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  News

  Westlife announce The Twenty Tour UK and Ireland area dates

  Westlife are hitting the road together for the first time in seven years.

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  News

  Westlife announce their return to music: relive the chart-topping Irish group's chart history

  Get ready for the return of the stool and key change combination.

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  Irish Charts

  Acts with the most Number 1 singles in Ireland

  For most, bagging just one Number 1 single can be an almighty feat, but for others, it can come a little more naturally...

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  Irish Charts

  The history of the Official Irish Charts

  We look back at the evolution and milestones of the Irish Singles Chart.

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  Features

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  The Official Top 40 biggest selling singles by Irish acts of the last 20 years

  Spoiler: Includes lots of Westlife…

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  News

  Lionel Richie's 2018 UK summer tour support acts announced as Anastacia and Shane Filan

  The soul-funk legend returns to the UK for a string of shows this summer.

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  News

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  Westlife’s Markus Feehily debuts solo single - listen

  Love Is A Drug will be the former Westlife member’s first single as a solo artist.

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  News

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  Westlife and Boyzone members form a (sort of) supergroup called Boyzlife

  The ultimate Irish supergroup is happening, but there's a catch...

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  News

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  Westlife add extra dates to farewell tour

  Westlife have added nine extra dates to their 2012 farewell tour.

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  Features

  Bands that carried on after losing a member

  Breaking up is hard to do, but some groups don't give up once one of the crew moves on…

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  News

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  Markus Feehily announces debut solo album Fire

  The singer describes the collection as the "complete polar opposite of what I was doing in Westlife.

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  News

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  Westlife’s Shane Filan unveils his debut solo single and video

  Everything To Me is Shane’s first release since Westlife announced split in 2011.

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  Interview

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  Westlife’s Shane Filan chats about his new solo album, You And Me

  The artist formally known as ‘Shane from Westlife’ strikes out on his own with the release of his debut solo album, You And Me.

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  News

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  Breaking News: Westlife split up

  After a 13 year long career and 14 Number 1 singles, Westlife are splitting up.

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  News

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  The nation’s favourite Westlife tracks revealed!

  In the wake of their dramatic retirement announcement last night, Westlife’s most popular tracks and albums are this morning unveiled by The Official Charts Company.

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  Features

  Cancelled! Singles that were scrapped at the last minute

  Ever wonder about the hits that could have been? We look at singles that were scrapped at the last minute…

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  Features

  Why do some songs include brackets in the title?

  Ever wondered why songs have brackets (when they don't really need them)?

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  News

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  Rihanna, One Direction, Westlife and The Saturdays go head-to-head!

  November 21 is shaping up to be this autumn season’s 'Manic Monday', with a four-way battle to the top the Official Albums Chart heating up.

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  News

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  Louis Walsh set to leave X Factor next year

  Former Boyzone, Westlife and Girls Aloud manager set to leave X Factor after 10 years as a judge.

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  News

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  The Official biggest selling Comic Relief singles revealed

  Including Spice Girls, Cliff Richard, One Direction and *lots* of Peter Kay...

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  News

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  Rihanna loves her “unpretty” new album cover

  Talk That Talk will go head-to-head with The Saturdays, Westlife, One Direction and Kate Bush in what is set to be one of the biggest chart battles of the year when it’s released on November 21.

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  Features

  473

  Girlbands vs Boybands – their biggest songs of the century revealed

  Who's out in front when it comes to sales? The biggest boyband/girlband hits since 2000 revealed.

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  Flashback

  223

  Number 1 today in 2004: Peter Andre vs Jamelia

  A trip to the jungle helps Peter Andre leap to Number 1 with an eight-year-old hit, ahead of Jamelia.

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  Flashback

  227

  Number 1 today in 1999: Five score their first chart-topper with Keep On Movin'

  The slam dunkin' boyband beat R Kelly to the top of the Official Singles Chart with their first Number 1.

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  Features

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  10 boyband stars who went solo

  Ahead of Zayn Malik's solo debut this week, look back at 10 former boyband stars who braved it alone.