Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 Explained

Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1
Type:greatest
Artist:Westlife
Cover:unbreakableukversion.jpg
Released:11 November 2002
Recorded:1998–2002
Studio:
Genre:
Length:77:56
Label:Sony BMG
Prev Title:World of Our Own
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Turnaround
Next Year:2003

Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 is the first greatest hits album by Irish boy band Westlife. The album was released on 11 November 2002. The album consists of all of the group's past singles along with six new songs. Hit single "Flying Without Wings" was re-recorded as a duet with South Korean singer BoA and Mexican singer Cristian Castro, and each respective duet was included on the Asian and Spanish editions of the album respectively. The first single released from the album was "Unbreakable", a UK number-one single. The second single, the double A-side "Tonight" / "Miss You Nights" peaked at number three in the UK and at number one in Ireland.

Unbreakable peaked at number one in the UK and sold 1.8 million copies in the UK alone. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2002 in the UK. It is also the band's biggest selling album and their longest charting album. The album spent 55 weeks on the UK Top 100 Albums chart.[1] This is the fifth best-selling album of 2002 in Ireland. In October 2008, IFPI announced that the album was certified 2× Platinum, exceeding two million sales in Europe.

In 2008, the album was re-issued in New Zealand, titled "Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits - 2008 NZ Tour Edition". The package features the album plus the "Live at Wembley" 2006 concert DVD. It peaked at No. 1 on the albums chart there, and achieved 2× Platinum status, with more than 30,000 copies sold. The album finished at No. 19 on the 2008 New Zealand Year-end charts.

Track listing

Track
no.
TitleCreditsLength
1"Swear It Again" from Westlifeproduced, arranged by, mixed by Steve Mac
written by Mac, Wayne Hector
4:07
2"If I Let You Go" from Westlifeproduced, arranged by David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
written by Jörgen Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger
3:41
3"Flying Without Wings" from Westlifeproduced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Mac, Hector
3:36
4"I Have A Dream" from Westlifeproduced Dan Frampton, Pete Waterman
remix, producer [Additional] John Holliday, Trevor Steel
written by B. Andersson, B. Ulvaeus
4:15
5"Fool Again (2000 remix)" from Westlifeproduced, arranged by, programmed by Kreuger, Magnusson
written by Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger
3:53
6"Against All Odds" from Coast to Coastproduced Mariah Carey, Mac
vocals featuring, vocals arranged by Carey
written by Phil Collins
3:21
7"My Love" from Coast to Coastproduced, arranged by Kreuger, Magnusson
written by Elofsson, Pelle Nylén, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
3:53
8"What Makes a Man" from Coast to Coastproduced by Mac
written by Mac, Hector
3:52
9"Uptown Girl" from Coast to Coast produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Billy Joel
3:07
10"Queen of My Heart" from World of Our Ownproduced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by McLaughlin, Robson, Mac, Hector
4:19
11"World of Our Own" from World of Our Ownproduced, arranged by Mac
Mastered by Ted Jensen
remix, additional producer Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars
written by Mac, Hector, Dennis Morgan, Simon Climie
3:32
12"Bop Bop Baby" from World of Our Ownproduced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by McFadden, Filan, Murphy, O'Brien
4:30
13"When You're Looking Like That" from Coast to Coastproduced, engineer Rami Yacoub
written by Rami, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin
3:54
14"Unbreakable"produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Jörgen Elofsson, John Reid
4:33
15"Written in the Stars"produced, recorded by David Stenmarck, Nick Jarl
written by Nick Jarl, Stenmarck, Andreas Carlsson
4:10
16"How Does It Feel"produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by McFadden, Filan, Romdhane, Larossi
4:19
17"Tonight"produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Mac, Hector, Elofsson
4:32
18"Love Takes Two"produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Mac, Hector
3:49
19"Miss You Nights"produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Dave Townsend
3:11
Bonus tracks
8"I Lay My Love on You" from Coast to Coast (2000)Replaces "What Makes A Man" on Australian / Asian Edition
produced, arranged by Kreuger, Magnusson
written by Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger
3:29
11"World of Our Own" (US Mix) from World of Our Own (2001)Replaces the original "World of Our Own" on the Asian Edition
produced, arranged by Mac
mastered by Ted Jensen
remix, additional producers Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars
written by Mac, Hector, Morgan, Climie
3:28
20"Flying Without Wings" (Featuring BoA)Additional track on the Asian Edition
produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Mac, Hector
[featuring] vocals arranged by BoA
3:36
20.2"Flying Without Wings" (Featuring Cristian Castro)Additional track on the Spanish Edition
produced, arranged by, mixed by Mac
written by Mac, Hector
[featuring] vocals arranged by Castro
3:36
Additional Bonus Disc (available at Woolworths via a Daily Mirror promotion)[2]
  1. "World of Our Own" (US Mix) - 3:30 from World of Our Own (2001)
  2. "More Than Words" - 3:58 from Westlife (1999)
  3. "Forever" - 5:05 from Westlife (1999), Swear It Again EP
  4. "You Don't Know" - 4:12 from World of Our Own
  5. "Interview With Westlife" - 5:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1!Chart!Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 66
European Albums (European Hot 100)3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[5] 1
South Korean Albums (RIAK)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)!align="left"
Position
Irish Albums (IRMA)5
UK Albums (OCC)9
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[7] 37
Chart (2008)Position
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 79
New Zealand Albums19

