WESTLIFE VALUED AT 14 MILLION - Yahoo News
Westlife have been valued by the Guinness POPTA Index at £14.3 million. The POPTA Index assigns values to DJs, bands and solo performers based on their sales statistics. With four number ones and a world record, Westlife have topped the 1999 league table.
According to POPTA statistics, Westlife amassed 34 weeks in the charts, selling almost 1 1/2 million singles and a record breaking run of Number Ones.
Close behind are Vengaboys with £13m. The other contenders are Steps on
£11.3m, Britney Spears on £11.2m, Boyzone on £11.1m, Geri Halliwell £9.4m, ATB
on £7.4m, Martine McCutcheon on £7.2m, S Club 7 on £7.1m, Robbie Williams on
£6.9m, B*Witched on £6.7m, Whitney Houston on £6.3m, Five on £6.2m, Offspring on
£6.1m, Another Level, Will Smith, Shania Twain and Ricky Martin all on £6m, and
Lou Bega and Eiffel 65 both on £5.9m.