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Westlife discography
Studio albums7
EPs1
Compilation albums2
Tribute albums2
Singles27
Greatest Hits1
Boxed Set2

This is the comprehensive discography of the Irish pop quartet Westlife. The group is composed of Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan. They are currently undersigned by the recording company Syco Music of Simon Cowell and the management of Louis Walsh. Their distributing company in UK and Ireland is RCA and Sony internationally.

For 10 years in the running, they have released seven studio albums, one greatest hits album, one tribute album, one Cover Album, two Boxed sets, two Compilation Albums, twenty-seven singles. All in all, it has been declared that they have sold over 43 million albums worldwide.[1]

This list includes their album and single releases only. For other facts, look for See also section below.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
IRE AUS AUT BEL DEN NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK
[2]
1999 Westlife
  • Released: 1 November 1999
  • Formats: CD
 1 15 — 5 — 8 5 1 5 25 2
2000 Coast to Coast
  • Released: 6 November 2000
  • Formats: CD
 1 45 59 17 27 13 2 6 3 38 1
2001 World of our Own
  • Released: 12 November 2001
  • Formats: CD
 1 — 9 8 3 10 3 7 1 19 1
2003 Turnaround
  • Released: 24 November 2003
  • Formats: CD
 1 — 42 — 4 33 42 37 5 24 1
2005 Face to Face
  • Released: 31 October 2005
  • Formats: CD/DualDisc
 1 1 — — 19 30 — 7 9 14 1
2007 Back Home
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Formats: CD
 1 14 65 — — 48 12 18 33 19 1
2009 Where We Are
  • Released: 30 November 2009
  • Formats: CD
 2 53 13 8 25 2
  • UK: 2× Platinum[3]
  • IRE: 3× Platinum[24]
  • SWE: Gold[25]

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
IRE AUS AUT BEL DEN NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK
[2]
2002 Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
  • Released: 11 November 2002
  • Formats: CD
 1 66 14 27 4 3 1 10 2 14 1

Cover albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
IRE AUS AUT BEL DEN NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK
[2]
2004 Allow Us to Be Frank
  • Released: 6 November 2004
  • Formats: CD
 1 — — 25 15 32 — — 5 75 3
  • UK: 2× Platinum[3]
2006 The Love Album
  • Released: 20 November 2006
  • Formats: CD
 1 11 49 — — 49 2 1 3 27 1

Singles

UK releases

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds) 		Album
IRE AUS
[30] 		BEL
[31] 		DEN
[32] 		NLD
[33] 		NZ
[34] 		NOR
[35] 		SWE
[36] 		UK
[2]
1999 "Swear It Again" 1 12 10 — 27 1 — 12 1 Westlife
"If I Let You Go" 1 13 7 — 19 8 1 6 1
"Flying Without Wings" 1 31 7 — 17 6 7 12 1
"I Have a Dream"/
"Seasons in the Sun" 		1 — — — — 10 10 15 1
2000 "Fool Again" 2 — 38 — 23 — — 5 1
"Against All Odds"
(with Mariah Carey) 		1 52 50 — 29 — — 3 1 Coast to Coast
"My Love" 1 36 6 — 9 3 3 1 1
"What Makes a Man" 2 — — — — — — — 2
2001 "Uptown Girl" 1 6 5 2 2 4 3 2 1
"Queen of my Heart" 1 — 14 15 12 4 12 3 1 World of Our Own
2002 "World of Our Own" 3 21 — 5 29 6 13 11 1
"Bop Bop Baby" 4 55 50 3 23 21 — 16 5
"Unbreakable" 1 — 10 6 19 44 9 5 1 Unbreakable - The
Greatest Hits Vol. 1
2003 "Tonight/Miss You Nights" 1 — 4 10 55 — — 1 3
"Hey Whatever" 2 — — 2 30 39 — 5 4 Turnaround
"Mandy" 1 — 50 2 27 — 15 4 1
2004 "Obvious" 3 — — 7 44 — — 25 3
2005 "You Raise Me Up" 1 3 — — 47 — 3 7 1 Face to Face
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
(with Diana Ross) 		2 — — — 45 — — — 2
2006 "Amazing" 3 34 — — — — — 36 4
"The Rose" 1 67 — — — — — 4 1 The Love Album
2007 "Home" 2 — — — — — 7 8 3 Back Home
2008 "Us Against the World" 6 — — — — — — — 8
2009 "What About Now" 2 — — — — — — 13 2 Where We Are
2010 "TBA"

Non-UK releases

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS IRE BEL DEN NLD NZ SWE UK
2001 "I Lay My Love on You" 29 — 35 — 12 24 10 — Coast to coast
"When You're Looking Like That" 19 — 19 6 23 30 9 188
[41]
2004 "Smile" — — — — — — 37 — Allow Us to be Frank
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" — — 47 5 41 — 20 —
2008 "Something Right" 92 43 — — — — 46 — Back Home
Year Title Peak chart positions
AUS AUT BEL CAN GER IRE NZ SPA SWE SWI UK US
2010 "Everybody Hurts"
(for Helping Haiti) 		28 23 101 59 16 1 17 39 21 16 1 121

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS IRE BEL DEN NLD NZ SWE UK
2007 "All Out of Love" (with Delta Goodrem) — — — — — — 31 — The Love Album
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" — — — — — — — 135
[41] 		Home B-side
"I'm Already There" — 47 — — — — — 62
[41] 		Back Home

Music Videos

References

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