2001 In British Music

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

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.

Summary

The first new #1 of the year was from the first ever Portuguese act to top the UK charts; Rui Di 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 boybands

Five scored their final chart topper with the title track from their 3rd album, Kingsize, which peaked at #3. "Let's Dance" marked their final single as a group, with the follow up #4 hit, "Closer To Me" being released after news of the band's split. They released a Greatest Hits compilation at the end of the year which made #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 #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 minimal Top 20 smash.

Blue were the most successful new boyband of 2001; their debut single "All Rise" only made #4, however with other boybands quickly fading away, it wasn't long before Blue could take centre stage. Their next 2 singles, "Too Close", a cover of the 1998 chart topper from US boyband Next & "If You Come Back", a slow love ballad quickly became chart toppers for the group. However, once again, Westlife became the most successful boyband of the year. Although their run of consecutive #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 #1) and "Queen Of My Heart". By the end of the year, they had accumulated a total of 9 #1 singles on the UK chart, putting them side by side with the Spice Girls & 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 #3 in the UK and their follow up, "All Or Nothing", stalled one place lower.

Girl groups - changing styles

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 #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 #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 second album, Survivor spanned a 2nd consecutive #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 #3 album Lickin' On Both Sides spanning 3 Top 10 hits; "Why", their #8 debut, "All I Want" (#2) & One Night Stand (#5). 3LW also made their debut on the UK charts with the #6 hit "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)". Their follow up single only made #21 and their eponymous debut album was not released in the UK.

Film and TV music

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 #9 and the latter having his 2nd #1 single with a re-make of the #1 from 1999 by Lou Bega, "Mambo No. 5". This 2nd #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 #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 Mya 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 #12 in the UK (made #2 in the US, breaking her run of lead single chart toppers). The album peaked at #10 in the UK, another weak showing on Carey's behalf. Interestingly 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

Singles

Issue Date	Song Title	Artist	Sales
7 January	Touch Me	Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra	68,473
14 January	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Jennifer Lopez	67,879
21 January	Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)	Limp Bizkit	49,487
28 January	Rollin'	Limp Bizkit	47,435
4 February	Whole Again	Atomic Kitten	69,286
11 February	Whole Again	Atomic Kitten	85,295
18 February	Whole Again	Atomic Kitten	101,919
25 February	Whole Again	Atomic Kitten	113,090
4 March	It Wasn't Me	Shaggy featuring Rikrok	345,498
11 March	Uptown Girl	Westlife	292,319
18 March	Pure And Simple	Hear'Say	549,839
25 March	Pure And Simple	Hear'Say	242,000
1 April	Pure And Simple	Hear'Say	81,000
8 April	What Took You So Long?	Emma Bunton	76,317
15 April	What Took You So Long?	Emma Bunton	64,818
22 April	Survivor	Destiny's Child	104,062
29 April	Don't Stop Movin'	S Club 7	178,985
6 May	It's Raining Men	Geri Halliwell	154,811
13 May	It's Raining Men	Geri Halliwell	78,000
20 May	Don't Stop Movin'	S Club 7	63,500
27 May	Do You Really Like It?	DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies	148,594
3 June	Angel	Shaggy featuring Rayvon	178,645
10 June	Angel	Shaggy featuring Rayvon	101,000
17 June	Angel	Shaggy featuring Rayvon	76,000
24 June	Lady Marmalade	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink	109,405
1 July	The Way To Your Love	Hear'Say	75,514
8 July	Another Chance	Roger Sanchez	72,534
15 July	Eternity / The Road to Mandalay	Robbie Williams	70,186
22 July	Eternity / The Road to Mandalay	Robbie Williams	64,000
29 July	Eternal Flame	Atomic Kitten	141,994
5 August	Eternal Flame	Atomic Kitten	70,000
12 August	21 Seconds	So Solid Crew	118,135
19 August	Let's Dance	Five	84,782
26 August	Let's Dance	Five	52,000
2 September	Too Close	Blue	83,886
9 September	Mambo No. 5	Bob The Builder	102,056
16 September	Hey Baby	DJ Otzi	90,748
23 September	Can't Get You Out Of My Head	Kylie Minogue	306,648
30 September	Can't Get You Out Of My Head	Kylie Minogue	180,000
7 October	Can't Get You Out Of My Head	Kylie Minogue	122,000
14 October	Can't Get You Out Of My Head	Kylie Minogue	104,000
21 October	Because I Got High	Afroman	129,613
28 October	Because I Got High	Afroman	109,000
4 November	Because I Got High	Afroman	77,060
11 November	Queen of My Heart	Westlife	139,344
18 November	If You Come Back	Blue	87,600
25 November	Have You Ever	S Club 7	143,324
2 December	Gotta Get Thru This	Daniel Bedingfield	108,799
9 December	Gotta Get Thru This	Daniel Bedingfield	80,000
16 December	Somethin' Stupid	Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman	190,000,
23 December	Somethin' Stupid	Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman	210,455
30 December	Somethin' Stupid	Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman	120,421

