2001 in British music charts

This is a summary of 2001 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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The year saw the tradition of UK acts dominating the top of the charts carried on from 2000. Songs were starting to spend 2–3 weeks at the summit improving on the large amounts of one week number ones from the previous year. CD sales also improved slightly with 3 million selling singles being issued this year. Overall, 30 songs topped the charts over the course of this year.

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The first new No. 1 of the year was from the first ever Portuguese act to top the UK charts; Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra and their dance track, "Touch Me" spent 1-week at the summit. The year ended with the announcement that the pop group Steps were to split up on Boxing Day.

21st century boy bands

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Five scored their final chart topper with "Let's Dance", which marked their final single as a group. The follow-up No. 4 hit, "Closer to Me" was released after news of the band's split. They released a Greatest Hits compilation at the end of the year, which made number 9. BBMak were another boyband to split, however their career was very short-lived with 2001 seeing the start and end of it. Their debut single, "Back Here" failed to make the Top 20 upon initial release, however was then re-issued and peaked at #5. The follow-up single, "Still on Your Side" peaked at No. 8 and despite seeming to continue on with success, they disappeared after the release of their debut album Sooner or Later, which was a very slight Top 20 smash.

Blue were the most successful new boy band of 2001; whilst their debut single "All Rise" only made No. 4, other boy bands quickly fading away meant that it wasn't long before Blue could take centre stage. Their next two singles, "Too Close" (a cover of the 1998 U.S. chart topper from American boy band Next) and "If You Come Back", a slow love ballad, quickly became chart toppers for the group. However, once again, Westlife became the most successful boy band of the year. Although their run of consecutive No. 1 singles had been broken the previous year by Bob the Builder, they quickly returned to the top spot with the Comic Relief single of the year, "Uptown Girl" (a cover of the Billy Joel 1983 UK number 1) and "Queen of My Heart". By the end of the year, they had accumulated a total of 9 No. 1 singles on the UK chart, putting them side by side with the Spice Girls and ABBA. Their 3rd album, entitled World of Our Own, topped the UK albums chart for 1-week.

ABC aired a talent show, Making the Band, in which by the public vote, boyband O-Town were picked as winners. Their debut single, "Liquid Dreams" peaked at No. 3 in the UK and their follow-up, "All Or Nothing", stalled one place lower.

The Backstreet Boys released The Hits: Chapter One, which went platinum. The greatest hits album featured a new song, "Drowning", which got to number 4.

Girl groups

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Girl groups were slowly changing away from 90s pop styles to a more R'N'B/Hip Hop direction. All Saints scored their final UK chart hit, with "All Hooked Up", a final release from their second album, peaking at #7. A greatest hits compilation, entitled All Hits followed, but it only made No. 18 on the albums chart.

Replacing Kerry Katona, Jenny Frost joined girl group Atomic Kitten, who became one of the main early 21st century pop girl groups. After the member change, the band's single "Whole Again", hit No. 1 for 4 weeks, becoming the longest stay since Westlife at New Year in 1999/2000 and also the 4th biggest selling single of the year. They scored a 2nd chart topper later in the year with a remake of The Bangles' "Eternal Flame" chart topper from 1989, which spent 2 weeks at the top and continued on to be one of the most successful groups of the decade.

Destiny's Child started the new trend for girl groups to veer away from pop, as their chart-topping third album, Survivor, spanned a 2nd consecutive No. 1 hit with the title track. The third single, "Emotion" peaked at #3. Mis-teeq, a girl group in a similar vein to Destiny's Child, scored great success throughout the year, with their No. 3 album Lickin' On Both Sides spanning 3 Top 10 hits; "Why", their No. 8 debut, "All I Want" (#2) & One Night Stand (#5). 3LW also made their debut on the UK charts with the No. 6 hit "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)". Their follow-up single only made No. 21 and their eponymous debut album was not released in the UK.

Film and TV music

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2001 was a moderately successful year for film and television music, providing some memorable hit singles and albums. The Tweenies and Bob The Builder both released singles, the former of which was a Christmas release making No. 9 and the latter having his 2nd No. 1 single with a re-make of the No. 1 from 1999 by Lou Bega, "Mambo No. 5". This 2nd No. 1 made Bob the first non-human who "sung" on his recordings to hit the top more than once.

