Westlife achieved 14 UK number-one singles during their original recording era.
The Irish boy band reached the summit of the UK Singles Chart with songs including “Swear It Again,” “Flying Without Wings,” “Uptown Girl,” and “The Rose.” Their run of chart success made them one of the most commercially successful groups in British and Irish pop history.
Westlife formed in 1998 with Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne, and Brian McFadden. McFadden left in 2004, while the remaining four continued until the group first split in 2012. Westlife later reunited and returned to recording and touring.
The number 14 refers to UK number-one singles, not the number of number-one albums or worldwide chart leaders. It is also commonly compared with the Beatles’ 17 UK number-one singles, a separate record category with different chart-era context.