Westlife singer age

After winning six awards at the December Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, the Irish hunks can rightly lay claim to the title of Britain's biggest pop acts - but where did it all start?

Westlife members and their names

Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating then stepped in to manage the band and help nurture its raw talent. In April , Westlife's first single, Swear It Again, stormed into the top of the UK charts and since then there's been no looking back. Rumours of a feud sprang up when Bryan dismissed the Spices' album Forever saying: "I've heard it, but I thought all the songs sounded the same.

At the start of pop's best-kept secret was revealed when Bryan announced that he was to wed former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona. It later emerged that the couple were expecting a child together - baby girl Molly was born on August 31, and second daughter Lilly Sue followed on February 5, The other boys have also maintained fairly high profile romances.

Nicky married Irish prime minister's daughter Georgina Ahern in August , and the pair have welcomed three children together. Kian meanwhile married actress and singer Jodi Albert in and much like Nicky, the happy couple have also welcomed three children together. Shane married childhood sweetheart Gillian Walsh, who is the cousin of Kian, in The couple have three children, Nicole, 17, Patrick, 14, and Shane Jr, Mark came out as gay in , revealing that he was in a relationship with photographer Kevin McDaid.

The pair got engaged in , but on 31 December , Mark confirmed the pair had split. The singer has since entered into a relationship with Cailean O'Neill, and the pair welcomed daughter Layla, three, in October On March 9, Westlife fans were left stunned after Bryan McFadden revealed that he was to leave the band, saying he wanted to spend more time with his wife Kerry and their two young children.