Westlife are an Irish pop group formed in Sligo in 1998. The group was originally known under the names '6as1' and 'I.O.YOU' with several other members. Westlife consists of members Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily. Brian McFadden was a member of the band before leaving to pursue a solo career in March 2004. The group disbanded in 2012 and later reunited in 2018.
In Ireland and United Kingdom, the group has 11 number-one albums, 16 number-one singles, and 34 Top 50 singles. They have sold over 55 million records and are holders of four Guinness World Records. Westlife has received numerous accolades including one World Music Award, two Brit Awards, four MTV Awards, and four Record of the Year Awards. As of June 2026 they were certified for 9.6 million singles, 12.5 million albums and 1.525 million Music DVDs. That's a total of 23,625 million certified sales in the UK only.
The group has released twelve studio albums: four as a five-piece and eight as a four-piece. They rose to fame with their debut international self-titled studio album, Westlife (1999). It was followed by Coast to Coast (2000), World of Our Own (2001), and Turnaround (2003). Following the departure of McFadden, the group released the cover albums ...Allow Us to Be Frank (2004) and The Love Album (2006), the albums Face to Face (2005), Back Home (2007), Where We Are (2009), and Gravity (2010), followed by a six-year split. After reforming in 2018, the quartet released the studio albums Spectrum (2019) and Wild Dreams (2021). The group had three major compilation album releases as well: Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2002), Greatest Hits (2011), and 25: The Ultimate Collection (2026). The band are currently operating as a trio with Filan, Byrne and Egan as Feehily is currently taking an extended break due to multiple bouts of illness since 2022.
