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| JoanneVIP | Aug 25 2008, 11:11 AM Post #16 |
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THE BOSS
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Westlife, the best Irish boyband Westlife have been voted the fourth best boy band ever, beating fellow Irish group Boyzone by two places in the poll. The two bands, both formed by pop svengali Louis Walsh, feature in an online survey to find the world’s top 10 boy bands, dating back as far as the 1960s. Surprisingly, the Beatles only manage second place in the list, trailing behind the recently reformed Take That, who were named the greatest boy band ever. The Beatles are considered by many pop commentators as the original boy band but were still pipped to the post by Take That. The Jackson Five, with hits like I’ll Be There and I Want You Back, came third in the survey carried out by website onepoll.com. American 60s band The Monkees, who had their own television show, came fifth, one behind Westlife, while the Bee Gees were seventh, just beaten by Boyzone. Backstreet Boys, New Kids On The Block and The Osmonds made up the final three places in the top 10. Up to 5,000 music fans were surveyed for the poll. Westlife were formed in 1998 in Dublin by Walsh, who was already enjoying success at the time with Boyzone. Originally a five-piece, the band became four after Brian McFadden quit in 2004. Westlife celebrated their 10th anniversary this year and are still going strong, with album sales of over 40 million worldwide, 14 number one singles and numerous awards. Boyzone split in 2000 after seven years together. Last year they became the latest band to re-form and kicked off their Reunion Tour at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Take That were one of the most successful pop acts in the world during the 1990s, but split at the height of their fame in 1996 not long after the departure of Robbie Williams. News of their reunion was greeted with much hysteria in 2006 and their comeback single Patience reached number one, as did their album Beautiful World. The band went on to win a prestigious Brit Award in 2007 for Patience and in 2008, they took home two more for Best Live Act and Best British Single. A spokesperson for onepoll.com said that he wasn’t surprised at their top spot in the survey. “This has to be down to their amazing comeback,” he said. Meanwhile, a host of boy bands failed to make it into the top 10 including award-winning McFly, Busted, Blazin Squad and also Blue. Belfast telegprah |
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| Gloria | Aug 25 2008, 04:53 PM Post #17 |
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Westlife DIVA star
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Thanks for posting Joxx :D |
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| MrsMaryByrne | Aug 25 2008, 05:03 PM Post #18 |
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Mary
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thanks for posting jo |
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| Nicky's Angel | Aug 26 2008, 01:30 PM Post #19 |
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Thanks for posting Jo how can westlife be only number 4? They didn't ask any of us to vote because if they did Westlife would have been number 1 :lol: |
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