January 25, 20241 yr They should do a new album with an older doubd of them, a duet or 2, and why not a cover too? Everybody foes that today….
February 28, 20241 yr Mark won't be on the US tour. I didn't realise that he had it so bad. https://www.instagram.com/p/C35iR79oueN
February 28, 20241 yr Yeah his life was in danger indeed… now I wonder, he mentioned somekind of hernia. English is not my main language but as far as I know hernia is irrelevant to his voice surgeries and old sepsis issues right? And I think this is more of a routine operation isnt it?
February 29, 20241 yr Yep! A hernia is definitely unrelated however after having 3 more major ops, a minor op is still not ideal. I had the hernia op and I was in and out the same morning. Good on him for taking time with his family. Selfishly, I’m a bit gutted we won’t get new music any time soon but I genuinely don’t think they care about the music anymore and just want the money from touring.
February 29, 20241 yr Selfishly, I’m a bit gutted we won’t get new music any time soon but I genuinely don’t think they care about the music anymore and just want the money from touring.To be honest, I think that's the case with all artists. More money in touring than record sales these days.
February 29, 20241 yr Its not necessarily a matter of getting the money bur more of a sustainability issue. We all worked in businesses and know the world of business is ruthless. If u dont generate funds you are sent home. I am pretty sure they created the previous album on a financial loss. However this break from touring could open the idea for some new music
February 29, 20241 yr Well it didn't stop Steps I suppose, nothing to say they couldn't do the same! Technically Steps had 3 albums between 2017-2021 before the Platinum Collection, but artists have done it with less. They actually had 4 albums between The Ultimate Collectionand The Platinum Collection. 2012 - Light up the world 2017 - Tears on the Dancefloor 2020 - What the future holds 2021 - What the future holds: Part 2 There was also two live albums (Party on the Dancefloor, What the future Holds Live), a remix (Stomp All Night: The Remixes) and a re-release with bonus tracks of TOTDF (Crying at the discotheque) too.
February 29, 20241 yr I would be keen on them doing a 're-imagined' greatest hits like Take That did in 2018, with re-recordings of their hits. Never a fan in general of re imagined greatest hits releases as generally the new versions are never as good. Best wishes to Mark, he is right to put his health above everything else. Edited February 29, 20241 yr by Padamic Tension
March 12, 20241 yr The concerts in the Americas have begun. From the clips I've seen, not much change to any set-list but they've changed the arrangement of Flying Without Wings so they're not getting the audience to do Mark's bit anymore.
May 14, 20241 yr Did Mark pernanently quit the band and they are keeping it a secret? In other news their special single Bop Bop Baby is certified silver for 200k sales and its their 21st certified single! It had sold 107k physicals in the year of release and ‘sold’ an extra 93k since then. 095 Bop Bop Baby – Westlife [5] 107,000 Edited May 14, 20241 yr by Charis
May 15, 20241 yr Did Mark pernanently quit the band and they are keeping it a secret? In other news their special single Bop Bop Baby is certified silver for 200k sales and its their 21st certified single! It had sold 107k physicals in the year of release and ‘sold’ an extra 93k since then. 095 Bop Bop Baby – Westlife [5] 107,000I don't see why they'd keep it a secret. The only reason he's stepped back, from what we've heard, is that he's been unwell. There's been no indication of anything else.
May 26, 20241 yr Never released as a single When your looking like that is now certified GOLD! 4 years after becoming Silver! Overcame with no physical release a few of Westlife’s UK No1’s! Its UK streams are estimated around ~35 millions as of now! On 276k in December 2021, it sold another 124k in 2.5 years, on an average of almost 1.000 copies per week!! On this rate this could become Platinum in 4-5 years :) Westlife - When You’re Looking Like That (GOLD)
May 31, 20241 yr Looking at the 'With Love' tour, they're singing some songs which have been rarely performed live. Some include Evergreen, Beautiful in White, Angel and My Hero.
June 7, 20241 yr Greatest Hits certified Platinum for a 3rd time! They have now 41 platinum disks and are certified for 12.5 million albums in the UK only. They are also certified for 8.8m singles, with a total of 21.3m + 1.5m DVDs. Total certifications are 22.8m in the UK only if not mistaken...
July 17, 2024Jul 17 This is... interesting: https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/17/westlife-rel...ng-ai-21242709/ And scary.
October 7, 2024Oct 7 Nicky is starting his own podcast from 10th October and the first guest is... Brian McFadden.
November 8, 2024Nov 8 The debut album turned 25 this week: View this post on Instagram I have to say I'm surprised their back catalogue hasn't had the 4k restoration / vinyl pressing / singles on Spotify treatment yet? Unless they're saving it for the 30th I suppose whilst Mark still rests up and recovers.
February 21Feb 21 IF I LET YOU GO becomes their 8th Platinum single! What's more interesting is that they only had 2 platinum singles during their breakup! That means it overcame the 3 below songs: Based on March 2021 sales, it sold a further 142k in almost 4 years. Average around 3k per month. March 2021: 7. MARIAH CAREY FT WESTLIFE -- AGAINST ALL ODDS :: 490k [averaging a bit over 2k per month ] Est: 585k 8. WESTLIFE -- WHAT MAKES A MAN :: 470k 9. WESTLIFE -- WHAT ABOUT NOW :: 459k [averaging almost 2k per month] Est: 540k 10. WESTLIFE -- IF I LET YOU GO :: 458k I wonder if those stream sales change the record of the artists in terms of sales / records or something that makes sense.
February 21Feb 21 Streaming definitely increases the long tail of their songs for sure. Not all of them - I doubt The Rose would add much on streaming for example. Still feel it's a shame that they couldn't get another #1 after that one. I know they don't pump much into the single campaign these days but still. Where are we at with total sales for Spectrum and Wild Dreams?
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