Irish pop group, Westlife, are ready to call it quits after 14 years on top.
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Westlife's Shane Filan has reportedly signed a record deal to kick-off his solo career.
The Sun said that the singer has been snapped up by London Records and is already working on a debut album, to be released next year.
His former bandmate Mark Feehily is also set to get his own deal, The Sun reported, after taking on Sir Paul McCartney's manager.
The Irish boyband split up this summer after 14 years together in which they notched up 14 number one singles and a string of hit albums.
Since then, Nicky Byrne waltzed onto Strictly Come Dancing but got booted off earlier this month and recently confessed he'd love to get into acting.
Kian Egan has done stints as a TV presenter on This Morning and The Xtra Factor and a coach on The Voice of Ireland.
YEAYYY!
Finally Shane going on his solo carrier!!! I'm so excited~ 
So guys Shane is now doing his solo project under London Management Recorder. Have you heard about #FilanFriday? Filan Friday comes every Friday lately^^ hehe... Filan Friday gives you a lot of surprise and all! Don't miss it okay?! Hehe~
This is the studio Shane's gonna be:
Now Shane has his very own official website it's www.shanefilan.com guys! And his own youtube channel where the video will be shared a lot :) http://www.youtube.com/user/ShaneFilanMusic
Don't missed out anything about Shane Filan! It would be so much exciting!!!!!!!!!!

In the twelve years that've passed since they were manufactured in 1998, Irish megastars Westlife have had an outstandingly successful career. Having matured through ten big-selling albums from a fresh-faced five-piece pop boy band to the four-piece, well, man band that they are today, Gravity is Westlife's eleventh album offering.
Gravity kicks off with an up-tempo pound of a pop song in 'Beautiful Tonight', complete with its catchy chorus and strong, foot-tapping beat; you can alwaysrely on Westlife for a hefty smattering of cheesy, romantic lyrics and this albumproves no exception right from the start. By the time track two rolls up, we're straight back to trademark Westlife ground with the first of Gravity's many down-tempo piano-led pop ballads beckoning, like many that have preceded it, many a lighter/phone light waving moment. Complete with the customary slushy string arrangement, the albums' lead single, 'Safe', is a prime example of the big-budget easy listening blend that Westlife have perfected over the years; the following contents of Gravity never falter from their well-established high standard which may not be everyone's bag, but is undoubtedly well-perfected.
The introduction to track three sounds great familiarity; it's clear when the vocals enter that 'Chances' is in fact Westlife's cover of the Athlete track. It has to be admitted, Westlife do the song great justice, opening with the familiar solopiano chords flanked by gorgeous solo cello, and later kicking into the chorus with a big string arrangement. The track lends itself well to become a strong pop ballad true to the Westlife blend which always seems to start sparsely before building into powerful arena-filling songs. 'I Will Reach You' is another catchy, string drenched sing-along number that follows in the same vein like much of the content of Gravity; cliché yet comforting and crowd-pleasing love songs. Track six's introduction offers the same familiarity felt with the earlier Athlete cover; this time it's Hoobastank's 'The Reason'. Maybe a less well-known track to cover, the mix keeps the rock edge of the original which is perhaps a little unusual for the ultimate clean, mother-pleasing quartet, Westlife.
Gravity continues with the same mature, down-tempo pop ballads from the haunting vocal of 'I Get Weak' through 'Before It's Too Late', another piano-led ballad over a smooth and gentle bed of strings which expressively builds into a powerful arena-filling sing-along, to the albums' beautiful conclusion, 'Too Hard To Say Goodbye'. Along the way, 'No One's Gonna Sleep Tonight' and intercepts as a more up-tempo pop songand similarly, the laid back funky feel of the opening of 'Difference In Me' contrasts many an easy listening ballad.
Complete with two complimentary cover versions amongst a host of blatant trademark Westlife numbers, Gravity doesn't offer anything groundbreaking, nor does it offer anything to take Westlife to another level; it's just a good, strong consistent if safe effort to maintain their high standard.
