[04/22]九年以来的单曲记录
这个周六是Westlife的首张单曲Swear It Again发行九周年的纪念日。
他们的单曲记录开始于Swear It Again,首周销售了102325张。
他们接下来的6张单曲全部登上榜首，让他们成为首个7连冠。尽管What Makes A Man没有登上榜首，他们还是在之后几年里取得了7个冠军，还创造了连续发行22首前5单曲的记录。
有的人说I'm Already There最高只拿到62名，但毕竟它没有拍摄MV，也没有作为单曲宣传过，所以把它放在一边，等到Us Against The World拿到第八以后，他们的记录才被打破——但他们连续取得前10单曲的记录仍然在继续。I'm Already There避免了成为Westlife的最低销量单曲——虽然Amazing卖得也不多，但它还是为Westlife超高的单曲销量添上了一笔。5,797,898，Westlife单曲的销量足足有500多万张。从1999年Westlife开始他们的榜单处子秀以来，这个数字是最高的。
Westlife的最高销量单曲是Uptown Girl。
This Saturday will mark the ninth anniversary of the release of Swear It Again, the first single by Westlife.
The Irish group – five-strong until Bryan McFadden’s departure in 2004, since when they have operated as a quartet – hit the ground running, with Swear It Again entering the chart at number one, with first week sales of 102,325
Their next six single also entered the chart at number one, making them the first act ever to secure seven straight number one debuts.
Although eighth single, What Makes A Man, peaked at number two, they have since returned to the number one slot a further seven times, and racked 22 consecutive Top 5 singles at the start of a career – a record.
Some would say that their run was spoilt in December 2007, when I’m Already There – a cover of a track first recorded by American country group Lonestar – briefly entered the Top 75, peaking at number 62 after the group performed it in their ITV special The Westlife Show. As it was not serviced to radio, released physically, or accessible on iTunes any other way than as a track on their Back Home album, purists would argue that wasn’t a single at all, and that Westlife’s run of Top 5 singles was, at that stage, unbroken.
But it would be impossible to argue the same for their latest release, Us Against the World, which, with a promo video, full radio servicing, physical release and stand-alone download availability, was a bona-fide single, and peaked at number eight in March. WLBut if I’m Already There is disregarded, the band’s run of consecutive Top 10 hits from the start of their career now stands at 23 – another total without precedent.
I’m Already There has avoided becoming their smallest seller, easing marginally ahead of 2006’s number four hit, Amazing, but has contributed little to Westlife’s very impressive career singles sales tally, which currently stands at 5,797,898 – more than any other act in the period since they made their maiden chart appearance in 1999, in a Top 5 where supporting roles were played by Fatboy Slim’s Right Here Right Now, Martine McCutcheon’s Perfect Moment, In Our Lifetime by Texas, and Basement Jaxx’s Red Alert. The biggest-selling single of Westlife’s career came in 2001, when their version of Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl, released as a charity single with proceeds going to Comic Relief, sold more than 750,000 copies
Here, exclusively, is our countdown of all their hits. Highest chart position quoted in brackets (#) along with year of release and album the song is taken from
下面是榜单，括号里是最高排名
注意都不是首周销量
1. UPTOWN GIRL - 756,215 (#1) 2001 Coast To Coast
2. I HAVE A DREAM/SEASONS IN THE SUN - 630,417 (#1) 1999 Westlife
3. WHAT MAKES A MAN - 390,407 (#2) 2000 Coast To Coast
4. YOU RAISE ME UP - 387,267 (#1) 2005 Face To Face
5. SWEAR IT AGAIN - 356,278 (#1) 1999 Westlife
6. AGAINST ALL ODDS - 354,815 (#1) 2000 Coast To Coast
7. FLYING WITHOUT WINGS - 349,830 (#1) 1999 Westlife
8. QUEEN OF MY HEART - 327,908 (#1) 2001 World Of Our Own
9. IF I LET YOU GO - 300,273 (#1) 1999 Westlife
10. MY LOVE - 290,783 (#1) 2000 Coast To Coast
11. FOOL AGAIN - 204,773 (#1) 2000 Westlife
12. WORLD OF OUR OWN - 200,475 (#1) 2002 World Of Our Own
13. UNBREAKABLE - 200,402 (#1) 2002 The Greatest Hits
14. MANDY - 184,310 (#1) 2003 Turnaround
15. HOME - 166,506 (#3) 2007 Back Home
16. THE ROSE - 124,503 (#1) 2006 The Love Album
17. WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME - 114,212 (#2) 2005 Face To Face
18. BOP BOP BABY - 111,716 (#5) 2002 World Of Our Own
19. TONIGHT/MISS YOU NIGHTS - 100,562 (#3) 2003 The Greatest Hits
20. HEY WHATEVER - 79,981 (#4) 2003 Turnaround
21. OBVIOUS - 76,518 (#3) 2004 Turnaround
22. US AGAINST THE WORLD - 45,865 (#8) 2008 Back Home
23. AMAZING - 43,882 (#4) 2006 Face To Face
希望Amazing以后都待在最后一名了..西城男孩,Westlife,专辑,my love,westlife.cn,westlif
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