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You know when you hear The Beatles<\/a> mentioned in the same breath as Westlife that things are perhaps a little afoot, so buckle in. This ride is probably going to get bumpy along the way. <\/p>\n It will seem almost sacrilegious to diehard rock fans everywhere \u2013 and not least a music journalist \u2013 to even be in a position of entertaining the idea that these two bands are in the same sort of league as one another, but the cold, hard truth of facts sometimes has a way of really twisting the knife. Yes, it\u2019s unfortunately true: the greatest rock band to have ever graced the world and the cheesy Irish 1990s boyband do have something in common, and it\u2019s actually pretty seismic. <\/p>\n They share the title of having the most consecutive UK number ones, both clocking in with no less than seven back-to-back hits, which soared straight to the top of the charts.<\/a> The reign of the Fab Four commenced with \u2018A Hard Day\u2019s Night\u2019, released in 1964, and ran all the way for a further two years, with the double single of \u2018Yellow Submarine\u2019\/\u2019Eleanor Rigby\u2019 marking the last crown in their streak upon its release in 1966.\u00a0<\/p>\n To give all due credit, begrudgingly, to Westlife, they too matched this run of seven consecutive chart-toppers, starting with their debut song \u2018Swear It Again\u2019 hit the airwaves in 1999, and lasted through to the following year, in November 2000, when their song \u2018My Love\u2019 was released. Who\u2019d have thought that, wherever they are, Brian Epstein and Louis Walsh would manage to cultivate the same hit-making strategy on their hands. It\u2019s a total outrage, to be honest. <\/p>\n Is there any chance The Beatles can beat out Westlife?<\/p>\n