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Boy band Westlife proves itself 'unbreakable'
(CNN) -- Those choreographed dance moves. Those shiny shirts and candy-coated lyrics. Hordes of adoring teenage girls scrambling for front-row seats and autographs. Honestly, where would the music world be without boy bands? If New Kids on the Block had only known what they were starting back in the 1980s when they burst onto the scene in all their boy band glory. With infectious dance moves and clean-cut looks, those five boys from Boston, Massachusetts established a winning music formula that has been repeated in all corners of the globe. Groups like N'Sync, The Backstreet Boys, Take That and Boyzone all followed suit and all at some point established themselves as dominating forces in the pop market. And Westlife, arguably Ireland's biggest boy band at the moment, is no exception. When the group's latest single, "Unbreakable," reached No. 1 in the UK singles chart in November, it marked the 11th time the band had reached the top slot. That's a feat beaten only by Elvis, The Beatles and Cliff Richard. Formed in the late '90s with help from former Boyzone member Ronan Keating, Westlife tasted success instantly when its first single, "Swear it Again," went to No. 1 in April 1999. The group has since sold more than 12 million albums worldwide and was voted best pop act at the Brit Awards in 2001. Last month Westlife released "Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits," a collection of the best hits from the band's first three albums, its ten chart-topping hits as well as the title track, Unbreakable. The 5 fresh-faced twenty-somethings are featured on this week's special Pop edition of CNN's The Music Room. Here's what members Bryan McFadden and Kian Egan had to say about the new album: EGAN: "Unbreakable" is the first single off our greatest hits album. As far as we are concerned, we feel that this song is another landmark song for Westlife. Hopefully it's a song that people will remember us for in a few years time, along with "Flying Without Wings" and "World of Our Own". We've called the album "Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits" for the simple reason we don't want people to think it's over for Westlife.
MCFADDEN: At the moment things are really promising. Everything we are doing now is a step up. Our videos are now big videos compared to what we used to have. It feels good, and it's just a good time for Westlife at the moment. EGAN: We are very hungry. We feel young, we feel fresh, and we are looking forward to touring the world. We're looking forward to seeing countries we haven't seen in a long time. We are not just going to concentrate on the UK anymore and the United Sates. We are taking ourselves to Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America. It's really a worldwide promotional trip. We are going to be touring the world now for the next six months, doing promotion and letting people know our album is out there. Back to The Music Room main page.
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