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iTunes (20x #1): #2 Worldwide #1 United Kingdom #1 Brunei #1 Mexico #1 Hong Kong #1 India #1 Indonesia #1 Ireland #1 Macau #1 Malaysia #1 New Zealand #1 Philippines #1 Singapore #1 Slovakia #1 South Africa #1 Sri Lanka #1 Sweden #1 Thailand #1 United Arab Emirates #1 Vietnam #2 Kazakhstan #2 Burkina Faso #2 Colombia #2 Belize #2 Belgium #2 Czech Republic #2 Denmark #2 Egypt #2 Israel #2 Norway #1 Qatar #2 Taiwan #3 Brazil #3 Papua New Guinea #2 Chile #4 Germany #4 Greece #4 Romania #4 Spain #4 Australia #5 Luxembourg #5 Netherlands #6 Japan (#1 pop) #6 Switzerland #7 Nigeria #8 Canada #7 Austria #13 Cambodia #13 Poland #12 United States #15 Russia #12 Italy #25 France #7 Turkey #41 Malta #51 Lebanon #54 Dominican Republic #67 Slovenia #2 Saudi Arabia #8 Finland Apple Music: #34 Worldwide #2 Ireland #4 Indonesia #5 Niger #6 United Kingdom #4 China #24 New Zealand #11 Taiwan #4 Singapore #7 Sri Lanka #54 Panama #7 Malaysia #6 Philippines #5 Vietnam #58 Thailand #5 Hong Kong #20 Oman #9 Mauritius #70 South Korea #50 Malta #45 Uganda #33 Denmark #118 Australia #62 South Africa #45 Bolivia #39 Ghana #28 Cambodia #1 Macau #39 Nigeria #30 Lebanon #175 Mongolia #63 Sweden #22 UAE #72 Zimbabwe #111 Norway #154 India #103 Saudi Arabia #75 Netherlands #30 Egypt #138 Switzerland #190 Luxembourg #267 Germany #97 Spain #203 Mexico #240 Austria #109 Fiji #174 Belize #180 Slovenia #177 Kenya #316 Brazil #356 Belgium My Blood Spotify: #185 Ireland iTunes: #19 Ireland #26 United Kingdom Apple Music: #94 Ireland #301 United Kingdom #445 Indonesia Without You iTunes: #27 Luxembourg #41 Sweden #14 Ireland #58 Denmark #59 Indonesia #38 United Kingdom #159 South Africa #291 Belgium #158 New Zealand Apple Music: #128 Ireland #677 United Kingdom Take Me There iTunes: #61 Indonesia #66 Ireland #94 Singapore #138 United Kingdom #383 Belgium #146 Hong Kong #257 South Africa #488 Switzerland Apple Music: #123 Ireland #658 United Kingdom One Last Time iTunes: #41 Indonesia #45 Philippines #67 Ireland #43 Singapore #69 Norway #132 Finland #158 United Kingdom #253 Netherlands #344 South Africa Apple Music: #112 Ireland #603 United Kingdom Dance iTunes: #68 Ireland #96 Singapore #158 Indonesia #217 United Kingdom Apple Music: #128 Ireland #178 Niger #638 United Kingdom L.O.V.E. iTunes: #131 Finland #152 Indonesia #775 United Kingdom Apple Music: #159 Ireland #810 UK Repair iTunes: #952 United Kingdom Apple Music: #153 Ireland #733 United Kingdom Another Life iTunes: #146 Poland #308 United Kingdom Indonesia Philippines Apple Music: #192 Ireland #931 UK

Universal described the album as "hotly-anticipated". In Taiwan, the CDs were sold out yesterday and the next refill will be next week. And it really is mental that Westlife's iTunes WORLDWIDE points are very close to Celine's because they have no hits on most of major markets even if the studio album is down to 2 in UK because of last night's television event. We'll see. Based on their recent interviews, sales are either very low or high to their expectations.

