Records
Westlife is a record breaking band, every year they've set new records. Here's a list of all the records
they've broken.
1999:
- Westlife is the first boyband to top the UK chart with their first 3 singles
- Westlife is the only first album with 5 number 1 hits. Even Elvis and the Beatles has 4 only
- Swear it Again was the biggest selling debut single in Ireland in the first week
1999-2000:
- Guiness Book of Records- [First Five Singles at No.1]- "In 1999-2000 Irish boyband Westlife became the only group to have their first five singles enter the UK chart at No.1"
2000:
- Westlife got into the Guiness Book of Record by scoring 7 UK No.1 Hits in a row with 'My Love' . Beating the spice girls and beatles on the way.
- Westlife set a new record at mtv by chatting to 6883 people online.
2001:
- Westlife is the first ever international boyband to perform live in South Africa
- Westlife is the first band to play to a 8,000 crowd in Africa
- Westlife is the only band to play 13 sold-out concerts at The Point
- Westlife sold out 64 tour dates for their WOOO in the Round tour, breaking all box office records across Europe
2002:
- Westlife got into the Guiness Book of Record again for 'Most Apperance by a Pop Band in 36-hrs" on their UK Promo Tour.
- Westlife is the only artists, besides U2 and Robbie Williams ever to perform two concerts at Lansdowne Road Stadium.
- World of Our Own is No.4 on the top 10 most played tunes in Europe
2003:
- They are the only recording artists in the history of the awards to win the prestigious Record of the Year three times. (Flying Without Wings, My Girl, Mandy)
- They performed to over a million fans on three sell-out arena tours to become the biggest selling arena tour act ever.
- Westlife is the only band ever to have 12 straight No.1s. (Means they go immediately into No.1 without starting at a lower position)
2004:
- Westlife broke Boyzone's record by playing a total of 34 concerts (24 with Bryan) at The Point, Dublin, Ireland.
- Westlife's Live version of Flying Without Wings became the 1st ever No.1 in the first Official UK Download Chart.
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