Highest Selling Boybands in the UK (BPI)

1.Take That (90s): 29 million.

2.One Direction (10s): 25.1 million.

3.Westlife (90s): 24.5 million.

4.Boyzone (90s): 15 million.

5. 5 Seconds of Summer (10s): 8.2 million.

6.Backstreet Boys (90s): 8 million.

7.Blue (00s) / JLS (00s): 6.2 million.

8.Busted (00s) / McFly (00s): 6 million.

9.East 17 (90s): 5.2 million.

10.Five (90s): 5 million.

Albums

1.Take That (90s): 14.4 million.

2.Westlife (90s): 12.5 million.

3.Boyzone (90s): 6.4 million.

4.One Direction (10s): 5.1 million.

5.Blue (00s): 3.6 million.

6.JLS (00s): 2.6 million.

7.Busted (00s): 2.4 million.

8.Backstreet Boys (90s): 2.1 million.

9.McFly (00s): 2 million.

10.East 17 (90s): 1.8 million.

Five: 1.6 million

Bros: 1.3 million

New Kids on the Block: 1.1 million

Boyz II Men: 1 million

BTS: 900,000

The Wanted: 800,000

The Vamps: 700,000

5 Seconds of Summer: 600,000

Another Level: 400,000

Jonas Brothers/NSYNC: 300,000

911: 220,000

A1/Blazin' Squad: 200,000

Damage: 160,000

3T/Color Me Badd/Hanson: 100,000

Let Loose/MN8/Union J: 60,000

 Singles

1.One Direction (10s): 20 million.

2.Take That (90s): 14.6 million.

3.Westlife (90s): 12 million.

4.Boyzone (90s): 8.6 million.

5. 5 Seconds of Summer (10s). 7.6 million.

6.Backstreet Boys (90s): 5.9 million.

7.McFly (00s): 4 million.

8.Jonas Brothers (00s)/BTS (10s): 3.8 million.

9.Busted (00s)/JLS (00s)/The Wanted (10s): 3.6 million.

10.East 17 (90s)/Five (90s): 3.4 million

The Vamps (10s): 3.2 million.

NSYNC (90s) : 2.9 million.

Blue (00s): 2.6 million

Boyz II Men: 2 million

Hanson: 1.4 million

Saja Boys: 1.2 million.

Another Level: 1 million

Bros: 750,000

3T/A1/All-4-One/Damage/New Kids on the Block/No Mercy/O-Zone: 600,000

911/Let Loose/One True Voice/Stray Kids: 400,000

Brother Beyond: 250,000

4 Town/Blazin' Squad/Color Me Badd/MN8/Union J: 200,000

British and Irish boybands

1.Take That (90s): 29 million.

2.One Direction (10s): 24.9 million.

3.Westlife (90s): 24.3 million.

4.Boyzone (90s): 15 million.

5.Blue (00s) / JLS (00s): 6.2 million.

6.Busted (00s) / McFly (00s): 6 million.

8.East 17 (90s): 5.2 million.

9.Five (90s): 5 million.

10.The Wanted (10s): 4.4 million.

The Vamps (10s): 3.9 million.

Bros (80s): 2 million.

Another Level (90s): 1.4 million.

A1 (90s): 800,000.

911 (90s): 620,000.

Damage (90s): 560,000.

Let Loose (90s): 460,000.

Blazin' Squad (00s) / One True Voice (00s): 400,000.

MN8 (90s) / Union J (10s): 260,000.

Brother Beyond (80s): 250,000.

Out of interest, here are all the boyband singles (Bros/New Kids onwards) which have gone Platinum or higher in the UK.

UK Singles - Platinum+

Quadruple Platinum: Over 2.4 million copies sold.

I Want It That Way (1999) Backstreet Boys.

What Makes You Beautiful (2011) One Direction.

Youngblood (2018) 5 Seconds of Summer.

Triple Platinum: Over 1.8 million copies sold.

Stay Another Day (1994) East 17.

Rule The World (2007) Take That.

Story Of My Life (2013) One Direction.

Night Changes (2014) One Direction.

Double Platinum: Over 1.2 million copies sold.

Back For Good (1995) Take That.

Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (1997) Backstreet Boys.

No Matter What (1998) Boyzone.

Keep On Movin' (1999) Five.

Bye Bye Bye (2000) NSYNC.

Uptown Girl (2001) Westlife.

Year 3000 (2003) Busted.

All About You/You've Got a Friend (2005) McFly.

Patience (2006) Take That.

Shine (2007) Take That.

Greatest Day (2008) Take That.

Glad You Came (2011) The Wanted.

Little Things (2012) One Direction.

Best Song Ever (2013) One Direction.

She Looks So Perfect (2014) 5 Seconds of Summer.

Steal My Girl (2014) One Direction.

Drag Me Down (2015) One Direction.

Perfect (2015) One Direction.

History (2015) One Direction.

Reggaeton Lento (2017) CNCO & Little Mix.

Sucker (2019) Jonas Brothers.