Two very successful movies, Moulin Rouge! and Bridget Jones's Diary, had equally successful soundtracks and produced memorable hit singles each. On the Bridget Jones soundtrack, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell had a chart-topping hit with a cover of The Weather Girls classic "It's Raining Men", while Gabrielle provided her vocals on the No. 4 hit "Out of Reach" which became her first Top 5 single since the chart-topping "Rise" in early 2000. The Moulin Rouge!collaboration proved to be slightly more successful with Christina Aguilera joining forces with Pink, Lil' Kim and Mýa on a cover of the 1975 hit single "Lady Marmalade" (itself previously covered in 1998 by All Saints. Their version proved to be even more successful, topping the charts worldwide and becoming the 900th single to top the UK charts.

Glitter became Mariah Carey's acting debut and the soundtrack became her 10th album release. Despite her massive worldwide success throughout the 90s, the new millennium did not take so kindly to her as both the movie and the soundtrack were a critical and commercial flop. Lead single "Loverboy" failed to make much of an impact, peaking at No. 12 in the UK (made No. 2 in the US, breaking her run of lead single chart toppers). The album peaked at No. 10 in the UK, another weak showing on Carey's behalf. Enough although the former of these singles failed to chart in the US and the latter was not released due to the weak performance of prior singles, "Never Too Far/Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" was able to crack the UK Top 40, peaking at #32.

2001 also saw the beginning of music talent programmes with the band Hear'Say being created on the T.V programme "Popstars" in the UK. It would go on to spawn the creation of similar formats including the British "Pop Idol", American version, "American Idol" and "The X Factor".

Charts

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Number-one singles

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Chart date
(week ending)
Song Artist(s) Sales
6 January "Can We Fix It?" Bob the Builder 90,300
13 January "Touch Me" Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra 68,473
20 January "Love Don't Cost a Thing" Jennifer Lopez 67,879
27 January "Rollin'" Limp Bizkit 49,487
3 February 47,435
10 February "Whole Again" Atomic Kitten 69,286
17 February 85,295
24 February 101,919
3 March 113,090
10 March "It Wasn't Me" Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent 345,498
17 March "Uptown Girl" Westlife 292,319
24 March "Pure and Simple" Hear'Say 549,839
31 March 242,000
7 April 81,000
14 April "What Took You So Long?" Emma Bunton 76,317
21 April 64,818
28 April "Survivor" Destiny's Child 104,062
5 May "Don't Stop Movin'" S Club 7 178,985
12 May "It's Raining Men" Geri Halliwell 154,811
19 May 78,000
26 May "Don't Stop Movin'" S Club 7 63,500
2 June "Do You Really Like It?" DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies 148,594
9 June "Angel" Shaggy featuring Rayvon 178,645
16 June 101,000
23 June 76,000
30 June "Lady Marmalade" Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink 109,405
7 July "The Way to Your Love" Hear'Say 75,514
14 July "Another Chance" Roger Sanchez 72,534
21 July "Eternity / The Road to Mandalay" Robbie Williams 70,186
28 July 64,000
4 August "Eternal Flame" Atomic Kitten 141,994
11 August 70,000
18 August "21 Seconds" So Solid Crew 118,135
25 August "Let's Dance" Five 84,782
1 September 52,000
8 September "Too Close" Blue 83,886
15 September "Mambo No. 5" Bob the Builder 102,056
22 September "Hey Baby" DJ Ötzi 90,748
29 September "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue 306,648
6 October 180,699
13 October 122,000
20 October 95,500
27 October "Because I Got High" Afroman 129,613
3 November 109,000
10 November 77,060
17 November "Queen of My Heart" Westlife 139,344
24 November "If You Come Back" Blue 87,600
1 December "Have You Ever" S Club 7 143,324
8 December "Gotta Get Thru This" Daniel Bedingfield 108,799
15 December 80,000
22 December "Somethin' Stupid" Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman 98,506
29 December 110,000

