Westlife is the debut studio album of the Irish band Westlife , released in the UK on November 1, 1999 . He reached second place in the Official UK Chart , losing first place to the new release of the British Steps quintet . The album remained in the Top 100 charts for 74 weeks until July 28, 2001 . [3]
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| Westlife Studio Album | |||||||||||||
| Date of issue |  November 1, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Recorded by | 1998-1999 | ||||||||||||
| Genres | Pop | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 65:32 | ||||||||||||
| Label | Sony BMG RCA | ||||||||||||
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All five Westlife singles climbed to the top of the UK charts : “ Swear It Again ” (in April 1999), “ If I Let You Go ” (in August), “ Flying Without Wings ” (in October), “ Seasons In The Sun ”(in December in the form of a double A-Side single along with a cover version of the ABBA song“ I Have A Dream ”) and“ Fool Again ”(in March 2000 ).
List of Songs
| No. p / p | Title | The authors | Duration |
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| one | Swear it again | Steve Mac , Wayne Hector | 4:12 |
| 2 | If I Let You Go | Jörgen Elofsson , Per Magnusson, David Kreuger | 3:45 |
| 3 | Flying without wings | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector | 3:39 |
| four | Fool again | Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger | 3:57 |
| five | No no | Rami, Andreas Carlsson | 3:17 |
| 6 | I don't wanna fight | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector | 5:06 |
| 7 | Change the world | Topham, Twig, Ellington | 3:11 |
| eight | Moments | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector | 4:17 |
| 9 | Seasons in the sun | Jacques Brel , Rod McKuen | 4:11 |
| ten | I need you | Rami, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin | 3:51 |
| eleven | Miss you | Jake rami | 3:55 |
| 12 | More Than Words | Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt | 3:56 |
| 13 | Open your heart | Jake, Andreas Carlsson | 3:40 |
| 14 | Try again | Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger | 3:37 |
| 15 | What I Want Is What I've Got | Alexandra Rami | 3:33 |
| sixteen | We are one | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Alexadre Desplat | 3:44 |
| 17 | Can't Lose What You Never Had | Steve Kipner, David Frank | 4:26 |
In addition, the international version of the album includes a cover version of ABBA 's song “ I Have A Dream ”. The American release was complemented by My Private Movie, and the Japanese release by Story of Love.
Singles
| No. p / p | Cover | Title/ date of release | Track list | Note | Chart Position | ||||||
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| one | Swear it again April 12, 1999 | UK CD1
UK CD2
| “Swear It Again” is a Westlife song that came out as the band’s first single. According to the results of the first week's sales, the debut release of the boy band led the national charts of Great Britain and Ireland, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. This is the only Westlife single to succeed in the USA , reaching number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and holding 2nd place on the Billboard Singles Sales Chart. | one | one | 12 | 25 | ten | 12 | one | |
| 2 | If I Let You Go August 9, 1999 | UK CD1
UK CD2
| The second single of the Irish has shifted from the top of the British hit parade release compatriot - Ronan Keating . Sales of “If I Let You Go” in the UK exceeded the 200,000th mark, which corresponds to the silver status. [four] | one | one | 6 | 25 | 7 | 13 | eight | |
| 3 | Flying without wings October 18, 1999 | UK CD1
UK CD2
| The third single is No. 1 in the UK. According to the results of voting on ITV at the end of 1999, the song “Flying Without Wings” was recognized as “Record of the Year”. In Britain, the single received silver certification. | one | one | 12 | - | 7 | 31 | 6 | |
| four | I Have A Dream / Seasons in the sun December 6, 1999 |
| The song “I Have A Dream”, originally performed by ABBA , became an international hit in 1979. After 20 years, Westlife rewrote the song, which, along with a cover version of Terry Jack ’s song “Seasons In The Sun”, as part of a double Christmas single for four weeks, topped the British hit parade with total sales of more than 600 thousand copies. | one | one | 15 | 18 | - | - | ten | |
| five | Fool again March 17, 2000 |
| The fifth single No. 1, which turned Westlife into the only music band whose first five singles topped the UK Singles Chart. | one | 2 | five | 39 | 38 | - | - | |
Chart Position
| A country | Top position on the chart | Sales | Certification |
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| Great Britain | 2 | 4x Platinum | |
| Ireland | one | 18x Platinum | |
| Indonesia | one | 1,000,000+ | 20x Platinum [5] [6] |
| Philippines | one | ||
| Norway [7] | one | ||
| Belgium [8] | five | ||
| New Zealand [9] | five | ||
| Sweden [10] | five | ||
| Netherlands [11] | eight | ||
| Denmark | 12 | ||
| Australia | 15 | ||
| Switzerland [12] | 25 | ||
| Germany | 55 | ||
| USA (Billboard 200) [13] | 129 |
Notes
- ↑ Jaime Sunao Ikeda. Westlife - Review . Allmusic . Date of treatment June 7, 2011. Archived on April 18, 2012.
- ↑ Elisabeth Vincentelli. Westlife Music Review . Entertainment Weekly (2 June 2000). Date of treatment June 7, 2011. Archived on April 18, 2012.
- ↑ Chart Stats - Westlife - Westlife
- ↑ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
- ↑ Musik: Gosip
- ↑ Westlife Archived on October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Norway Album chart
- ↑ Belgium Official Album Chart
- ↑ New Zealand Official Album Chart
- ↑ Official Swedish Album Chart
- ↑ Dutch Official Album Chart
- ↑ Switzerland Official Album Chart
- ↑ allmusic Westlife> Charts & Awards> Billboard Albums