List of awards and nominations received by Westlife

Westlife awards and nominations

The band on their 2006 concert tour
Awards and nominations
Award Wins Nominations
MTV Europe Music Awards
1 3
Brit Awards
2 6
Meteor Awards
14 0
World Music Awards
1 3
Totals
Awards won 91
Nominations 19

This is a comprehensive list of awards which Westlife has won or was nominated for since 1998.

Big Buzz Irish Entertainment Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Best Irish Band Westlife Won

BRIT Awards

The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Westlife has won two awards from six nominations.[1][2]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Westlife Best International Newcomer Nominated
Best International Group Nominated
Best Pop Act Won
2002 Westlife Won
2005 Westlife Nominated
2006 Westlife Nominated

BT Digital Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2008 Best Official Website http://www.westlife.com Won

Capital FM/Radio Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2000 Best International New Comer Westlife Won
2001 Best International Group Westlife Won
2002 Best International Group Westlife Won
2003 Best International Group Westlife Won
2003 Best Website http://www.westlife.com Won

Celebritain Pop Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2011 Best Male Group Westlife Won
2011 Best Live Act Westlife Won

Celebrity Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2000 Pop Stars of the Years Westlife Won

Clear Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Top 10 International Hitmaker Westlife Won

Digital Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 People's Choice Award for Best Official Website http://www.westlife.com Won
2004 People's Choice Award for Best Official Website http://www.westlife.com Won

Disney Kids Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2000 Best Male Group Westlife Won
2001 Best Male Group/Artist Westlife Won
2001 Group of the Year Westlife Won

ECHO Awards

The ECHO Awards are a German music award show created in 1992. Each year's winner is determined by the previous year's sales. Westlife received one nomination.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Westlife Best International Rock/Pop Group Nominated

G.A.Y. Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2003 Sexiest Group in Planet Pop Westlife Won
2003 Most Gay-Friendly Boyband Westlife Won
2003 Hottest Irish Group Westlife Won

Heineken/Hot Press Awards (Ireland)

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1999 Best New Comer Westlife Won

Hit Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2000 Best International Group Westlife Won

Hot Press Irish Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Outstanding Achievement In Popular Music Westlife Won

Interactive Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2003 Best Website http://www.westlife.com Won

IPFI (Hong Kong)

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Top Sales Music Award World of Our Own Won
2007 Top Sales Music Award The Love Album Won

Irish Buzz WKD Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Best Irish Band Westlife Won

Meteor Music Awards

The Meteor Music Awards was an accolade bestowed upon professionals in the music industry in Ireland.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Westlife Best Irish Pop Act Won
2002 Westlife Won
World of Our Own Best Irish Pop Album Won
Uptown Girl Best Irish Pop Single Won
2003 Westlife Best Irish Pop Act Won
2004 Won
2005 Won
2006 Won
2007 Won
2008 Won
2009 Won
2010 Won

Mnet Music Video Festival

An award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Westlife Mnet Asian Music Award for Best International Artist Nominated

MTV Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2012 Westlife MTV Battle of The Boyband[3][4] Won

MTV Asia Awards

The MTV Asia Awards is an award show established in 2002, the show gives recognition and awards to Asian and international artists in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Westlife Favourite Pop Act Won
2003 Nominated
2006 Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards "(EMA)" were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Westlife won 1 award from 3 nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1999 Westlife Best New Act Nominated
Best UK & Ireland Act Nominated
2000 Won

MTV Immies Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2003 Westlife Best Male Pop Act - Solo / Duo / Group Won

Online Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 People's Choice Westlife Won

National Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Best UK Band Westlife Won

Nordic Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2004 Best International Band Westlife Won

Pepsi Chart People's Choice

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Westlife Best Breakthrough Video (Uptown Girl) Won

NRJ Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Best International Group Westlife Won

Radio Music Awards

The Radio Music Awards was an annual U.S. award show that honored the year's most successful songs on mainstream radio.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Westlife Listener's Choice Best Group Won

RAV Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Best Column Inches Westlife Won
2001 You Pretend to Hate Them But Know All Their Songs Westlife Won

RIA (Singapore)

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Best Top Ten Selling Album Westlife Won

Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a pop music magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1998 Westlife Best New Tour Act Won
2000 Coast to Coast Best Album Won
My Love Best Single Won
Westlife Best Non - British Band Won
Best Band On Planet Pop Won
Best Boyband in the Universe Won
2001 Best Band On Planet Pop Won
World of Our Own Best Album Won
2002 Westlife Best Pop Band Won
Best International Act Won
Hall of Fame Won
Best Cover of the Year Won
2003 Best International Act Won
2004 Favorite Download Flying Without Wings Won

Swedish Hit Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2002 Best International Group Westlife Won

The Record of the Year

The Record of the Year was an award voted by the United Kingdom public.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1999 Flying Without Wings The Record of the Year Won
2000 My Love Won
2003 Mandy Won
2005 You Raise Me Up Won

TMF Awards

The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory).

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1999 Westlife Best Breakthrough Artist/Newcomer Won
2000 Best International Band Won
2002 Best International Pop Act Won
2003 Best Pop Act Won

Top of the Pops Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1999 Best Band of the Year Westlife Won
1999 Best Love Song Swear It Again Won
2001 Best Pop Act Westlife Won
2001 Top Pop Act Westlife Won

TV Hits Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1999 Best New Act Westlife Won
2000 Best Band Westlife Won
2000 Best World Artist Westlife Won

Variety Club Showbiz Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2007 Best Recording Artist Westlife Won

VIVA Comet

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2001 Zuschauer Comet Westlife Won

World Music Awards

The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Westlife earned one award.[5]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2004 World's Best-selling Artist/Ireland Westlife Won
2012 World's Best Group Nominated
2014 World's Best Group Nominated
World's Best Live Act Nominated

Other honors

Guinness World Records

The Guinness World Records honors the year's most impressive acts.

Year Recipient Category Result Ref.
2000 Westlife First to have its first seven debut singles to reach the number one in UK Singles Chart Won
2002 Westlife Most public appearances by a pop band in 36 hours: The greatest number of public appearances by a pop band in 36 hours in different cities is five by Westlife from November 10 to 11, 2002. Won
2003 Westlife Most singles to debut at number one on the UK Chart. Won
2010 Westlife Top selling album music band in the 2000s decade in the United Kingdom Won

Wembley Square of Fame

Year Recipient Category Result Ref.
2008 Westlife (Kian, Mark, Nicky, and Shane) Wembley Square of Fame Star Won