Platinum: Over 600,000 copies sold.

End of the Road (1992) Boyz II Men.

Relight My Fire (1993) Take That ft Lulu.

Babe (1993) Take That.

I Swear (1994) All-4-One.

I'll Make Love to You (1994) Boyz II Men.

Love Me For a Reason (1994) Boyzone.

Never Forget (1995) Take That.

Father and Son (1995) Boyzone.

How Deep Is Your Love (1996) Take That.

Words (1996) Boyzone.

If You Ever (1996) East 17 ft Gabrielle.

Where Do You Go (1997) No Mercy.

MMMBop (1997) Hanson.

Picture of You (1997) Boyzone.

As Long As You Love Me (1997) Backstreet Boys.

Baby Can I Hold You/Shooting Star (1997) Boyzone.

Thinking of You (1998) Hanson.

Freak Me (1998) Another Level.

When the Going Gets Tough (1999) Boyzone.

Swear It Again (1999) Westlife.

If I Let You Go (1999) Westlife.

Flying Without Wings (1999) Westlife.

I Have a Dream/Seasons in the Sun (1999) Westlife.

Against All Odds (2000) Westlife ft Mariah Carey

My Love (2000) Westlife.

All Rise (2001) Blue.

Queen of My Heart (2001) Westlife.

World of Our Own (2002) Westlife.

What I Go to School For (2002) Busted.

Crashed The Wedding (2003) Busted.

Dragostea Din Tei (2004) O-Zone.

Obviously (2004) McFly.

You Raise Me Up (2005) Westlife.

Star Girl (2006) McFly.

Beat Again (2009) JLS.

What About Now (2009) Westlife

Everybody in Love (2009) JLS.

All Time Low (2010) The Wanted.

The Flood (2010) Take That.

Shine a Light (2010) McFly ft Taio Cruz.

She Makes Me Wanna (2011) JLS ft Dev.

One Thing (2012) One Direction.

Chasing The Sun (2012) The Wanted.

Live While We're Young (2012) One Direction.

Kiss You (2013) One Direction.

One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) (2013) One Direction.

Can We Dance (2013) The Vamps.

You & I (2014) One Direction.

Somebody to You (2014) The Vamps ft Demi Lovato.

Don't Stop (2014) 5 Seconds of Summer.

Amnesia (2014) 5 Seconds of Summer.

These Days (2014) Take That.

18 (2014) One Direction.

All Night (2016) The Vamps and Matoma.

Hello My Love (2019) Westlife.

Teeth (2019) 5 Seconds of Summer.

What a Man Gotta Do (2020) Jonas Brothers.

Dynamite (2020) BTS.

Leave Before You Love Me (2021) Jonas Brothers and Marshmellow.

My Universe (2021) BTS and Coldplay.

Soda Pop (2025) Saja Boys.

Your Idol (2025) Saja Boys.

Platinum+ Singles Table:

One Direction - 15.

Westlife - 12.

Take That - 11.

Boyzone - 7.

5 Seconds of Summer - 5.

McFly - 4.

Backstreet Boys, Busted, JLS, Jonas Brothers, The Vamps, The Wanted - 3.

Boyz II Men, BTS, East 17, Hanson, Saja Boys - 2.

All-4-One, Another Level, Blue, CNCO, Five, No Mercy, NSYNC - 1.

Highest Selling Albums Greatest Hits (GH) Studio (S)

9x Platinum: over 2.7 million copies sold.

Beautiful World (2006) Take That. (S)

8x Platinum: over 2.4 million copies sold.

Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection (2005) Take That. (GH)

Progress (2010) Take That. (S)

7x Platinum: over 2.1 million copies sold.

The Circus (2008) Take That. (S)

6x Platinum: over 1.8 million copies sold

By Request (1999) Boyzone. (GH)

Coast to Coast (2000) Westlife. (S)

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol 1 (2002) Westlife. (GH)

5x Platinum: over 1.5 million copies sold

Where We Belong (1998) Boyzone. (S)

Westlife (1999) Westlife. (S)

JLS (2009) JLS. (S)

4x Platinum: over 1.2 million copies sold

Push (1988) Bros. (S)

Everything Changes (1993) Take That. (S)

Greatest Hits (1996) Take That. (GH)

World of Our Own (2001) Westlife. (S)

All Rise (2001) Blue. (S)

Busted (2002) Busted. (S)

One Love (2002) Blue. (S)

Face To Face (2005) Westlife. (S)

Up All Night (2011) One Direction. (S)

Take Me Home (2012) One Direction. (S)

Midnight Memories (2013) One Direction. (S)

Platinum+ Albums Table:

Westlife - 12.

Take That - 11.

Boyzone - 6.

McFly, One Direction - 5.

Backstreets Boys, Blue, East 17 - 4.

Busted, Five, JLS - 3.

New Kids on the Block, The Wanted - 2.

5 Seconds of Summer, Another Level, Boyz II Men, Bros, The Vamps - 1

Edited Friday at 18:413 days by nirvanamusic