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Westlife discography
Westlife performing live on their Gravity Tour in October 2011 in Hanoi, Vietnam
Studio albums12
Live albums1
Compilation albums9
Singles38
Video albums16
Music videos55
Promotional singles14
No. 1 singles15

Irish boy band Westlife have released twelve studio albums, sixteen video albums, one live album, three karaoke albums, thirty-eight singles, fourteen promotional singles, nine compilation albums and fifty-five music videos. The band was signed under Simon Cowell, Clive Davis, and Jordan Jay and under record labels' BMG, S Records, Arista Records, Sony BMG, Syco Music, Sony Music Entertainment and RCA Records from 1998 to 2012 and currently on Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records from 2018. Their biggest-selling album is their first Greatest Hits compilation, followed by Coast to Coast, with six of their albums selling one million copies or more. Their biggest selling video is "Where Dreams Come True", which has sold 240,000 copies to date.[1]

In 2012, the Official Charts Company listed Westlife 34th amongst the biggest-selling singles artists in British music history. They are currently the sixteenth biggest group of all time overall.[2] They are also currently ranked twenty-sixth with the most number ones albums of all time.[3] They have had 36 number-one albums worldwide.[4] This earned them the following Guinness World Records: first to achieve six consecutive number-one singles in the UK, most singles to debut at number one on the UK chart,[5][6] and the top-selling album group in the United Kingdom of the 21st century.[7] Despite their success, Westlife never managed to break into the United States, achieving only one hit single in 2000, their debut single "Swear It Again", which peaked at number 20 on Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold.[8][9]

As of July 2024, the group has sold more than 55 million records worldwide, as well as amassing more than a billion global streams and one billion YouTube views.[10]

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
IRE
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[13]
GER
[14]
NLD
[15]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[20]
Westlife 1 15 55 8 5 1 5 25 2
Coast to Coast
  • Released: 6 November 2000
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
1 40 59 19 13 2 6 3 38 1
World of Our Own
  • Released: 12 November 2001
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
1 80 9 8 10 3 7 1 19 1
  • UK: 814,690[H]
  • WW: 4,000,000[I]
Turnaround
  • Released: 24 November 2003
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
1 42 20 33 42 37 5 24 1
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[28]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[46]
...Allow Us to Be Frank
  • Released: 8 November 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
2 30 32 5 75 3
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[28]
Face to Face
  • Released: 31 October 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
1 1 18 30 7 9 14 1
  • UK: 1,142,565[J]
  • IRMA: 8× Platinum[48]
  • ARIA: Platinum[49]
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[28]
  • IFPI EU: Platinum[50]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[51]
The Love Album
  • Released: 20 November 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
1 11 49 34 49 2 1 3 27 1
  • IRMA: 10× Platinum[52]
  • ARIA: Platinum[49]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[28]
  • IFPI EU: Platinum[53]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[54]
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum[55]
Back Home
  • Released: 5 November 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
1 14 65 45 48 12 18 33 19 1
  • IRMA: 5× Platinum[57]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[28]
  • IFPI EU: Platinum[58]
  • IFPI SWE: Gold[59]
  • RMNZ: Gold[60]
Where We Are
  • Released: 30 November 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
2 53 42 13 8 25 2
Gravity
  • Released: 22 November 2010
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
1 76 22 46 50 3
  • IRMA: 2× Platinum[64]
  • BPI: Platinum[28]
Spectrum
  • Released: 15 November 2019
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl[65]
1 [M] 69 23 1
Wild Dreams
  • Released: 26 November 2021
  • Label: East West
  • Formats: Digital download, CD, LP, streaming
2 75 46 71 2
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
IRE
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[13]
GER
[14]
NLD
[15]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[20]
Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1
  • Released: 11 November 2002
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, cassette, digital download, streaming
1 66 14 7 3 1 10 2 14 1
  • UK: 1,896,765[Q]
Greatest Hits
  • Release: 18 November 2011
  • Label: Sony, RCA
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
1 75 64 17 31 46 96 4
The Love Songs
  • Release: 3 February 2014
  • Label: Camden, Sony
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
42 [R]
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums (Limited release)

