CHART SPOTLIGHT. Westlife has decided to split up, following a successful career selling 44 million records, ten sold-out tours and 26 top ten hits. The tale started in 1998 when their debut hit ‘Swear It Again’ managed to top the UK and Irish singles charts.

CHART SPOTLIGHT. The Stone Roses reunion is nothing but a success. It only took 68 minutes to sell out 220,000 tickets to the group’s three concerts in Manchester Heaton Park in June and July next year, as reported on the band’s homepage.

CHART SPOTLIGHT. Sak Noel’s novelty hit ‘Loca People (What the Fuck)’ finally found its way to the UK as it knocked Dappy’s ‘No Regrets’ off the top spot. Also known as ‘Loca People (La Gente Está Muy Loca),’ the single has already topped the tallies in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands and Poland before reaching the British isles.

CHART SPOTLIGHT. When John Rzeznik wrote the lyrics for ‘Iris,’ this was a song breaking several years of writer’s block. Written for the movie City of Angels, ‘Iris’ was initially released by Goo Goo Dolls in 1998. Despite only peaking at No.26 at the UK singles chart that year, it has amassed more than 433,000 copies sold since the release.