My Love is at the top of Best of 00s Pop Spotify playlist. I Lay My Love on You, Uptown Girl included Hello My Love (Acoustic) is at the top of Hot Acoustics Spotify playlist. They uploaded the Greatest Hits tracks on YouTube last Nov 12.

That's just one branch in one day. Idk and we don't know the whole pre order figures yet

One branch of Sainsbury's sold 15 CDs yesterday

iTunes (20x #1): #2 Worldwide #1 United Kingdom #1 Brunei #1 Mexico #1 Hong Kong #1 India #1 Indonesia #1 Ireland #1 Macau #1 Malaysia #1 New Zealand #1 Philippines #1 Singapore #1 Slovakia #1 South Africa #1 Sri Lanka #1 Sweden #1 Thailand #1 United Arab Emirates #1 Vietnam #2 Burkina Faso #2 Colombia #2 Belize #2 Belgium #2 Czech Republic #2 Denmark #2 Egypt #2 Israel #2 Norway #1 Qatar #2 Taiwan #3 Brazil #3 Papua New Guinea #2 Chile #4 Germany #4 Greece #4 Romania #4 Spain #4 Australia #5 Luxembourg #5 Netherlands #6 Japan (#1 pop) #6 Switzerland #7 Nigeria #8 Canada #7 Austria #13 Cambodia #13 Poland #12 United States #15 Russia #12 Italy #25 France #7 Turkey #41 Malta #51 Lebanon #54 Dominican Republic #67 Slovenia #2 Saudi Arabia #8 Finland Apple Music: #34 Worldwide #2 Ireland #4 Indonesia #8 United Kingdom #10 China #24 New Zealand #11 Taiwan #5 Singapore #9 Sri Lanka #77 Panama #7 Malaysia #8 Philippines #5 Vietnam #58 Thailand #6 Hong Kong #20 Oman #11 Mauritius #70 South Korea #50 Malta #45 Uganda #35 Denmark #118 Australia #62 South Africa #45 Bolivia #39 Ghana #84 Cambodia #8 Macau #49 Nigeria #57 Lebanon #175 Mongolia #88 Sweden #32 UAE #72 Zimbabwe #111 Norway #172 India #103 Saudi Arabia #80 Netherlands #80 Egypt #151 Switzerland #190 Luxembourg #271 Germany #113 Spain #203 Mexico #240 Austria #109 Fiji #196 Slovenia #197 Kenya #316 Brazil #407 Belgium My Blood iTunes: #19 Ireland #26 United Kingdom Apple Music: #94 Ireland #366 United Kingdom #445 Indonesia Without You iTunes: #27 Luxembourg #41 Sweden #14 Ireland #59 Indonesia #38 United Kingdom #175 South Africa #291 Belgium Apple Music: #128 Ireland #738 United Kingdom Take Me There iTunes: #61 Indonesia #66 Ireland #94 Singapore #138 United Kingdom #383 Belgium Apple Music: #123 Ireland #672 United Kingdom One Last Time iTunes: #41 Indonesia #45 Philippines #67 Ireland #43 Singapore #172 United Kingdom #253 Netherlands #344 South Africa Apple Music: #112 Ireland #617 United Kingdom Dance iTunes: #68 Ireland #96 Singapore #158 Indonesia #217 United Kingdom Apple Music: #128 Ireland #660 United Kingdom L.O.V.E. iTunes: #152 Indonesia #818 United Kingdom Apple Music: #159 Ireland #859 UK Repair iTunes: #1140 United Kingdom Apple Music: #153 Ireland #747 United Kingdom Another Life iTunes: #146 Poland #329 United Kingdom Indonesia Philippines Apple Music: #193 Ireland #987 UK

Did Shane sang Another Life bin the end and said it might be the next single? They should follow this thread because I update their chart placements here regularly lol

I'm talking about the official apple or iTunes app or program. Does the popularity bars still exists? Anyway, I cannot believe they are doing better than Celine in Japan. I mean this is one of the big markets and they never had a big hit there. Their albums 20 years ago only peaked at the top 20. BSB is bigger, Mexico as well.

