Westlife 'unconcerned by singles' success'

Westlife have declared that they are not concerned about having number one singles, claiming that they are more interested in conquering the album charts.

The band released latest album Where We Are on Monday and are hoping to hit the top spot come the weekend.

"Getting the album to number one is more important than having a number one single for us and Simon [Cowell] agreed," Westlife singer Shane Filan said.

"He pushed us to make a great album. He agreed we needed to up our game and not to record as many covers. We needed to get back to making great pop music."

Filan also spoke about how the Irish group changed direction on the LP, adding to Playlist: "Simon got us in with everyone we wanted to work with. And we only hired producers we haven't worked with before.

"Simon and Louis Walsh think it's the best album we've ever made."