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Title Album details
No.1 Hits and Rare Tracks[77]
  • Release: 23 August 2000 (Japan)
  • Label: BMG, RCA
  • Formats: CD
Golden Hits[78]
  • Release: 2001 (Hong Kong)
  • Label: BMG, RCA
  • Formats: CD
Grandes Exitos[79]
  • Release: 2002 (Venezuela)
  • Label: BMG, RCA
  • Formats: CD
Released[80]
  • Release: 28 March 2005 (South Africa)
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
Collector's Edition[81]
  • Release: 1 November 2011
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD
Diamond – The Ultimate Collection[82]
  • Release: 2012 (South Africa)
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
Best of the Best[83]
  • Release: 14 July 2014 (Malaysia)
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD

Live albums

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Title Video details
The Farewell Tour: Live at Croke Park[84][85]
  • Released: 18 December 2012
  • Label: BBC
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

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As lead artist

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1990s and 2000s

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
IRE
[11]
AUS
[12][86]
GER
[87]
NLD
[88][89]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[20]
US
[90]
"Swear It Again" 1999 1 12 23 1 12 25 1 20 Westlife
"If I Let You Go" 1 13 50 19 8 1 6 25 1
"Flying Without Wings" 1 36 85 17 6 7 12 1
"I Have a Dream"/
"Seasons in the Sun"
1 31 24 19 10 10 15 18 1
"Fool Again" 2000 2 80 13 5 39 1
"My Love" 1 36 57 9 3 3 1 38 1 Coast to Coast
"What Makes a Man" 2 2
"I Lay My Love on You" 2001 29 50 12 24 10 39
"Uptown Girl" 1 6 8 2 4 3 2 13 1
"When You're Looking Like That" 20 19 24 23 30 9 47 188[103]
"Queen of My Heart" 1 27 12 4 12 3 37 1 World of Our Own
"World of Our Own" 2002 3 21 11 29 6 13 11 26 1
"Bop Bop Baby" 4 56 15 21 21 16 36 5
"Unbreakable" 1 12 18 44 9 5 41 1 Unbreakable: The
Greatest Hits Volume 1
"Tonight" / "Miss You Nights" 2003 1 65 47 55 33 3
"Hey Whatever" 2 22 30 39 5 53 4 Turnaround
"Mandy" 1 14 27 15 4 30 1
"Obvious" 2004 3 39 44 25 69 3
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" 41 20 [AJ] Allow Us to be Frank
"Smile" 37
"You Raise Me Up" 2005 1 3 11 47 3 7 18 1 Face to Face
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
(featuring Diana Ross)
2 45 2
"Amazing" 2006 3 34 53 36 58 4
"The Rose" 1 4 85 1 The Love Album
"Home" 2007 2 70 7 8 3 Back Home
"Us Against the World" 2008 6 8
"Something Right" 43 92 46
"What About Now" 2009 2 13 2 Where We Are
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

2010s and 2020s

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
IRE
[11]
CHN Intl.
[110]
CIS
[111]
EU Dig.
[112]
KOR Intl.
[113]
NZ Hot
[114]
SCO
[115]
TWN
[116]
UK
[20]
"Safe" 2010 4 211 [AQ] 20 7 4 10 Gravity
"Lighthouse" 2011 11 6 27 1 32 Greatest Hits
"Hello My Love" 2019 2 16 678 6 [AT] 18 2 2 13 Spectrum
"Better Man" 8 44 6 26 2 10 26
"Dynamite" 27 24 [AV] 10 [AW]
"My Blood"[123] 46 20 [AX] 6 96
"Starlight"[124] 2021 29 6 2 66 Wild Dreams
"My Hero"[125] 81 17 [AY] 6
"Alone Together"[126] 2022
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released
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Single Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
IRE
[11]
AUS
[12]
AUT
[13]
GER
[87]
NLD
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
UK
[20]
"Against All Odds"
(Mariah Carey featuring Westlife)
2000 1 52 29 29 2 3 1 Rainbow
"Everybody Hurts"
(with Helping Haiti)
2010 1 28 23 16 [BA] 17 21 16 1 Charity single
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Promotional singles

