Westlife soars to top of charts

London - The Irish boy band Westlife last night soared to the top of the charts with their fundraising single for Comic Relief…

London - The Irish boy band Westlife last night soared to the top of the charts with their fundraising single for Comic Relief. The single, Uptown Girl - originally released by Billy Joel - is Westlife's eighth number one single.

Recorded for Comic Relief, it has sold 292,318 copies which makes the record Westlife's biggest first week sale.

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