I heard around 10pm BST not sure. I have seen a tweet that goes like this: I love how Westlife are acting so surprised at the album sales when most people preordered for presale tickets 😂 Maybe it's from one of their interviews today or because of their posts not so sure. Sales might be low or high idk I have no Apple account but does the popularity bars still exists?

And Westlife keeps on climbing on Apple Music. Most important one for them is the UK

Yes charis.

They worked very hard during the last decade

iTunes (20x #1): #15 Worldwide #1 United Kingdom #1 Brunei #1 Mexico #1 Hong Kong #1 India #1 Indonesia #1 Ireland #1 Macau #1 Malaysia #1 New Zealand #1 Philippines #1 Singapore #1 Slovakia #1 South Africa #1 Sri Lanka #1 Sweden #1 Thailand #1 United Arab Emirates #1 Vietnam #2 Belize #2 Belgium #2 Czech Republic #2 Denmark #2 Egypt #2 Israel #2 Norway #1 Qatar #2 Taiwan #3 Brazil #3 Papua New Guinea #2 Chile #4 Germany #4 Greece #4 Romania #4 Spain #4 Australia #5 Luxembourg #5 Netherlands #6 Japan (#1 pop) #6 Switzerland #7 Nigeria #8 Canada #8 Chile #7 Austria #13 Cambodia #13 Poland #12 United States #15 Russia #12 Italy #25 France #8 Turkey #41 Malta #51 Lebanon #54 Dominican Republic #67 Slovenia #83 Saudi Arabia Apple Music: #3 Ireland #11 Indonesia #17 United Kingdom #58 China #36 New Zealand #18 Taiwan #11 Singapore #14 Sri Lanka #79 Panama #9 Malaysia #13 Philippines #6 Vietnam #97 Thailand #13 Hong Kong #33 Oman #61 Mauritius #159 Uganda #40 Denmark #178 Australia #139 South Africa #165 Ghana #32 Macau #189 Nigeria #284 Sweden #90 UAE #379 Norway #486 India Without You iTunes: #19 Luxembourg #32 Ireland #58 United Kingdom #93 Indonesia #191 Belgium Apple Music: #222 Ireland One Last Time iTunes: #35 Ireland #35 Philippines #48 Singapore #155 Netherlands #194 United Kingdom

Nicky was the only one interviewed here, forgot to post

Take Me There iTunes: #34 Ireland #211 India #256 United Kingdom #374 Indonesia One Last Time iTunes: #35 Ireland #201 United Kingdom #212 India #375 Indonesia Dance iTunes: #36 Ireland #203 United Kingdom #376 Indonesia Another Life iTunes: #210 India #294 United Kingdom L.O.V.E. iTunes: #910 United Kingdom

