Biography
Despite the fact that in Russia few know these pop performers from Ireland, Westlife has a record holder today. 14 singles in a row were leading in British charts. In the Guinness Book of Records, the Irish stands in the 3rd place after Elvis Presley and the Beatles Group.The history of creation and composition
Shane Fallan was born in Ireland, in the small town of Sligo. Binding on July 5, 1979, he became a seventh child in the family, the youngest. His musical career inspired the idol Michael Jackson.
Mark Fihili - Shaven Countryman, was born on May 28, 1980. After him, two more sons appeared in the family - Barry and Colinn. Since childhood, Mark played in school theatrical productions and was fond of music.
Kian Igan was also born in a large family living in Sligo, on April 29, 1980. The guy from the Small years was thrust to Rock, and he even managed to participate in the local punk team.
The history of the creation of a team begins with the unification of this Trinity in the group called I.O.u. The guys studied together in a Catholic school and were friends. Three more participants came to the team a little later. In such a composition, young musicians performed in their hometown and even recorded the song.
The success of the efforts did not bring, but they were noticed by the producers Luis Walsh and Simon Cowell. However, not all musicians decided to stay under the wing of managers, the last three participants left the group. Louis and Simon invited the two guys to the new BDD - Brian MacFadden and Nikki Byrne.
Music
The updated composition was called Westlife. The first performance on the big scene was the performance of a song on a number of concerts at the famous Boyzone and Backstreet Boys. Beginner vocalists appreciated the award as the best tour newcomers.In the spring of 1999, the first recorded single SWEAR IT AGAIN was published, which immediately fell into the leaders of Ireland's charts and England. This one more trak was entered into a debut album with the same name. The plate in the genre of the ass put the beginning of the rapid career of soloists.
At the end of 2000, the coast to coast album is coming out the second and most successful album into the top of the British Hit Parade, leaving behind the new collection of popular Spice Girls. Around the world, more than 8 million copies of the record were sold.
Westlife released their third album World of Our Own in November 2001. In the spring of next year, the team received a reward as the best pop performers. And a little later, the whole range went to the second world tour. Director Ian McDonald removed the film "Wild West Life", which showed everyday musicians on these tour.
At the end of 2002, rumors about the split group crawled. Despite this, the musicians gathered their hits in one compilation, they recorded three more new albums and visited the third world tour.
However, on March 9, 2004, just three weeks before the fourth world tour, Brian MacFadden left the group to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. On this day, a press conference was held, on which all members of the group were attended.
Brian's last public speech in Westlife took place in the nightclub on February 27, 2004. He began the solo career, deciding to return to his original name, and released the first solo song Real to Me, which became the leader of the chart of Great Britain.
In March 2011, Westlife broke off relations with Simon Kowell and concluded a contract with RCA Records. In the fall, the release of the best hits of the group in two formats was presented: audio on CD and a number of clips on DVD. And on October 19, 2011, Westlife officially announced that they broke up after the album and the tour.
The media predicted a possible reunification in the future, but Westlife put an end to these assumptions, swallowing that they would never reunite. There were rumors that there was a serious conflict in the group, but later this denied the source close to the participants.
WestLife now
Since 2018, since 2018 has replicated news about the reunification of musicians, and only on October 3, the pop kings themselves officially confirmed this information. Hello My Love, the first single from 2011, was released on January 10, 2019. He became the leader in the best iTunes Store songs in more than 15 countries.
And the first joint appearance on television took place on the Shame Norton Shaw on January 11, 2019. A full-fledged album was released in the fall of the same year. Westlife has a formal page in "Instagram", now they are divided with subscribers of photos and videos.
Discography
- 1999 - "Westlife"
- 2000 - "COAST TO COAST"
- 2001 - "World of Our Own"
- 2003 - "Turnaround"
- 2005 - Face to Face
- 2007 - "Back Home"
- 2009 - "WHERE WE ARE"
- 2010 - "Gravity"
Clips
- 1999 - "SWEAR IT AGAIN"
- 1999 - "Flying Wings"
- 2000 - "FOOL AGAIN"
- 2000 - "My Love"
- 2001 - "Angel"
- 2002 - "Bop Bop Baby"
- 2003 - "Miss You Nights"
- 2007 - "Home"
- 2009 - "What about now"
- 2010 - "EVERYBODY HURTS"