Number-one albums

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Chart date
(week ending)
Album Artist(s) Sales
6 January 1 The Beatles 88,739
13 January 43,000
20 January 31,000
27 January The Greatest Hits Texas 29,000
3 February Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 40,000
10 February No Angel Dido 78,500
17 February 79,000
24 February 101,000
3 March 84,000
10 March 83,000
17 March 64,000
24 March Songbird Eva Cassidy 78,000
31 March 120,000
7 April Popstars Hear'Say 306,631
14 April 127,000
21 April Just Enough Education to Perform Stereophonics 140,000
28 April 51,000
5 May Free All Angels Ash 39,900
12 May Survivor Destiny's Child 118,000
19 May 53,000
26 May Reveal R.E.M. 111,000
2 June 53,000
9 June Hot Shot Shaggy 54,500
16 June Amnesiac Radiohead 90,500
23 June The Invisible Band Travis 199,697
30 June 78,000
7 July 53,000
14 July 35,000
21 July 8701 Usher 42,500
28 July Survivor Destiny's Child 30,000
4 August 31,500
11 August White Ladder David Gray 35,000
18 August Right Now Atomic Kitten 47,000
25 August White Ladder David Gray 180,000
1 September Break the Cycle Staind 39,000
8 September Iowa Slipknot 52,000
15 September A Funk Odyssey Jamiroquai 80,200
22 September 43,500
29 September The Id Macy Gray 36,000
6 October No Angel Dido 35,000
13 October Fever Kylie Minogue 139,000
20 October 115,000
27 October Gold Steps 146,000
3 November 98,000
10 November Invincible Michael Jackson 110,000
17 November Gold Steps 55,000
24 November World of Our Own Westlife 178,000
1 December Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 295,024
8 December 194,000
15 December 212,000
22 December 245,000
29 December 365,208

Number-one compilation albums

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Chart date
(week ending)
Album
6 January Now 47
13 January
20 January Clubbers Guide to 2001
27 January
3 February Breakdown – The Very Best of Euphoric Dance
10 February
17 February The Chillout Session
24 February
3 March
10 March
17 March
24 March
31 March New Woman 2001
7 April The Annual – Spring 2001
14 April
21 April Now 48
28 April
5 May
12 May Bridget Jones' Diary
19 May
26 May
2 June
9 June
16 June
23 June Capital Gold – Legends
30 June
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July
4 August
11 August Now 49
18 August
25 August
1 September
8 September
15 September
22 September The Classic Chillout Album
29 September Hits 50
6 October
13 October The Classic Chillout Album
20 October Pepsi Chart 2002
27 October
3 November Now Dance 2002
10 November
17 November The Annual 2002
24 November
1 December Now 50
8 December
15 December
22 December
29 December

Year-end charts

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Best-selling singles

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Data based on sales from 31 December 2000 to 29 December 2001.[1]

No. Title Artist Peak
position
Sales
1 "It Wasn't Me" Shaggy featuring Rikrok 1 1,150,000[1]
2 "Pure and Simple" Hear'Say 1 1,070,000[1]
3 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue 1 989,000[1]
4 "Whole Again" Atomic Kitten 1 930,000[1]
5 "Hey Baby (Uhh, Ahh)" DJ Ötzi 1
6 "Uptown Girl" Westlife 1
7 "Don't Stop Movin'" S Club 7 1
8 "Angel" Shaggy featuring Rayvon 1 585,000[1]
9 "Teenage Dirtbag" Wheatus 2
10 "Because I Got High" Afroman 1 490,000[2]
11 "Do You Really Like It?" DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies 1 470,000[2]
12 "Clint Eastwood" Gorillaz 4
13 "It's Raining Men" Geri Halliwell 1
14 "Lady Marmalade" Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink 1 400,000[2]
15 "Eternal Flame" Atomic Kitten 1 379,000[1]
16 "Gotta Get Thru This" Daniel Bedingfield 1 370,000[2]
17 "Mambo No. 5" Bob the Builder 1
18 "What Would You Do?" City High 3 350,000[2]
19 "21 Seconds" So Solid Crew 1
20 "Eternity"/"The Road to Mandalay" Robbie Williams 1
21 "Have You Ever" S Club 7 1
22 "Castles in the Sky" Ian Van Dahl 3
23 "Queen of My Heart" Westlife 1
24 "Out of Reach" Gabrielle 4
25 "Touch Me" Rui da Silva featuring Cassandra 1 290,000[2]
26 "Perfect Gentleman" Wyclef Jean 4
27 "Rollin'" Limp Bizkit 1
28 "Follow Me" Uncle Kracker 3 280,000[2]
29 "Let's Dance" Five 1
30 "Somethin' Stupid" Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman 1
31 "I'm Like a Bird" Nelly Furtado 5
32 "Smooth Criminal" Alien Ant Farm 3
33 "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" OPM 4 270,000[2]
34 "Starlight" The Supermen Lovers featuring Mani Hoffman 2 260,000[2]
35 "Survivor" Destiny's Child 1
36 "Purple Pills" D12 2
37 "Chain Reaction"/"One for Sorrow" (remix) Steps 2
38 "Butterfly" Crazy Town 3
39 "Always Come Back to Your Love" Samantha Mumba 3
40 "Another Chance" Roger Sanchez 1
41 "What Took You So Long?" Emma Bunton 1
42 "Everytime You Need Me" Fragma featuring Maria Rubia 3
43 "Ms. Jackson" OutKast 2
44 "All Rise" Blue 4
45 "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" Eve featuring Gwen Stefani 4
46 "Take Me Home" Sophie Ellis-Bextor 2
47 "Too Close" Blue 1
48 "Here with Me" Dido 4
49 "Dancing in the Moonlight" Toploader 7
50 "If You Come Back" Blue 1