When did you decide that Westlife’s reunion would also include a new album? “We’ve all made new careers for ourselves in the years in between. I’ve been doing my radio show, the others have been doing their own solo careers or focusing on family life. We’re all busy. We knew there were rumours and I think we all felt like there were a discussion to be had. We needed to get in a room together and sees the whites of each other’s eyes. I think all we needed to be committed to this. But it’s not like we could just meet in a restaurant in Dublin, you know? The internet would explode.” So where did you meet? “In my house. We had a lot to talk about. If we were going to get back together, how were we going to do it? Was this going to be a smash and grab? Were we going to tour the a**e of it and then disappear again? Did we want to make new music? Did we need a new record deal? And where did Westlife sit in today’s music? Music has changed so much in the time we’d been aware and it wasn’t a given that we had a role to fill." "I always look at the big bands, at U2, at Coldplay, at Take That and ask ‘How we do we compare?. You need to deliver top, top quality in everything you’re doing and I wanted to know if we could do that.” How was the discussion? Were you all on the same page? Had you kept in touch over the years? “I’d had all the boys on my show over the years, so we weren’t not talking, but I wouldn’t say we were in touch either. Normally it was when they had something to sell, so they were always busy. In those years, inevitably, everyone’s families have grown and there’s more to think about. But, as soon as we met up, we were swapping stories and cracking jokes in no time. When you do and go through so much together, it creates a bond that’s hard to break. Westlife were always closer than most boybands.” What makes you say that? “Most boybands are put together. That’s their nature. But Kian, Mark and Shane knew each other from school. They arrived with more of a bond than the boys in Blue or Take That or One Direction did, they were just put together. That doesn’t make you any more relevant now though, you need a reason to keep going.” How did you approach collecting songs for the record? Were there writers you were interested in working with? “I’d read that Ed Sheeran had grown up a Westlife fan and when I heard that, the first thing I thought was ‘We need to get him writing for us’. He’s worked a lot with Steve Mac and Steve Mac wrote for us, right from the start of our career and gave us some of our biggest hits. I spoke to Steve about Ed and he told that not only was he interested, but they’d already been writing songs and I was over the moon.” What was the first track he gave you? “It was ‘Better Man’. I loved it, it’s a classic old school ballad with a modern twist. We were really known for our ballads at the height of our career and it was great to re-discover that. We were all very conscious that these new songs had to match what we’ve done already. Tracks like ‘World Of Our Own’ and ‘Flying Without Wings’, songs that feel timeless, they had to be up there.” You went looking for the best writers then? “We’ve got Steve Mac in charge, Ed Sheeran has given us four songs, all the first four singles, then you got James Bay and Ryan Tedder working with us too. I looked at Coldplay and I really wanted us to be the boyband version of them. We know we’ve got a big fanbase, but we’ve grown up and so have our fans, you need to acknowledge that, you can’t pretend to be the same person you are in your 20’s.” Did you record many songs for the album? “Not really, no. We worked on the album a lot and over a long time and we were still working on it up until about two months ago. We ended up recording 13 or 14. We thought we might record 30 or 40 and then work it down, but we were so confident about the songs we didn’t need to. We got Ed Sheeran, that was a massive win. He’s the biggest songwriter on the planet and he has a real soft spot for us. That was such a boost.” When did you decide on Spectrum for the album title? “This is Westlife 2.0. It’s a phrase we use a lot. It means we don’t accept second best and we don’t settle for anything. We want our music to be colourful and we want it to be accessible to everybody; We’re older now and we’ve got more control over our careers. We used to do exactly what we were told to do." "We recorded what we were told to record and if the label wanted us to go on TV head to foot in white Gucci, we’d do it. We’ve grown up now, we’ve come back with fresh eyes and fresh perspective. Those eight years gave us a lot more confidence and we want more control.” You’re signed to Universal now, how’s the new label set up going? “It’s been brilliant. We made it very clear to them that they weren’t signing the same Westlife, they were signing adults now and it was going to be much more of a partnership. I’m not talking down Sony and Simon Cowell, we’d be nothing without them, but it was time to do something else.” You talked earlier about wanting to make sure you and your bandmates were committed to the band, does that mean you’ll want to be back in the studio soon? “I can’t see a new album coming any time soon, certainly we won’t work at the pace we used to. 13 albums in 14 years! No way.” That was a ferocious pace… “Boybands have to do that. There’s no way around that. Someone is always coming to take your spot. Kids grow up and you lose them. Teenagers can be massive Westlife fans one day and the next they hate them. You have to keep working and winning new fans.” But lots of your fans have followed you, you’re playing football stadiums... “It’s not just young girls anymore. I used to joke at our shows ‘Hands up if you’ve been dragged along’ and you’d get a good chunk of fellas with their hands up and a big cheer. Now, I think we’ve moved into the next level, our shows are beyond the music, they’re spectacles. You have to give people a great night out and leave them with their mouths open.”