Trivia

  • They have a total of over a billion views in YouTube. Total of 300 million streams officially and 550 million streams in Spotify.
  • Most watched music artist on Vietnam as of 2015 according to YouTube.
  • Best selling international album act and band to date in Indonesia and Philippines.
  • They have 14 UK number ones and 25 Top 10 hits in UK Singles Chart. 8 number ones and 12 Top 4 overall in UK Albums Chart.
  • The highest charting non-British group, pop group and Irish group with most number one appearances in the UK Singles Chart (15).
  • Mark Feehily is the highest charting performer from the LGBT group with most number one appearances in the UK Singles Chart (15).
  • Shane Filan is the highest charting solo Irish act with most number one appearances in the UK Singles Chart (16).
  • They are the only recording artists to win the prestigious Record Of The Year an incredible four times in just seven years.
  • Only Irish act, pop band, boy band to have two of previous Marvel Hollywood Actors had been cast in two of the lads' music videos. Vinnie Jones who played as Juggernaut in 'X-Men: The Last Stand' was featured as the Duke Vincent in 'Bop Bop Baby', while Ioan Gruffudd who played as Mr. Fantastic in 'Fantastic Four 2005 & 2007' was featured as one of the high class customers in 'Uptown Girl'.
  • Most Entries at Number 1 by a Debuting Act.
  • Only music act to have four number one in UK Singles Chart in only a year.
  • Only male group with most original songs in an album went straight to number one in UK Singles Chart with four singles.
  • Biggest-selling single in a week one by a debut artist.
  • The first pop band and boy band to hit the #1 with its first two singles.
  • Fastest number one music chart act and band in UK history beating Elvis Presley's previous record of three years versus 23 months of Westlife getting each its first seven number-one singles.
  • Shortest music act or band to have ten or double-figures number ones in the UK Singles Chart (2 years and 10 months - 149 weeks) - more than 3 months quicker than The Beatles (165 weeks).
  • First official number one single music act in the 21st century of UK Singles Chart.
  • Last official number one single music act in the 20th century of UK Singles Chart.
  • First official number one music artist, band and single in the UK Official Download Chart.
  • Highest leaper in the history of Official UK Singles Chart (from #200 to #1) for their single "Mandy".
  • Second highest leaper as well in history of UK Singles Chart (#194 to #1) with the group's single "Unbreakable".
  • Most number ones with different albums by a music album act, group, pop group and male group in UK Albums Chart in the 2000s.
  • Second most number ones, tied with Rod Stewart, with different albums by a music album act, group, pop group and male group in UK Albums Chart clustered per decade since The Beatles in the 1960s.
  • Second music act to have the longest string of number ones in UK history.
  • Three of their studio albums were part of the 50 fastest selling albums of all time in UK.
  • The first Irish act to have both album and single as number one on the same week in the UK charts.
  • Second Irish act to headline concerts in the third largest stadium in Europe, Croke Park, just after U2.
  • Biggest arena act of all time in the United Kingdom.
  • Last concert was the biggest live attendees in a last performance date by a pop act.
  • Their last concert was the eleventh largest attendance at an outdoor stadium worldwide.
  • Most performed professional and international music act in X Factor UK.
  • Only pop band to be invited to perform live in front of a pope and a sultan.
  • Third highest band, and highest pop band with most Top 10 singles in UK Charts.
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits in the UK: Westlife (22), Runner-up: Elvis Presley (20)
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits by a group in the UK: Westlife (22)
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits by a male group in the UK: Westlife (22)
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits including debut single by an act in UK: Westlife (22)
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits including debut single by a pop group in UK: Westlife (22)
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits including debut single by a group in UK: Westlife (22)
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits including debut single by male group in UK: Westlife (22)
  • Most Consecutive Top 5 hits including debut single by pop act in UK: Westlife (22)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits in UK: Madonna (35), Runner-up: Westlife (25)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits by a group in UK: Westlife (25)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits by a male group in UK: Westlife (25)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by a group in UK: Westlife (25)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by male group in UK: Westlife (25)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by an act in UK: Westlife (25)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by a pop group in UK: Westlife (25)
  • Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by pop act in UK: Westlife (25)
  • Most Top 40 Hits by a group in UK: The Supremes (30), Runner-up: Take That (28), Westlife (26)
  • Most Top 40 Hits by a male group in UK: Take That (28), Runner-up: Westlife (26)
  • Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a group in UK: Westlife (7)
  • Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a male group in UK: Westlife (7)
  • Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a debut act in UK: Westlife (7)
  • Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a debut pop act in UK: Westlife (7)
  • Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a debut group in UK: Westlife (7)
  • Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a debut pop group in UK: Westlife (7)
  • Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a debut male group in UK: Westlife (7)
  • Highest paid music act in a sports wedding history (Wayne Rooney and Coleen Rooney).
  • Fourth highest paid music act of all time in wedding history worldwide (Wayne and Coleen Rooney).
  • Holds the record of having one of the most successful song by a pop act and band (in terms of its views) that has never been released as a single in YouTube.
  • Biggest selling pop band, second highest band and third highest overall of the 21st century in UK so far.
  • Longest reigning band and second longest reigning number one music act in the 21st century in UK.
  • Most successful music act in UK music charts in the 2000s with 11 number one singles and 7 number one albums.

See also

References

  1. "Westlife win Pop Act presented by Cat Deeley BRIT Awards 2001". November 21, 2012.
  2. "Westlife win Pop Act presented by Sophie Ellis Bextor BRIT Awards 2002". November 21, 2012.
  3. "WESTLIFE WIN MTV'S BATTLE OF THE BOY BANDS". May 7, 2012.
  4. "WESTLIFE 'HONORED' TO WIN MTV'S BATTLE OF THE BOY BANDS". May 8, 2012.
  5. "WESTLIFE SMILE & ACCEPTING AWARD WORLD MUSIC AWARDS 2004". September 30, 2016.
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