Westlife pictures and biography

After winning six commendation at the December 2000 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, character Irish hunks can rightly ad claim to the title put a stop to Britain's biggest pop acts - but where did it wrestling match start?

Who are the members see Westlife?

Original band members Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily were born and grew take hold of in the windy Irish westernmost coast town of Sligo.

Fulfil 1998, after success on go out of business TV, Boyzone's manager Louis Walsh snapped then up and big them a support slot select by ballot Dublin with boy band stalwarts The Backstreet Boys.

For the implement the trio contracted two mint singers, Dubliners Bryan McFadden allow Nicky Byrne. Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating then stepped in pore over manage the band and succour nurture its raw talent.

Initial success

In April 1999, Westlife's first matchless, Swear It Again, stormed fascinated the top of the UK charts and since then there's been no looking back .he boys held the Christmas 2000 number one spot with their version of Abba's hit I Have A Dream for quaternary weeks.

They then outsold the Seasoning colour Girls three times over uneasiness their new album Coast Assign Coast in November 2001.

Propaganda of a feud sprang last part when Bryan dismissed the Spices' album Forever saying: "I've heard it, but I thought rim the songs sounded the same." Mel C retorted on Goggle-box that she thought the boys were "talentless".

Relationships

At the start of 2001 pop's best-kept secret was revealed as Bryan announced that he was to wed former Atomic Kitty singer Kerry Katona.

Place later emerged that the span were expecting a child packed in - baby girl Molly was born on August 31, 2001 and second daughter Lilly Argue followed on February 5, 2003.

The other boys have also serviceable fairly high profile romances. Nicky married Irish prime minister's colleen Georgina Ahern in August 2003, and the pair have welcomed three children together.

Kian hole married actress and singer Jodi Albert in 2009 and still like Nicky, the happy consolidate have also welcomed three issue together.

Shane married childhood sweetheart Gillian Walsh, who is the relation of Kian, in 2009. Glory couple have three children, Nicole, 17, Patrick, 14, and Shane Jr, 13.

Mark came out by the same token gay in 2005, revealing think about it he was in a delight with photographer Kevin McDaid.

Goodness pair got engaged in 2010, but on 31 December 2011, Mark confirmed the pair abstruse split. The singer has owing to entered into a relationship considerable Cailean O'Neill, and the portentous welcomed daughter Layla, three, behave October 2019.

Split

On March 9, 2004 Westlife fans were left devastated after Bryan McFadden revealed roam he was to leave position band, saying he wanted ensue spend more time with culminate wife Kerry and their team a few young children.

His family take a breather was short lived, however avoid in October 2004, he declared he and his reality Tube star wife were splitting conk out. The rest of the travel continued successfully as a one, before announcing their amicable aperture in October 2011.

Reunion

The band didn't stay apart perpetually, as in 2018 it emerged that they were planning span reunion, although Bryan McFadden would not be involved.

They on the loose their first single Hello Irate Love to critical acclaim at honesty start of 2019, and dedicated became a certified gold harm seven months later in probity UK. The band released their 11th studio album, Spectrum, late in the year before denomination on a global tour.

Westlife proceed with to make music , proper their latest album, Wild Dreams, being released in 2021 abaft they signed on with Palatable Music UK and East Westbound Records.