#21 now on Apple Music bjork

No. No, never been so high for an album sales charts in US Japan France Canada The source @1195191657257418753 Facebook live later at 2pm This Morning on Monday They are currently doing radio interviews

iTunes (20x #1): #15 Worldwide #1 United Kingdom #1 Brunei #1 Mexico #1 Hong Kong #1 India #1 Indonesia #1 Ireland #1 Macau #1 Malaysia #1 New Zealand #1 Philippines #1 Singapore #1 Slovakia #1 South Africa #1 Sri Lanka #1 Sweden #1 Thailand #1 United Arab Emirates #1 Vietnam #2 Belize #2 Belgium #2 Czech Republic #2 Denmark #2 Egypt #2 Israel #2 Norway #1 Qatar #2 Taiwan #3 Brazil #3 Papua New Guinea #2 Chile #4 Germany #4 Greece #4 Romania #4 Spain #4 Australia #5 Luxembourg #5 Netherlands #6 Japan (#1 pop) #6 Switzerland #7 Nigeria #8 Canada #8 Chile #7 Austria #13 Cambodia #13 Poland #12 United States #15 Russia #15 Italy #25 France #8 Turkey #41 Malta #51 Lebanon #54 Dominican Republic #67 Slovenia #83 Saudi Arabia Apple Music: #3 Ireland #11 Indonesia #17 United Kingdom #58 China #36 New Zealand #25 Taiwan #11 Singapore #19 Sri Lanka #79 Panama #9 Malaysia #13 Philippines #13 Vietnam #97 Thailand #13 Hong Kong #33 Oman #61 Mauritius #159 Uganda #40 Denmark #178 Australia #139 South Africa #165 Ghana #81 Macau #189 Nigeria #284 Sweden #90 UAE #379 Norway

L.O.V.E. iTunes: #155 Indonesia Take Me There iTunes: #311 Indonesia #1018 United Kingdom

This is my least memorable song from the album so far because it's sandwiched by two uptempo songs. They really want to push their fans for upbeat ones lol Kian really is something. There's a new description article about Another Life and he's like the song is perfect because of another Life for Westlife and a nice way of saying goodbye to the fans with this album They put Repair at the top of Pop Right Now Spotify playlist. The label really wants to push for their very own James Bay lol

Tagging this as their worst is an overreaction. The tracks get better on repeat and when you start at track 1

Another Life just because it is the last track it's not the worst I love the middle to the last part of the song. Pure excellence

Glad you love it. Album on repeat

iTunes (18x #1): #15 Worldwide #1 United Kingdom #1 Hong Kong #1 India #1 Indonesia #1 Ireland #1 Macau #1 Malaysia #1 New Zealand #1 Philippines #1 Singapore #1 Slovakia #1 South Africa #1 Sri Lanka #1 Sweden #1 Thailand #1 United Arab Emirates #1 Vietnam #2 Mexico #2 Belgium #2 Czech Republic #2 Denmark #2 Egypt #2 Israel #2 Norway #1 Qatar #2 Taiwan #3 Brazil #3 Papua New Guinea #4 Chile #4 Germany #4 Greece #4 Romania #4 Spain #4 Australia #5 Luxembourg #5 Netherlands #6 Japan (#1 pop) #6 Switzerland #8 Chile #9 Austria #13 Cambodia #13 Poland #15 United States #15 Russia #15 Italy #25 France #8 Turkey #41 Malta #51 Lebanon #67 Slovenia Apple Music: #6 Ireland #12 Indonesia #37 United Kingdom #58 China #36 New Zealand #30 Taiwan #26 Singapore #57 Sri Lanka #90 Panama #46 Malaysia #21 Philippines #13 Vietnam #164 Thailand #16 Hong Kong #165 Denmark #183 Australia #310 South Africa #81 Macau