Westlife rose to fame in the Noughties with their hits of World Of Our Own and Flying Without Wings.The Irish boyband formed in 1998 in Sligo, in the north of Ireland, and were signed by Simon Cowell in the UK while Louis Walsh co-managed the group. Shane Filan, Markus Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden made up the best-selling boyband who have had 14 UK Number One hits and have spent 199 weeks in the Top 40 throughout their career.