Iqembu le-Pop i-Westlife ladalwa edolobheni lase-Ireland i-Sligo. Iqembu labangane besikole i-IOU likhiphe ingoma eyodwa ethi "Ndawonye nentombazane kuze kube phakade", eyabonwa ngumkhiqizi weqembu elidumile le-Boyzone uLouis Walsh.
Wanquma ukuphinda impumelelo yenzalo yakhe futhi waqala ukusekela iqembu elisha. Ukuze ngiphumelele, kwadingeka ngihlukane namanye amalungu okuqala eqembu.
Bathathelwa indawo abafana abanesiphiwo uBrian McFadden noNikki Byrne. Kanye no-Faylan Feehily kanye no-Egan, "umugqa wegolide" we-Westlife wadalwa.
Ukuqala kwendlela yokudala yeqembu le-Westlife
IWestlife yazakhela igama ngo-1998, idlala ngaphambi kokuthi kungene izihlabani zomculo we-pop ezifana neBackstreet Boys. Iqembu ngokushesha kwakhulunywa ngalo emshinini womculo futhi laqala ukumenywa ukuba linikeze amakhonsathi.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kwakukhona abaningi babo kangangokuthi iqembu lathola indondo yomculo esemthethweni ekuqokweni kwe-"Best Touring Band".
Ngo-March 1999 kwakhululwa ukuqoshwa kokuqala kwe-Westlife, okwandisa nje ukuthandwa kweqembu labafana. Eyodwa yangena ngokushesha kuwo wonke amashadi adumile futhi yathola isimo segolide.
Eyesibili engashadile, ethi, Flying Without Wings, ifinyelele inombolo 1 ku-UK Singles Chart futhi yaba ingoma yefilimu ethi Pokémon 2000.
I-albhamu yobude obugcwele yakhululwa ngoNovemba 1999. I-disc ithathe indawo yesi-2 ku-parade yaseBrithani. Iculo likaKhisimusi elilandela leli cwecwe lalisezinkhundleni eziphezulu kuzo zonke iziteshi zomsakazo ezidumile amasonto amane.
Amaculo namarekhodi alandelayo nawo athathe izikhundla zokuqala kumashadi. Lokhu kwavumela igama leqembu le-Westlife ukuba lifakwe ku-Guinness Book of Records. Izingoma eziyisikhombisa, ezikhishwe zilandelana, zithathe izikhundla eziphambili. Lokhu akukafinyelelwa yinoma ubani omunye.
Ingoma elandelayo yehlulekile ukwelula impumelelo yeqembu. Wathatha isikhundla sesi-2 kuphela. Kodwa amalungu eqembu le-Westlife athole indondo ekade ilindelwe "Best Pop Artists".
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuqashelwa ezweni lakubo, ibhendi yabafana yathatha uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe.
I-albhamu elandelayo, ethi, World of Our Own, iqembu eliyikhiphe ngo-2001, laqhubeka nesiko elikhazimulayo. Abangashadile kuyo bathathe izikhundla eziphambili kumashadi aseBrithani. Iqembu liphinde lathola indondo ye-"Kings of Pop".
NgoNovemba 2003, ibhendi yaqopha inguqulo ye-Barry Manilov ethi Mandy. Lokhu kuqamba bekulinde enye impumelelo. Ingoma iqale endaweni yama-200, kodwa yakwazi ukuthatha eyoku-1. Le "mpumelelo" yaba edume kakhulu emlandweni wamashadi aseBritish Isles.
Ukulahlekelwa kokuqala kweqembu le-Westlife
Ngo-2004, uBrian McFadden waba nengane. Wanquma ukulishiya leli qembu ukuze achithe isikhathi esengeziwe nomkhaya wakhe.
Ukuqoshwa kokugcina komculi njengengxenye ye-Westlife kwakuyi-ballad Obvious. Iqembu aligcinanga lapho futhi laqala ukusebenza njenge-quartet.
Ukuqopha i-albhamu entsha ngemuva kokuhamba kukaMcFadden eqenjini kwaba isivivinyo esinzima kulo lonke iqembu. UBrian wayengaphezu nje komculi weqembu.
Izingoma eziningi zaduma ngenxa yamalungiselelo anikezwa umculi. Kodwa abafana abazange bame ngenxa yokuhamba kwakhe.
Njengengxenye ye-quartet, abafana baqopha i-albhamu yezinguqulo zakudala zekhava ezingomeni zikaFrank Sinatra, uDean Martin nabanye abadlali abadumile benkathi edlule.
Ngemva kokuthola umsindo wesimanje, izingoma ngokushesha "zaqhuma" kuwo wonke amashadi. Abathandi bomculo we-pop one-lyrical baqala futhi ukukhuluma nge-Westlife. Iqembu laphinde laya kolunye uhambo lomhlaba.
Ngo-2005, ingoma yeqembu ethi You Raise Me Up yavumela abafana ukuthi bafinyelele endaweni yokuqala. Iqembu lithole indondo ye-"Record of the Year". Futhi i-albhamu ekhishwe ngemuva kwalo mcimbi ithole isimo se-multi-platinum.
Ukuvakasha komhlaba wonke okusekela le albhamu kube yimpumelelo enkulu futhi. Abafana baze bafika eChina. Izilaleli zoMbuso Ophakathi zakujabulela ukubona izithombe zazo.
Ngo-2006, iqembu lasayina inkontileka nenkampani yokurekhoda ye-BMG ye-Sony, eyayichaza izimo lapho abafana kufanele baqophe khona ama-albhamu amahlanu alandelayo phakathi neminyaka emihlanu.
Irekhodi lokuqala kulolu hlu lithengise amakhophi ayisigidi. I-albhamu elandelayo yaphinde yamukelwa kahle ngumphakathi.
Ishumi leminyaka lokusungula kweqembu
Ngo-2008, iqembu lagubha iminyaka engu-10 lomsebenzi walo. Lolu suku lokugubha usuku lwamakwa ikhonsathi enkulu yeqembu eDublin. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuqedwa kwalo, leli qembu laya eholidini elizothatha unyaka wonke.
Ngemva konyaka, kwakhululwa i-albhamu elandelayo yeqembu elithi, Where We Are, eyathola isimo se-multi-platinum e-UK. Umzuzu othakazelisayo kwaba ushintsho engxenyeni yomculo yediski.
Esikhundleni sezingoma zentsha ezivusa inkanuko, abafana baqopha ama-ballads amaningi we-lyrical. Kwabonakala ukuthi abadidiyeli banquma ukuthola abalaleli abasha. Kodwa izingoma zamukelwa ngentshiseko abalandeli bakudala beqembu lomfana.
Ngo-2012, amalungu ebhendi amemezela ukuthi leli qembu seliphelile. I-Greatest Hits Tour ibe impumelelo emangalisayo. Ikhonsathi yokugcina enkundleni yezemidlalo eDublin yasakazwa bukhoma izinkampani eziningana ze-TV zomhlaba.
Ngemva kokuhlukana kweqembu, wonke amalungu aqala ukuphishekela amaphrojekthi abo eyedwa, iningi lawo eliphumelele.
Ngo-2019, kwanqunywa ukuthi kuqale kabusha umsebenzi ohlanganyelwe. I-Westlife iphinde yahlangana yaqopha i-Hello My Love.
