List of awards and nominations received by Westlife

Westlife awards and nominations
	The band on their 2006 concert tour
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
MTV Europe	1
Brit Awards	2
Meteor Awards	14
World Music Awards	1
Record of the Year	4
Totals
Wins	97
Nominations	21
	Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination. ;

This is a comprehensive list of awards which Westlife has won or was nominated for since 1998.

BRIT Awards

The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Westlife has won two awards from six nominations. Westlife are the second most successful Irish act at the BRITs next to U2.^[1]^[2]

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Westlife	Best International Newcomer	Nominated
		Best International Group	Nominated
		Best Pop Act	Won
2002	Westlife		Won
2005	Westlife		Nominated
2006	Westlife		Nominated

BT Digital Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2008	Best Official Website	http://www.westlife.com	Won

Capital FM/Radio Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2000	Best International Newcomer	Westlife	Won
2001	Best International Group	Westlife	Won
2002	Best International Group	Westlife	Won
2003	Best International Group	Westlife	Won
2003	Best Website	http://www.westlife.com	Won

Clear Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Top 10 International Hitmaker	Westlife	Won

Digital Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	People's Choice Award for Best Official Website	http://www.westlife.com	Won
2004	People's Choice Award for Best Official Website	http://www.westlife.com	Won

Disney Kids Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2000	Best Male Group	Westlife	Won
2001	Best Male Group/Artist	Westlife	Won
2001	Group of the Year	Westlife	Won

ECHO Awards

The ECHO Awards are a German music award show created in 1992. Each year's winner is determined by the previous year's sales. Westlife received one nomination.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Westlife	Best International Rock/Pop Group	Nominated

G.A.Y. Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2003	Sexiest Group in Planet Pop	Westlife	Won
2003	Most Gay-Friendly Boyband	Westlife	Won
2003	Hottest Irish Group	Westlife	Won

Goss.ie Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2019	Westlife	Best Music Act	Won
2020	Westlife	Best Music Act	Won
2021	Westlife	Best Music Act	Nominated
2022	Westlife	Best Music Act	Won
2023	Westlife	Best Music Act	Won

Heineken/Hot Press Awards (Ireland)

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1999	Best Newcomer	Westlife	Won

Hit Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2000	Best International Group	Westlife	Won

Hot Press Irish Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Outstanding Achievement In Popular Music	Westlife	Won

Interactive Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2003	Best Website	http://www.westlife.com	Won

IFPI (Hong Kong)

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Top Sales Music Award	World of Our Own	Won
2007	Top Sales Music Award	The Love Album	Won

Irish Buzz WKD Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Best Irish Band	Westlife	Won

Meteor Music Awards

The Meteor Music Awards was an accolade bestowed upon professionals in the music industry in Ireland.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Westlife	Best Irish Plerp Act	Won
2002	Westlife	Best Irish Plerp Act	Won
	World of Our Own	Best Irish Pop Album	Won
	Uptown Girl	Best Irish Pop Single	Won
2003	Westlife	Best Irish Pop Act	Won
2004			Won
2005			Won
2006			Won
2007			Won
2008			Won
2009			Won
2010			Won

Mnet Music Video Festival

An award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Westlife	Mnet Asian Music Award for Best International Artist	Nominated

MTV Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2012	Westlife	MTV Battle of The Boyband^[3]^[4]	Won

MTV Asia Awards

The MTV Asia Awards is an award show established in 2002, the show gives recognition and awards to Asian and international artists in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Westlife	Favourite Pop Act	Won
2003			Nominated
2006			Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards "(EMA)" were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Westlife won 1 award from 3 nominations.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1999	Westlife	Best New Act	Nominated
1999		Best UK & Ireland Act	Nominated
2000		Best UK & Ireland Act	Won

MTV Immies Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2003	Westlife	Best Male Pop Act – Solo / Duo / Group	Won

Online Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	People's Choice	Westlife	Won

National Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Best UK Band	Westlife	Won

Nordic Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2004	Best International Band	Westlife	Won

Pepsi Chart People's Choice

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Westlife	Best Breakthrough Video (Uptown Girl)	Won

NRJ Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Best International Group	Westlife	Won

Radio Music Awards

The Radio Music Awards was an annual U.S. award show that honored the year's most successful songs on mainstream radio.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Westlife	Listener's Choice Best Group	Won

RAV Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Best Column Inches	Westlife	Won
2001	You Pretend to Hate Them But Know All Their Songs	Westlife	Won

RIA (Singapore)

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Best Top Ten Selling Album	Westlife	Won

RTE Choice Music Prize

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2019	Song of the Year	Hello My Love	Won

Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a pop music magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1998	Westlife	Best New Tour Act	Won
2000	Coast to Coast	Best Album	Won
	My Love	Best Single	Won
	Westlife	Best Non – British Band	Won
		Best Band On Planet Pop	Won
		Best Boyband in the Universe	Won
2001		Best Band On Planet Pop	Won
2001	World of Our Own	Best Album	Won
2002	Westlife	Best Pop Band	Won
		Best International Act	Won
		Hall of Fame	Won
		Best Cover of the Year	Won
2003		Best International Act	Won
2004	Favorite Download	Flying Without Wings	Won
2005	Best International Band	Westlife	Nominated

Swedish Hit Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2002	Best International Group	Westlife	Won

Ticketmaster Ireland

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2019	Best Live Act	Westlife	Won

The Record of the Year

The Record of the Year was an award voted by the United Kingdom public.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1999	Flying Without Wings	The Record of the Year	Won
2000	My Love		Won
2003	Mandy		Won
2005	You Raise Me Up		Won

TMF Awards

The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory).

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1999	Westlife	Best Breakthrough Artist/Newcomer	Won
2000		Best International Band	Won
2002		Best International Pop Act	Won
2003		Best Pop Act	Won

Top of the Pops Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1999	Best Band of the Year	Westlife	Won
1999	Best Love Song	Swear It Again	Won
2001	Best Pop Act	Westlife	Won
2001	Top Pop Act	Westlife	Won

TV Hits Music Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1999	Best New Act	Westlife	Won
2000	Best Band	Westlife	Won
2000	Best World Artist	Westlife	Won

Variety Club of Great Britain Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2007	Best Recording Artist	Westlife	Won

VIVA Comet

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2001	Zuschauer Comet	Westlife	Won

Weibo Starlight Awards

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2019	Most Influential Western Group	Westlife	Won

World Music Awards

The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Westlife earned one award.^[5]

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
2004	World's Best-selling Artist/Ireland	Westlife	Won
2012	World's Best Group		Nominated
2014	World's Best Group		Nominated
2014	World's Best Live Act		Nominated

Other honours

Guinness World Records

The Guinness World Records honors the year's most impressive acts.

Year	Recipient	Category	Result
2000	Westlife	First to have its first seven debut singles to reach the number one in UK Singles Chart	Won
2002	Westlife	Most public appearances by a pop band in 36 hours: The greatest number of public appearances by a pop band in 36 hours in different cities is five by Westlife from 10 to 11 November 2002.	Won
2003	Westlife	Most singles to debut at number one on the UK Chart.	Won
2010	Westlife	Top selling album music band in the 2000s decade in the United Kingdom	Won

Wembley Square of Fame

Year	Recipient	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	Westlife (Kian, Mark, Nicky, and Shane)	Wembley Square of Fame Star	Won

References

^ "Westlife win Pop Act presented by Cat Deeley BRIT Awards 2001". YouTube. 21 November 2012.
^ "Westlife win Pop Act presented by Sophie Ellis Bextor BRIT Awards 2002". YouTube. 21 November 2012.
^ "WESTLIFE WIN MTV'S BATTLE OF THE BOY BANDS". MTV. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014.
^ "WESTLIFE 'HONORED' TO WIN MTV'S BATTLE OF THE BOY BANDS". MTV. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017.
^ "WESTLIFE SMILE & ACCEPTING AWARD WORLD MUSIC AWARDS 2004". YouTube. 30 September 2016.

External links

Official Westlife Website

[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[2] "Westlife win Pop Act presented by Cat Deeley BRIT Awards 2001". YouTube. 21 November 2012.

[3] "Westlife win Pop Act presented by Sophie Ellis Bextor BRIT Awards 2002". YouTube. 21 November 2012.

[4] "WESTLIFE WIN MTV'S BATTLE OF THE BOY BANDS". MTV. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014.

[5] "WESTLIFE 'HONORED' TO WIN MTV'S BATTLE OF THE BOY BANDS". MTV. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017.

[6] "WESTLIFE SMILE & ACCEPTING AWARD WORLD MUSIC AWARDS 2004". YouTube. 30 September 2016.

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Nicky Byrne Kian Egan Mark Feehily Shane Filan Brian McFadden
Studio albums	Westlife Coast to Coast World of Our Own Turnaround ...Allow Us to Be Frank Face to Face The Love Album Back Home Where We Are Gravity Spectrum Wild Dreams
Compilation albums	Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 Greatest Hits The Love Songs
Video albums	Where The Dreams Come True Coast to Coast - Up, Close and Personal Uptown Girl World of Our Own The Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits Tour - Live from M.E.N. Arena The Turnaround Tour - Live from The Globe, Stockholm Face to Face Tour - Live at Wembley Back Home 10 Years of Westlife - Live at Croke Park Stadium The Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 The Farewell Tour - Live at Croke Park The Twenty Tour - Live from Croke Park
Concert tours	Where Dreams Come True Tour Unbreakable Tour Turnaround Tour The No 1's Tour Face to Face Tour The Love Tour Back Home Tour Where We Are Tour Gravity Tour Greatest Hits Tour The Twenty Tour The Wild Dreams Tour
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