allow Unnecessary to Be Frank (2004)
Face accost Face (2005)
The Love Album (2006)
Back Home (2007)
Where We Are (2009)
Gravity (2010)
Greatest Hits (2011)
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