{"id":953047,"date":"2026-05-11T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/953047\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:18:17","slug":"they-have-a-dream-westlife-pursue-a-ninth-number-1-album-with-25-the-ultimate-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/953047\/","title":{"rendered":"They have a dream! Westlife pursue a ninth Number 1 album with 25 \u2013 The Ultimate Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

If all\u00a0remains, the group\u00a0will\u00a0join the likes of\u00a0Ed Sheeran<\/a>,\u00a0Bob Dylan<\/a>,\u00a0Take That<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Stereophonics<\/a>\u00a0on nine chart-topping records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

See\u00a0all of Westlife\u2019s Number 1 albums below:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Westlife\"<\/p>\n

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Sheffield-based\u00a0five-piece\u00a0Reverend\u00a0And\u00a0The\u00a0Makers<\/a>\u00a0are on course to earn their\u00a0highest-charting project\u00a0to date\u00a0with\u00a0Is This How Happiness Feels?\u00a0at Number 3 midweek. The release is set to surpass their 2007 debut\u00a0The State\u00a0of Things<\/a>, which peaked at Number 5.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Basement<\/a>, the British post-hardcore cohort\u00a0whose last project came in 2018, are well on\u00a0their\u00a0way to a first\u00a0Albums Chart\u00a0appearance\u00a0with their explosive comeback,\u00a0WIRED\u00a0(8).\u00a0<\/p>\n

A return to the Top 40 is on the cards for\u00a0enigmatic\u00a0rock quartet\u00a0Sleep Token<\/a>\u00a0with their former Number 1\u00a0Even\u00a0In\u00a0Arcadia<\/a>\u00a0(16), following the release of a brand-new version of the LP, which is entirely\u00a0instrumental.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere,\u00a0Chris Brown<\/a>\u00a0lasers in on a 12th\u00a0Top 40 accolade with\u00a0BROWN\u00a0(12), as\u00a0Manchester indie outfit\u00a0The Covasettes<\/a>\u00a0eye\u00a0their maiden main chart appearance\u00a0with\u00a0debut album,\u00a0Honeymoon Forever\u00a0(14).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Midge Ure<\/a>\u00a0finds\u00a0his\u00a0latest\u00a0solo effort\u00a0A Man of Two Worlds\u00a0looking to enter the fray (17).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Glam metal rockers\u00a0Black Veil Brides<\/a>\u00a0may\u00a0attain\u00a0their fourth Top 40,\u00a0and first since 2018\u2019s\u00a0Vale<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0recent cut,\u00a0VINDICATE\u00a0(20).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

LA-formed\u00a0MUNA<\/a>\u00a0are hoping to take\u00a0Dancing\u00a0On\u00a0The\u00a0Wall\u00a0to Top 40 glory, currently sat at Number 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0Neil Diamond<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Wild\u00a0At\u00a0Heart\u00a0aims\u00a0to secure the iconic American singer-songwriter a 37th\u00a0Top 40\u00a0accomplishment\u00a0(31).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n

Images: Matt Holyoak\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If all\u00a0remains, the group\u00a0will\u00a0join the likes of\u00a0Ed Sheeran,\u00a0Bob Dylan,\u00a0Take That\u00a0and\u00a0Stereophonics\u00a0on nine chart-topping records.\u00a0 See\u00a0all of Westlife\u2019s Number 1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[147111,77,269,12,265983,16,15,73370],"class_list":{"0":"post-953047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-basement","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-reverend-the-makers","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-westlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116557087262115017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}