Best-selling albums

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Data based on sales from 31 December 2000 to 29 December 2001.[3]

No. Title Artist Peak
position
Sales
1 No Angel Dido 1 1,920,170[4]
2 Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 1 1,491,750[4]
3 White Ladder David Gray 1 1,058,490[4]
4 Just Enough Education to Perform Stereophonics 1 946,290
5 Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Gabrielle 2 945,820
6 Gold: Greatest Hits Steps 1 934,220
7 The Invisible Band Travis 1 933,610
8 Songbird Eva Cassidy 1 872,880
9 Survivor Destiny's Child 1 870,600
10 Fever Kylie Minogue 1 832,790
11 Hot Shot Shaggy 1
12 World of Our Own Westlife 1
13 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 4 796,000[4]
14 Popstars Hear'Say 1
15 Not That Kind Anastacia 2 722,000[4]
16 All Rise Blue 2[a] 620,000[3]
17 Sunshine S Club 7 3
18 Encore Russell Watson 6
19 Parachutes Coldplay 2[b] 570,000[3]
20 GHV2 Madonna 2
21 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1
22 Gorillaz Gorillaz 3 530,000[3]
23 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 3[c]
24 Their Greatest Hits: The Record Bee Gees 5
25 Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Pink Floyd 2
26 Whoa, Nelly! Nelly Furtado 2 450,000[3]
27 The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 7
28 A Funk Odyssey Jamiroquai 1
29 Onka's Big Moka Toploader 4 420,000[3]
30 J.Lo Jennifer Lopez 2
31 The Greatest Hits Texas 1
32 Sing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 3[d]
33 Solid Bronze – Great Hits The Beautiful South 10
34 Songs from the West Coast Elton John 2
35 1 The Beatles 1
36 The Ultimate Collection Billy Joel 4
37 The Very Best of The Eagles The Eagles 3
38 Songs in A Minor Alicia Keys 7
39 Rise Gabrielle 5[e]
40 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 2[f]
41 Music Madonna 5[g]
42 Right Now Atomic Kitten 1
43 Best of The Corrs The Corrs 6
44 My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra 19[h]
45 Born to Do It Craig David 8[i]
46 8701 Usher 1
47 Reveal R.E.M. 1
48 Discovery Daft Punk 2
49 Small World Big Band Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and Friends 8
50 Cieli di Toscana Andrea Bocelli 3

Notes:

  1. ^ Reached number 1 in 2002
  2. ^ Reached number 1 in 2000
  3. ^ Reached number 1 in 2000
  4. ^ Reached number 1 in 2000
  5. ^ Reached number 1 in 2000
  6. ^ Reached number 1 in 2000
  7. ^ Reached number 1 in 2000
  8. ^ Reached number 7 in 1997
  9. ^ Reached number 1 in 2000

Best-selling compilation albums

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Data based on sales from 31 December 2000 to 29 December 2001.[5]

No. Title Peak
position
Sales[5]
1 Now! 50 1 1,210,000
2 Bridget Jones's Diary Original Soundtrack 1 961,000
3 Now! 48 1 867,000
4 Now! 49 1 836,000
5 The Classical Chillout Album 1
6 The Chillout Session 1
7 Capital Gold Legends 1
8 The Annual 2002 1 370,000
9 Chilled Ibiza 3
10 Classical Chillout 4 364,000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Best Sellers of 2001: Singles Top 100". Music Week. London, England: United Business Media. 19 January 2002. p. 11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Jones, Alan (19 January 2002). "Shaggy bounces back, but overall singles market shows sales slump". Music Week. p. 10.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Best Sellers of 2001: Albums Top 100". Music Week. 19 January 2002. p. 23.
  4. ^ a b c d e Jones, Alan (19 January 2002). "Dido seizes her chances to score a first for UK females". Music Week. p. 22.
  5. ^ a b "Best Sellers of 2001: Top 50 Compilations". Music Week. 19 January 2002. p. 24.
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