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1!Chart (2000–2009)!Position
UK Albums (OCC)42

The Greatest Hits Tour

See main article: Unbreakable Tour (Westlife concert tour).

Video release

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1
Type:video
Artist:Westlife
Released:15 November 2002
Genre:Pop
Length:158
Label:Sony BMG
Director:Brett Turnbull
Prev Title:World of Our Own
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits
Next Year:2003

A DVD containing the music videos of the group's greatest hits was one of the five best-selling music DVDs of 2002 and BMG's fourth biggest-selling concert music DVDs the same year.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Swear It Again"
  2. "If I Let You Go"
  3. "Flying Without Wings"
  4. "Seasons In The Sun"
  5. "I Have A Dream"
  6. "Fool Again"
  7. "My Love"
  8. "What Makes A Man"
  9. "Uptown Girl"
  10. "I Lay My Love On You"
  11. "When You're Looking Like That"
  12. "Queen Of My Heart"
  13. "Angel"
  14. "World Of Our Own"
  15. "Bop Bop Baby"
  16. "Unbreakable"

Bonus features include an interactive documentary, hidden outtakes, studio sessions, and US versions of music videos for "Swear It Again" and "World Of Our Own".

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Ireland1
UK Music Video Chart[10] 1
UK DVD Chart (OCC)[11]
UK Video Chart (OCC)[12]

Certifications and sales

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Westlife Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Volume 1 UK Promo 5" CD SINGLE (458581). Eil.com. 2009-01-05. 2012-03-12. 21 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021040608/http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=458581. live.
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  4. Web site: ウエストライフのアルバム売上ランキング. ORICON STYLE. 12 October 2012. 22 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622124620/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/44748/ranking/cd_album/. live.
  5. Web site: Official Charts. Official Charts Company. 17 February 2013. 26 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926180859/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20021117/40/. live.
  6. Web site: 자료제공:(사)한국음반산업협회/이 자료는당협회와 상의없이 가공,편집을금합니다.: 2002.11월 - POP 음반 판매량. Recording Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20040623051226/http://www.riak.or.kr/stat/pop_200211.htm. June 23, 2004. August 1, 2021.
  7. Web site: Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002. IFPI. https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003138/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2002.pdf. November 17, 2008. February 3, 2023.
  8. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2008 . Official Charts Company . 12 March 2015 . 12 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712032120/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20080106/37502/ . live .
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 21 June 2018 . 20 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061220160601/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/majors-top-sellers-2003.pdf . dead .
  10. Web site: Official Music Video Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company. officialcharts.com. 8 January 2019. 6 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235101/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/music-video-chart/20021124/13/. live.
  11. Web site: Official DVD Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company. officialcharts.com. 8 January 2019. 9 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012020/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dvd-chart/20021124/141/. live.
  12. Web site: Official Video Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company. officialcharts.com. 8 January 2019. 9 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012038/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/video-chart/20021124/12/. live.