Hi Guys!
Just a note to say how delighted we are with the tour so far. It's been our most enjoyable tour by far and we feel you enjoyed it in a big way too!! We can't wait now for the summer shows and of course our show in Sligo on 30th of July. That is going to be a very special night for us!
Also thank you to everyone who supported soccer aid this year. It was a massive success for UNICEF and we were so chuffed to be involved and of course it was great to beat England! Third time lucky I suppose.. But on the night I think we deserved the win.
It was amazing to play at Old Trafford and even more amazing to play with all the soccer legends! Myself and Nicky really enjoyed it and made a lot of new friends... Bring on 2012!!!
See you all soon guys
Love always
Hi guys
Gillian, Nicole, Patrick and I are delighted to welcome our new son Shane Peter Filan into the world. He was born 9.34pm last Friday night 22nd of Jan and he weighed 6'9.
Both mum and baby came home on Sunday evening and doing really well. We want say a massive thank you for all your support and well wishes on the website. I've been logging on every day and the messages have been great!
Me and the guys are back to work in a couple of weeks so I'll see all of you soon. Can't wait for the new single and of course the tour!
Thanks again guys and Shane Jnr says hi!!
Hey guys, welcome to the all new westlife.com!
The first phase of our 2010 assault is the launch of our fabulous new website! We love the connection we have with our fans thru westlife.com and have kept all the good bits from the old site but added some great new things such as brand new multiple choice skins so u can choose how 'your westlife.com' looks, a new and fresh discography tool, and also we can officially announce in a very exciting manner that 'WESTLIFE RADIO' will be coming very soon!
We will be announcing the second single soon and are itching to get back at it in general... can't wait!
Lots of love from the boys x
Hi guys,
Today is a MASSIVE day for us four boys...all the waiting, singing, preparing, promotion, commotion, revolve around one thing, our NEW ALBUM, WHERE WE ARE! The fact that it’s OUT NOW (AS IN TODAY!!!) is highly exciting! The single is one thing but the fact that the entire collection of 12 brand new ORIGINAL songs are out there being heard all at once is huuuge for us! Go get the album, give it a listen, who knows ya might even like it! Seriously though, thanks to anyone who’s got it or is going to get it, we appreciate your support more than ever!
Lots of love,
See you soon,
Mark xx
Hey everyone,
Just wanted to wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope you all had great time and are now enjoying the snow. It was nice for all of us to get some rest over xmas and new year and recharge ourselves for a busy year ahead. We all got to go home and spend some time with our families which was great being back in Ireland. We also have a new addition joining the Westlife clan very soon. Shane is about to become a daddy for the 3rd time so all very exciting!
For those of you that have bought the album, we hope you like it! Thanks again for all the support last year and were really looking forward to what this year brings. Can’t wait to see you all at the tour in May!
Look out for BIG changes coming for westlife.com too! It's all kicking off again and we are getting very excited!
