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Westlife best irish band according to poll
Topic Started: Aug 19 2008, 10:20 AM (139 Views)
JoanneVIP
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Take That have been voted the ‘greatest boy band’ in a poll.

The British group took the accolade after 5,000 music fans voted on the website onepoll.com.

The group beat acts including The Beatles and Jackson Five to claim the top spot.

A spokesperson for onepoll.com said: “This has to be down to their amazing comeback.”

The Beatles - considered by many pop commentators as the original boy band - took second place, Jackson Five came third and Irish four-piece Westlife finished fourth.

US 60s group The Monkees, who had their own hugely popular TV show, rounded off the top five.

Take That’s return to the spotlight began in 2006, 10 years after they originally split.

The group – Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – had a UK number one single with their comeback song Patience, while comeback album Beautiful World also reached top spot in the UK charts.

The band also won a prestigious BRIT awards in 2007 for Patience, while in 2008 they took home two more accolades - Best Live Act and Best British Single.

The group are currently in the studio recording the follow-up to Beautiful World.

Jason recently promised fans they wouldn’t stray from their pop background.

He said: “Of course it will be a pop album - what else could we do? You do get some bands where their egos take over and they come back with a rockier sound but we know what we are good at and we are sticking to it."

Take That’s new album is lined up for a Christmas 2008 release.

The greatest boy bands were Take That, The Beatles, Jackson Five, Westlife, The Monkees, Boyzone, Bee Gees, Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block and The Osmonds.

BANG SHOWBIZ

Source:thewest.com
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JoanneVIP
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The top ten was

The Top Ten Greatest Boy Bands are:

1 Take That

2 Beatles

3 Jackson Five

4 Westlife

5 Monkees

6 Boyzone

7 Bee Gees

8 Backstreet Boys

9 New Kids on the Block

10 Osmonds




Can i say in my opinion, if we had been able to vote Westlife would have been number one... Much better than Take That...
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MrsMaryByrne
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Mary
Thanks for posting.... thats ture jo of we were able to voting WESTLIFE would be number one x
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JoanneVIP
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I think theyre better than Take That x
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(¯°»ShanFilan«°¯)
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Quyên
Thank you for posting :lol: x
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Villy Feehily*McDaid
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I agree, I think Westlife are better than TT and that BSB are better than TT too but well that's my opinion :P I think our lads shouldn't have relied so much on covers lately, that would make more people appreciate them as they are so talented. No.4 is still great considering No.2 are Beatles lol.
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Louise4Shane
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Thank you Jo.

I think Westlife are much better then Take That.
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MrsMaryByrne
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westlife are soooooo better then take that and bsb
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JoanneVIP
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I think so but i guess maybe the poll asked older fans or different tastes x
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MrsMaryByrne
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Mary
Yeah they prob did
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Gloria
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Thanks Jo for posting. I wish they were No.1 but No.4 is ok.We know they are No.1.so that's all what matters. :D bighug congrats blow a kiss westlifemagic wlhuggies westliferthebest
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KianIsDaMan
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It's funny..'cause it's often shown like Take That was a bigger and more successful boyband, than Westlife is.. But as far as I know, Westlife has sold more albums? and had more UK no. 1's?? am I right?? :)

no matter what, I still believe Westlife is the best boyband.. and why? because ironicly (sp?) enough, they are the least boyband kinda boyband.. know what I mean?? :P
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KianIsDaMan
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and WHAT!??? NEW Take That Album?? I'm NEED to buy that!! :o
(still like Westlife more) :P haha
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JoanneVIP
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yes i know and youre right, Westlife sold more albums and had more arena dates etc.... so its not fair really but i dont think WL care about them all......they care about us fans x
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KianIsDaMan
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I'm sure they do..

But album sales says a whole lot.. :)

But the big difference from when Take That was on the top and now, is that back then fans were much more, ehm.. crazier, than what they are today..
Or that's what I saw in a Take That documentary. One of the only places I've seen Westlife fans that mad is the clips from china (or whereever it was).. So I guess that make them seem bigger that way.. :)
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