Who’s the richest member of Westlife? Net worths, ranked: from Mark Feehily’s Christmas tour with Mariah Carey and Brian McFadden’s stint on Australian Idol, to Shane Filan’s bankruptcy troubles
- The quintessential early 2000s boy band made it big with hits like ‘Uptown Girl’ and ‘I Have a Dream’, but after their initial break up in 2012, all went in different directions
- Shane Filan’s property investments caused him to lose everything, while Nicky Byrne admitted he spent too much on ‘cars and watches’ and Kian Egan found TV fame
Westlife lays their love on fans again! The members of the beloved Irish group are currently performing in the UK before embarking on the Asian leg of their world tour in February 2023, which includes a stop at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld Arena on – rather appropriately – Valentine’s Day.
Fans were disappointed that singer Mark Feehily had to pull out of recent gigs due to a bout of pneumonia, but his bandmates attempted to cheer them up by bringing a life-size cut out of the star on the stage, British media reported.
Founded in 1998 with five members – Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden – Westlife made waves from the get-go with their debut single, 1999’s, “Swear It Again”.
After McFadden left the band in 2004 to focus on his family, Westlife gradually disbanded in 2012. But in 2018, they reunited again – this time without McFadden – and released two albums: Spectrum in 2019 and Wild Dreams in 2021.
The group has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide according to Celebrity Net Worth, helping all but one of them cement multimillion dollar fortunes as they enter their 40s.
So what else have they been up to since finding fame with the group – and who is the richest of them all?