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Single Year Peak chart positions Album
CIS
[111]
TWN
[130]
UK
[103]
"Until the End of Time"[131] 2000 Non-album single
"My Private Movie"[132][133] Westlife (American edition)
"More Than Words"[134][135] Westlife/Grandes Exitos
"Angel"[136] 2002 World of Our Own
"Evergreen"[137]
"Flying Without Wings" (featuring BoA)[138] Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Asian edition)
"Flying Without Wings" (featuring Cristian Castro)[139] Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Spanish/Mexican edition)
"Flying Without Wings" (Live)[140] 2004 [BC] Turnaround Tour
"Beyond the Sea"[142] Non-album single
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"[143] 2007 210 129 The Love Album
"How to Break a Heart"[144] 2010 Where We Are
"I Will Reach You"[145] 2011 Gravity
"Beautiful World"[146] 1 Greatest Hits
"Without You"[147] 2019 Spectrum
"—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released

Other charted songs

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Song Year Peak chart positions Album
IRE
[11]
CIS
[111]
SWE
[18]
UK
[20][103]
"Moon River" 2004 221 ...Allow Us to Be Frank
"Miss You When I'm Dreaming" 2006 130 Non-album single
"All Out of Love"
(featuring Delta Goodrem)
31 The Love Album
"You Light Up My Life" 171
"All or Nothing" 142
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" 2007 135 Non-album single
"I'm Already There" 47 62 Back Home
"—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released

Soundtrack appearances

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Year Song Movie
1999 "We Are One" A Monkey's Tale
2000 "Flying Without Wings" Pokémon: The Movie 2000
"I Don't Wanna Fight" Maybe Baby
2008 "You Are So Beautiful (To Me)" The Best Movie
2011 "Safe" Dolphin Tale
2014 "You Raise Me Up" Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie

Videography

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Documentaries

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Title Video details
The Westlife Story
  • Released: 26 June 2000
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • BPI: Platinum[28]
Westlife – The Complete Story
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Label: BMG

Concert tours

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Title Video details Notes
Where Dreams Come True
  • Released: 19 November 2001
  • Label: Sony BMG
The Greatest Hits Tour
  • Released: 6 October 2003
  • Label: Sony BMG
The Turnaround Tour
  • Released: 15 November 2004
  • Label: BMG
The No.1's Tour
  • Released: 21 November 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
Live at Wembley
  • Released: 27 November 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
Live at Croke Park
  • Released: 24 November 2008
  • Label: Sony BMG
Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2
  • Released: 29 November 2010
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Features the Where We Are Tour recorded live at O2 Arena, London, on 14 May 2010.
  • BPI: Gold[28]
The Farewell Tour - Live at Croke Park
  • Released: 19 November 2012
  • Label: Sony Music, RCA, 2Entertain
  • Features the Greatest Hits Tour recorded live at the Croke Park, Dublin, on 23 June 2012.
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[28]
The Twenty Tour - Live at Croke Park
  • Released: 13 March 2020
  • Label: Universal, Virgin EMI
  • Features the Twenty Tour recorded live at the Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 June 2019.

Music video compilations, audio and video albums or singles

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Title Video details
Westlife: Karaoke
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: BMG
Uptown Girl
  • Released: 12 March 2001
  • Label: BMG
  • BPI: Platinum[28]
Coast to Coast: Up Close and Personal
  • Released: 30 November 2000
  • Label: BMG
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[28]
World of Our Own
  • Released: 25 February 2002
  • Label: BMG
  • BPI: Gold[28]
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[28]
Back Home
  • Released: 3 November 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • BPI: Platinum[28]
The Karaoke Collection
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Sony BMG
Greatest Hits Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD
  • Released: 21 November 2011
  • Label: RCA, Sony Music
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[28]