Will write again soon
Lots of love
Mark, Shane, Nicky and Kian

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| 1 | Sergej Ćetković | Pogledi u tami | 6 | 96 | 4 | 70 |
| 2 | Tina Turner | Simply the Best | 4 | 108 | 3 | 118 |
| 3 | Bon Jovi | It's My Life | 1 | 126 | 5 | 67 |
| 4 | Lily Allen | Fuck You! | 3 | 126 | X | X |
| 5 | Saša Lendero | Mandoline | 9 | 81 | 3 | 83 |
| 6 | Robbie Williams | Angels | 6 | 82 | 7 | 79 |
| 7 | Lana & Luka | Prava ljubav | 15 | 59 | X | X |
| 8 | Milena Vučić | Luče | 14 | 64 | 5 | 66 |
| 9 | Toše Proeski | The Hardest Thing | 7 | 70 | 9 | 71 |
| 10 | Britney Spears | Womanizer | 3 | 127 | 4 | 67 |
| 11 | Alex Ubago | A Gritos de Esperanza | 12 | 66 | X | X |
| 12 | Sakis Rouvas | Right On Time | 12 | 71 | 4 | 67 |
| 13 | ReBelDe | Nuestro Amor | X | X | 19 | 46 |
| 14 | Franka Batelić | Možda volim te | 4 | 123 | 1 | 92 |
| 15 | Alcazar | Alcastar | 11 | 70 | 9 | 79 |
| 16 | Nina Badrić | Dodiri od stakla | 2 | 106 | 1 | 116 |
| 17 | Jelena Rozga | Nemam | 2 | 91 | 3 | 103 |
| 18 | R Kelly | I Believe I Can Fly | 15 | 62 | X | X |
| 19 | Taylor Swift | You Belong To Me | 15 | 60 | X | X |
| 20 | Milan Stanković | Face | 6 | 100 | 4 | 88 |
| 21 | Jelena Rozga | Bižuterija | 5 | 122 | X | X |
| 22 | Toni Cetinski | Od milijun žena | 12 | 84 | 5 | 81 |
| 23 | Zdravko Čolić | Ti si mi u krvi | 8 | 86 | 3 | 119 |
| 24 | Emina Jahović | Ti kvariigro | 7 | 94 | X | X |
| 25 | Dino Dvornik | Hipnotiziran | X | X | 21 | 40 |
| 26 | Enrique Iglesias | Do You Know? | X | X | 10 | 47 |
| 27 | Shiri Maimon | Now That You're Gone | 6 | 99 | 4 | 89 |
| 28 | Andrea Šušnjara | Ljudi s Mora | 2 | 101 | ||
| 29 | Scorpions | Humanity | 10 | 83 | X | X |
| 30 | Leona Lewis | Better in time | 2 | 129 | 2 | 122 |
| 31 | Lana Jurčević | Okovi na srcu | 11 | 71 | 8 | 80 |
| 32 | Feminnem | Baš mi je dobro | 13 | 58 | 8 | 84 |
| 33 | The Beatles | Let It Be | 14 | 77 | 12 | 67 |
| 34 | Laura Pausini | En cambio no | 1 | 116 | 5 | 96 |
| 35 | Magazin | Ako poludim | 12 | 71 | X | X |
| 36 | Toše Proeski | Ledena | 8 | 87 | 7 | 84 |
| 37 | Feminem | Srce se bori | 11 | 91 | 9 | 83 |
| 38 | Alexandra Burke | All night long | 13 | 105 | 2 | 82 |
| 39 | Jade Ewen | Punching out | 12 | 117 | 5 | 73 |
| 40 | Toni Cetinski | Kad žena zavoli | 15 | 62 | 6 | 66 |
| 41 | Gréta Mjöll og Hólmfríður Ósk | Ó María | X | X | 9 | 54 |
| 42 | Neda Ukraden | Nisam ti ja bilo tko | 12 | 67 | ||
| 43 | Claudia Pavel | Don't miss missing you | 11 | 84 | 6 | 80 |
| 44 | Nelly Furtado | I'm like bird | 11 | 90 | 1 | 119 |
| 45 | Gotthard | Anytime,anywhere | 16 | 62 | 8 | 59 |
| 46 | Daria Kinzer | Stotinama godina | 1 | 132 | 1 | 128 |
| 47 | Bryan Adams | Everything I do | 14 | 70 | X | X |
| 48 | Atomic Kitten | Whole again | X | X | 10 | 45 |
| 49 | Toše Proeski & Gianna Nannini | Aria | X | X | 16 | 53 |
| 50 | Beyoncé | Irreplaceable | 9 | 85 | 5 | 83 |
| 51 | Jelena Karleuša | Insomnia | X | X | 17 | 52 |
| 52 | Mariah Carey | I want to know what love is | X | X | 15 | 55 |
| 53 | Dana International | Tease me | X | X | 21 | 24 |
| 54 | Bond | Victory | X | X | 14 | 61 |
| 55 | Jacques Houdek | Zauvijek Tvoj | 13 | 63 | 11 | 64 |
| 56 | Parni Valjak | Sve još miriše na nju | 2 | 110 | 1 | 119 |
