Good job it's their last single judging by its chart performance, what a shame after their run of Top 10 hits that the last one misses out.

I think they are more of an album artist now, i'm sure that will hit the Top 5 no problem, tracklisting isn't too bad and a bonus DVD too.

 

another Top 40 hit single for Westlife this week. . .

What are we all more thankful for today? Westlife finally missing the top ten (and limping in at a disastrous 32) or Pixie Lott deservedly flopping with her new album?

Sales of the two bands from my Top 200 best selling albums of the 90s/00s thread:

 

Westlife:

 

 

Unbreakable- Greatest Hits Vol 1- 1.738M

Coast To Coast- 1.685M

Westlife- 1.382k (inc 99 sales)

Face To Face- 1.316M

World Of Our Own- 1.195M

The Love Album- 1.025M

Back Home- 984K

Turnaround- 716k

Allow Us To Be Frank- 635K

Where We Are- 427K (Y/E tally 09)

Gravity- 323K (Y/E Tally 10)

Total: 11, 426K

 

(Westlife will have sold more of their last two albums than indicated here plus residual sales of earlier work but i'd be surprised if that all amounted to in excess of 150k in total)

 

Take That:

 

Progress: 2.289M

Beautiful World: 2.705M

The Circus: 2.128M

Never Forget: 2.052M

Everything Changes: 1,230M

Greatest Hits: 1.100M

Take That & Party: 870K

Nobody Else: 770K

The Greatest Day: Live- 433k (Y/E tally 10)

Total: 13.577K

 

(Again residual under the radar sales of back catalogue in 2010 will have to be added)

 

Despite releasing an album more than Take That, Take That's selling power AFTER re-uniting has dwarfed Westlife's- them's the facts- sorry :(

Westlife: 1,445,000

Where We Are: 500.000

Gravity: 350.000

Westlife: 1,445,000

Where We Are: 500.000

Gravity: 350.000

Assuming your figures to be right (they could be considering, as I noted, that residual sales could make up the difference) STILL nowhere near Take That.

Westlife: 1,445,000

Where We Are: 500.000

Gravity: 350.000

 

the funny thing is, Take That's live album has almost outsold two of those :lol:

if take that hadnt come back they would be far behind westlife success. . . now with all the media push they got closer to westlife extraordinary success. . .

The fact that Take That came back in the 2000s doesn't negate the success they've had since then, nor does the "media push" that you apparently think only applies to Take That (Westlife received tons of "media push" over the years -- it's not the media's fault that people are buying fewer Westlife records).

 

Charis, it's great that you like Westlife, but you're doing yourself a disservice by letting your emotions get in the way of actual statistics. The sales clearly show that as of today, Take That has sold more albums than Westlife. When lists of top-selling acts are made (for things like the Virgin album/single books), the lists aren't filled with qualifications. This statistic doesn't mean that Take That are "better" than Westlife (that's a subjective point that fans of both bands will surely be fighting about forever), but it does mean that Take That have sold more albums than Westlife.

 

Based on the total sales both Westlife and Take That have had "extraordinary success" over their musical careers. I have songs from both bands on my iPod, and I personally don't understand why there is a need to pit these bands against one another like it's some kind of "to the death" boxing match.

if take that hadnt come back they would be far behind westlife success. . . now with all the media push they got closer to westlife extraordinary success. . .

That is true BUT then Westlife would have released considerably more albums than Take That. Also you need to bear in mind that, in general, the albums market was much bigger in the 00s than in the 90s so albums generally tended to sell more than the equivalent (in terms of longevity and chart runs) album in the 00s.

 

I admire your persisitance but the Stats simply don't support your view- sorry

Edited November 20, 201113 yr by gezza76

you've got to understand him because hie's obviously not from your country with different cultures and English is not his main language.

 

He is from my country though, lol.

The most laughable thing in Westlife land is that some fans still think that Coast to Coast has sold 12 million copies worldwide. Its and old Louis Walsh lie and the truth is that the album probably dont even sold half the amount.

The most laughable thing in Westlife land is that some fans still think that Coast to Coast has sold 12 million copies worldwide. Its and old Louis Walsh lie and the truth is that the album probably dont even sold half the amount.

The most laughable thing in Westlife land is that some fans still think that Coast to Coast has sold 12 million copies worldwide. Its and old Louis Walsh lie and the truth is that the album probably dont even sold half the amount.

The most laughable thing in Westlife land is that some fans still think that Coast to Coast has sold 12 million copies worldwide. Its and old Louis Walsh lie and the truth is that the album probably dont even sold half the amount.

 

This is the reason i dislike Westlife so much. Not only they have always been lazy puppets and boring karaoke singers but their management exaggerated their sales and achievements. I still don't know what was the point of it.

90% of the Westlife sales are made up as usual if u look at their management over the years. Apparently SImon Cowell hasnt even contacted them since the split aha! Shows how much they mean to him lol

 

90% of the Westlife sales are made up as usual if u look at their management over the years. Apparently SImon Cowell hasnt even contacted them since the split aha! Shows how much they mean to him lol

 

We don't really care. . . =) We are Westlife fans not simon or louis or syco fans. . . =)

=)

 

 

 

Albums

 

1 Rihanna 58,830

2 One Direction

3 Westlife

4 Michael Buble

5 Kate Bush

I'm relieved they're on top 3. :) :)

 

Annoying that they've already deleted the 2CD/DVD version of the Greatest Hits. Hadn't got around to getting it.