Music videos

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Album Year Single Length Director
Westlife 1999 "Swear It Again" 4:07 Brett Turnbull, Wayne Isham
"If I Let You Go" 3:39 Sven Harding
"Flying Without Wings" 3:35 Cameron Casey
"I Have a Dream" 4:21
"Seasons in the Sun" 4:02 Cameron Casey and
Simon Brand
2000 "Fool Again" 4:21 Cameron Casey
"Swear It Again" (Mexico Promo Mix) 4:07 N/A
"If I Let You Go" (Mexico Promo Mix) 3:39 N/A
Westlife (U.S. edition) "Swear It Again" (U.S. version) or (Car Wash version) 4:10 Nigel Dick
"My Private Movie" (U.S. version) 3:49 N/A
Coast to Coast "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (featuring Mariah Carey) 3:21 Bill Boatman & P. Snyde
"My Love" 4:14 Robert Brinkmann
"What Makes a Man" 3:49 Stuart Gosling
"Seasons in the Sun" (Studio version) 4:02 N/A
"My Love" (Studio version) 4:14 N/A
2001 "I Lay My Love on You" 3:29 Stuart Gosling
"Uptown Girl" 4:12
"When You're Looking Like That" 4:01 Matthew Amos
Westlife "I Have A Dream" (with Sherina Munaf) 4:35
World of Our Own "Queen of My Heart" 4:28 Max & Dania
"Angel" 4:23 Phil Griffin
2002 "World of Our Own" 3:39 Cameron Casey
"Bop Bop Baby" 4:57 Max & Dania
"Why Do I Love You" (Sessions@AOL) 3:40 N/A
"World of Our Own" (Sessions@AOL) 3:39 N/A
Westlife "Swear It Again" (Sessions@AOL) 4:07 N/A
World of Our Own (U.S. edition) "World of Our Own" (U.S. version) Antti Jokinen
Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 "Flying Without Wings" (with Cristian Castro) 3:35
"Flying Without Wings" (with BoA) 3:34
"Unbreakable" 4:34 Antti Jokinen
2003 "Miss You Nights" 3:13
"Tonight" 4:32
"Tonight" (Metro Mix) 4:14
Turnaround "Hey Whatever" 3:36 David "Mouldy" Mould
"Mandy" (Version 1) 3:18 Tim Royes
"Mandy" (Version 2) 3:19
2004 "Obvious" 3:29 Max & Dania
Allow Us to Be Frank "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" 2:29 Marcus Raboy
"Smile" 2:51
"Fly Me to the Moon" 2:32
Face to Face 2005 "You Raise Me Up" 4:00 Alex Hemming
"You Raise Me Up" (Version 2) 4:00
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (featuring Diana Ross) 4:01 Ashley Pugh
2006 "Amazing" 2:56 Max & Dania
The Love Album "The Rose" (black and white version) 3:33 Alex Hemming
"The Rose" (colour version) 3:33
Back Home 2007 "Home" 3:30 Max and Dania, Mike Lipscombe
2008 "Us Against the World" 3:57 Max and Dania
"Something Right" 3:15 Julian Gibbs
Where We Are 2009 "What About Now" 4:10 Philip Andelman
Helping Haiti 2010 "Everybody Hurts" (promotional video) 6:01 Joseph Kahn
"Everybody Hurts" (director's cut) 4:36
"Everybody Hurts" (official video) 5:20
Gravity "Safe" 3:51 Sean de Sparengo
Greatest Hits 2011 "Lighthouse" 3:56 Philip Andelman
"Beautiful World" 3:38
Spectrum 2019 "Hello My Love" 3:45 Robert Hales
"Better Man" 3:16 Lochlainn "Locky" McKenna
"Dynamite" 3:32 Paul Coy Allen
"My Blood" 3:33 Robert Hales
Wild Dreams 2021 "Starlight" 3:42 Mike Baldwin

Notes

  1. The "If I Let You Go" (Extended Mix), "Evergreen" and "Bop Bop Baby" (Almighty Mix Radio Edit) music videos were exclusively released by a music channel (Myx) in the Philippines.
  2. The music video for "My Private Movie" was released in Asia only.