| 57 | Camila | Coleccionista de canciones | X | X | 15 | 36 |
| 58 | Bryan Adams | Heaven | X | X | 19 | 47 |
| 59 | Bruno Mars | Talking to the moon | X | X | 13 | 66 |
| 60 | Jelena Rozga | Razmažena | 13 | 82 | 5 | 91 |
| 61 | Eric Saade ft.J-Son | Hearts in the air | 10 | 78 | 8 | 86 |
| 62 | Teška Industrija | U meni jesen je | 7 | 76 | ||
| 63 | Magazin | Opijum | 8 | 66 | ||
| 64 | Jewel | Foolish games | 11 | 55 | ||
| 65 | Within Temptation feat. Chris Jones | Utopia | 2 | 90 | ||
| 66 | Adrian Sina | Hold on | 8 | 71 | ||
| 67 | David Civera | No Bastará | X | X | 19 | 40 |
| 68 | Parni Valjak | Molitva | X | X | 12 | 63 |
| 70 | Queen | I want to break free | X | X | 13 | 68 |
| 71 | Modà | La notte | 2 | 108 | 5 | 92 |
| 72 | Toše Proeski | Naslon glavu na moje rame | 15 | 43 | X | X |
| 73 | Nickelback | Gotta be somebody | X | X | 17 | 57 |
| 74 | David Guetta ft. Sia | Titanium | 11 | 88 | 9 | 71 |
| 75 | Within Tepmtation | Shot in the dark | 2 | 115 | 1 | 108 |
| 76 | Panic! at the Disco | Ballad of Mona Lisa | 9 | 59 | X | X |
| 77 | Kelly Rowland | Down for whatever | 10 | 65 | X | X |
| 78 | Fefe Dobson | Can't breathe | 11 | 62 | X | X |
| 79 | Adele | Make you feel my love | 4 | 102 | 1 | 125 |
| 80 | Saša Lošić ft. Maja Keuc | Od rođendana do rođendana | 16 | 52 | X | X |
| 81 | Brintey Spears | Stronger | 10 | 64 | X | X |
| 82 | Melanie Fiona | 4AM | 9 | 64 | X | X |
| 83 | Jay Sean ft. Karl Wolf | Yalla Asia | 19 | 38 | X | X |
| 84 | Massimo | Iz jednog pogleda | X | X | 19 | 44 |
| 85 | Jenifer Bartoli | Donne-moi le temps | 12 | 92 | 5 | 126 |
| 86 | Dash Berlin feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn | Better Half Of Me | 4 | 119 | 5 | 97 |
| 87 | Modà | Sono già solo | 12 | 87 | X | X |
| 88 | Colonia | Svijet voli pobjednike | X | X | 17 | 68 |
| 89 | Željko Joksimović | Ima nešto u tom što me nečeš | 9 | 84 | 4 | 92 |
| 90 | Gibonni | Zlatne godine | 4 | 115 | 1 | 112 |
| 91 | Đani Stipaničev | Suza za zagorske brege | 15 | 67 | X | X |
| 92 | Basshunter | Angel In The Night | X | X | 14 | 62 |
| 93 | P!nk | Bridge of Light | 7 | 90 | 5 | 92 |
| 94 | Hari Mata Hari | Strah me da te volim | 14 | 54 | X | X |
| 95 | Westlife | Flying Without Wings | 24 | 21 | X | X |
| 96 | Skylar Grey | Invisble | 7 | 83 | 14 | 66 |
| 97 | Emma Maronne | Calore | 16 | 47 | X | X |
| 98 | Train | Drive By | 10 | 57 | X | X |
| 99 | Karmin | Brokenhearted | 7 | 66 | X | X |
| 100 | Bon Jovi ft. LeAnn Rimes | Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore | X | X | 15 | 72 |
| 101 | Ivana Banfić | Predaleko | 2 | 101 | 1 | 111 |
| 102 | Within Temptation | Somewhere | 13 | 54 | X | X |
| 103 | Toše Proeski | Dal si sretnija | 7 | 78 | X | X |
| 104 | Luna | Dupla škorpija | 7 | 70 | X | X |
| 105 | Kaliopi | Stine | 4 | 73 | X | X |
| 106 | Doris Dragović & Mladen Bodalec | Baklje Ivanjske | 11 | 51 | X | X |
| 107 | Delta Goodrem | Lost Without You | 3 | 77 | X | X |
| 108 | YU grupa | Dunavom šibaju vetrovi | 5 | 78 | X | X |
| 109 | Adele | One and Only | 15 | 50 | X | X |
| 110 | Fun | Some Nights | 12 | 56 | X | X |
| 111 | Gym Class Heroes ft. Ryan Tedder | The Fighter | 14 | 49 | X | X |
| 112 | Nina Badrić | Poljubi me | 19 | 37 | X | X |
| 113 | Shania Twain | Man! I Feel Like A Woman | 12 | 53 | X | X |
| 114 | Jelena Rozga | Dobitna kombinacija | 7 | 67 | X | X |
| 115 | Nikiforos | Mi mou les pws m'agapas | 11 | 51 | X | X |
| 116 | Sixpence None The Richer | Kiss me | 8 | 78 | X | X |
| 117 | Ani Lorak | Обними меня (Hold Me) | 10 | 55 | X | X |
| 118 | Simply Red | If You Don't Know Me By Now | 18 | 19 | X | X |
| 119 | Owl City | Shooting Star | 5 | 78 | X | X |
| 120 | Doris Dragović | Niti kunem, niti molim | 14 | 75 | X | X |
| 121 | Gibonni | Mirakul | 8 | 89 | 4 | 98 |
| 122 | Santana | Maria, Maria | 1 | 100 | X | X |
| 123 | Film | Sjećam se prvog poljupca | 4 | 115 | X | X |
| 124 | Antonino Spadaccino | Resta ancora un po' | X | X |
Of all the metaphorical animals in the rhetoric zoo, the snake that
eats its own tail is the most useful. Especially to people who want to
make a point about the circular nature of life, and how things which
feel like progress can actually be just the opposite.
If you're not sure what I mean, imagine you're a snake, and you're
enjoying a lovely meal. Now imagine how you'd feel if your dinner also
turned out to be your bum. "This is no good," you would think "I cannot sustain myself by eating myself, why that defeats the point of eating in the first place!"
(Here's a 'video'. It's not the whole song and it's not really a video.)
I mention this because there's a definite air of a world within a world to this single, and here is why:
'What About Now' - as performed by Daughtry - is the song that has
been popping up all over The X Factor this year, as a kind of emotional
celebration of the journey certain people have been on. It's a great big
power ballad, and as all power ballads do, starts with a mournful
piano, travels through chest-heaving, sobby verses, and goes all HUGE in
the chorus.
(Here's Daughtry's video. It is the whole song and it is really a video, but there's no Westlife, and it's a little pompous.)
Daughtry, you will recall, are the band formed around Chris Daughtry,
an American Idol finalist in 2006. American Idol is produced by (and
stars) Simon Cowell, who is also heavily involved with Westlife's
career, as is Simon's fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh.
Westlife performed this song on the X Factor over the weekend, a
performance which was due to take place in a month, and was brought
forward, presumably because the Daughtry version had got to No.11 a week
or so ago. And now the Westlife version is shooting up the charts.
It would be tempting to suggest that there's something amiss going on
here, like people are being conned into buying music or something, but
there isn't really. It would be more shocking if something like this
didn't happen from time to time, the amount of pies Simon and Louis have
their fingers in.
But it does reinforce the idea that Simon Cowell is slowly creating
his own version of showbiz, a self-contained reality which does not need
any input from the outside world, and will eventually either take over
all entertainment as we know it, or implode, leaving nothing behind but
the sound of Simon's impatient sigh howling through the void...and Leona
Lewis.
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| 03 de Julho de 1998 - 23 de Junho de 2012 |