Cameo appearance

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See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Norway sales figures for Westlife as of July 2009.[21]
  2. ^ United Kingdom combined sales figures for Westlife as of December 2001. The album has sold 770,416 in 1999,[22] 469,000 in 2000,[23] and 143,260 in 2001.[24]
  3. ^ Worldwide sales figures for Westlife as of April 2000.[25]
  4. ^ Norway sales figures for Coast to Coast as of July 2009.[21]
  5. ^ Sweden sales figures for Coast to Coast as of December 2000.[33]
  6. ^ United Kingdom combined sales figures for Coast to Coast as of December 2001. The album has sold 1,374,000 in 2000[23] and 229,330 in 2001.[24]
  7. ^ Worldwide sales figures for Coast to Coast as of 2002.[34]
  8. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for World of Our Own as of December 2001.[24]
  9. ^ Worldwide sales figures for World of Our Own as of 2002.[34]
  10. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for Face to Face as of December 2005.[47]
  11. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for Back Home as of December 2007.[56]
  12. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for Gravity as of November 2011.[63]
  13. ^ Spectrum did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number seven on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[66]
  14. ^ Ireland first week sales figures for Spectrum.[67]
  15. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for Spectrum as of March 2021.[68]
  16. ^ Worldwide sales figures for Spectrum as of February 2021.[69]
  17. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 as of November 2019.[71]
  18. ^ "The Love Songs" did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Official UK Budget Albums Chart.[76]
  19. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Swear It Again" as of October 2010.[91]
  20. ^ United States sales figures for "Swear It Again" as of February 2001.[92]
  21. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "If I Let You Go" as of October 2010.[91]
  22. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Flying Without Wings" as of November 2021.[97]
  23. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "I Have a Dream/Seasons in the Sun" as of November 2021.[97]
  24. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Fool Again" as of October 2010.[91]
  25. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "My Love" as of October 2010.[91]
  26. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "What Makes a Man" as of October 2010.[91]
  27. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Uptown Girl" as of November 2021.[97]
  28. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "When You're Looking Like That" as of November 2021.[97]
  29. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Queen of My Heart" as of October 2010.[91]
  30. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "World of Our Own" as of October 2010.[91]
  31. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Bop Bop Baby" as of October 2010.[91]
  32. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Unbreakable" as of October 2010.[91]
  33. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Tonight / Miss You Nights" as of October 2010.[91]
  34. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Hey Whatever" as of 2003.[106]
  35. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Mandy" as of October 2010.[91]
  36. ^ "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[107]
  37. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "You Raise Me Up" as of October 2011.[1]
  38. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" as of October 2010.[91]
  39. ^ United Kingdom first week sales figures for "Amazing".[109]
  40. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "The Rose" as of October 2010.[91]
  41. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Home" as of October 2010.[91]
  42. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "What About Now" as of October 2010.[91]
  43. ^ "Safe" did not enter the Euro Digital Song Sales Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Euro Digital Tracks Chart.[117]
  44. ^ South Korea combined sales figures for "Lighthouse" as of December 2011.[118][119]
  45. ^ United Kingdom first week sales figures for "Lighthouse".[120]
  46. ^ "Hello My Love" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Gaon Weekly BGM Chart.
  47. ^ United Kingdom first week sales figures for "Hello My Love".[121]
  48. ^ "Dynamite" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart, but peaked at number 78 on the Gaon Weekly BGM Chart.
  49. ^ "Dynamite" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Sales Chart and the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[122]
  50. ^ "My Blood" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart, but peaked at number 93 on the Gaon Weekly BGM Chart.
  51. ^ "My Hero" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart, but peaked at number 53 on the Gaon Weekly BGM Chart.
  52. ^ United Kingdom sales figures for "Against All Odds" as of November 2021.[97]
  53. ^ "Everybody Hurts" did not enter the Official Netherlands Music Chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Dutch Top 40 Tipparade Chart.[128]
  54. ^ United Kingdom first week sales figures for "Everybody Hurts".[129]
  55. ^ "Flying Without Wings (Live)" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[141]

References

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