Albums

Issue Date	Album Title	Artist	Sales
7 January	1	The Beatles
14 January	1	The Beatles
21 January	Greatest Hits	Texas
28 January	Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water	Limp Bizkit
4 February	No Angel	Dido
11 February	No Angel	Dido
18 February	No Angel	Dido
25 February	No Angel	Dido
4 March	No Angel	Dido
11 March	No Angel	Dido
18 March	Songbird	Eva Cassidy
25 March	Songbird	Eva Cassidy
1 April	Popstars	Hear'Say
8 April	Popstars	Hear'Say
15 April	Just Enough Education to Perform	Stereophonics
22 April	Just Enough Education to Perform	Stereophonics
29 April	Free All Angels	Ash
6 May	Survivor	Destiny's Child
13 May	Survivor	Destiny's Child
20 May	Reveal	R.E.M.
27 May	Reveal	R.E.M.
3 June	Hot Shot	Shaggy
10 June	Amnesiac	Radiohead
17 June	The Invisible Band	Travis
24 June	The Invisible Band	Travis
1 July	The Invisible Band	Travis
8 July	The Invisible Band	Travis
15 July	8701	Usher
22 July	Survivor	Destiny's Child
29 July	Survivor	Destiny's Child
5 August	White Ladder	David Gray
12 August	Right Now	Atomic Kitten	180,000
19 August	White Ladder	David Gray
26 August	Break the Cycle	Staind
2 September	Iowa	Slipknot
9 September	A Funk Odyssey	Jamiroquai
16 September	A Funk Odyssey	Jamiroquai
23 September	The Id	Macy Gray
30 September	No Angel	Dido
7 October	Fever	Kylie Minogue
14 October	Fever	Kylie Minogue
21 October	Gold - The Greatest Hits	Steps
28 October	Gold - The Greatest Hits	Steps
4 November	Invincible	Michael Jackson
11 November	Gold - The Greatest Hits	Steps
18 November	World Of Our Own	Westlife
25 November	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams
2 December	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams
9 December	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams
16 December	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams
23 December	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams
30 December	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams

Top 40 Singles of 2001

Position	Song Title	Artist	Highest Position	Sales
1	It Wasn't Me	Shaggy featuring RikRok	1	1,180,700
2	Pure And Simple	Hear'Say	1	1,078,400
3	Can't Get You Out Of My Head	Kylie Minogue	1	1,037,235
4	Whole Again	Atomic Kitten	1	939,000
5	Hey Baby	DJ Otzi	1	747,000
6	Uptown Girl	Westlife	1	745,000
7	Don't Stop Movin'	S Club 7	1	710,000
8	Angel	Shaggy featuring Rayvon	1	585,000
9	Teenage Dirtbag	Wheatus	2	550,000
10	Because I Got High	Afroman	1	505,000
11	Do You Really Like It	DJ Pied Piper and the Master of Ceremonies	1	472,960
12	Clint Eastwood	Gorillaz	4	450,000
13	It's Raining Men	Geri Halliwell	1	421,760
14	Lady Marmalade	Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mya / Pink	1	405,000
15	Eternal Flame	Atomic Kitten	1	379,000
16	Gotta Get Through This	Daniel Bedingfield	1
17	Mambo No. 5	Bob The Builder	1	368,000
18	What Would You Do?	City High	3	356,000
19	21 Seconds	So Solid Crew	1	350,130
20	Eternity / Road To Mandalay	Robbie Williams	1	343,000
21	Have You Ever	S Club 7	1	341,000
22	Castles In The Sky	Ian Van Dahl	3	316,000
23	Queen Of My Heart	Westlife	1	307,000
24	Out of Reach	Gabrielle	4	292,000
25	Touch Me	Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra	1	291,440
26	Perfect Gentleman	Wyclef Jean	4
27	Rollin'	Limp Bizkit	1	285,000
28	Follow Me	Uncle Kracker	3
29	Let's Dance	Five	1	275,000
30	Somethin' Stupid	Robbie Williams & 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
34	Starlight	Supermen Lovers featuring Mani Hoffman	2
35	Survivor	Destiny's Child	1	260,500
36	Purple Pills	D-12	2
37	Chain Reaction / One For Sorrow	Steps	2
38	Butterfly	Crazy Town	3
39	Always Come Back To Your Love	Samantha Mumba	3
40	Another Chance	Roger Sanchez	1	246,140

Top 40 Albums of 2001

Position	Album Title	Artist	Highest Position
1	No Angel	Dido	1
2	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	1
3	White Ladder	David Gray	1
4	Just Enough Education to Perform	Stereophonics	1
5	Dreams Can Come True - Greatest Hits Volume 1	Gabrielle	2
6	Gold - Greatest Hits	Steps	1
7	The Invisible Band	Travis	1
8	Songbird	Eva Cassidy	1
9	Survivor	Destiny's Child	1
10	Fever	Kylie Minogue	1
11	Hot Shot	Shaggy	1
12	Iowa	Slipknot	1
13	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park	4
14	Popstars	Hear'Say	1
15	Not That Kind	Anastacia	2
16	All Rise	Blue	2
17	Sunshine	S Club 7	3
18	Encore	Russell Watson	6
19	Parachutes	Coldplay	1
20	GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2)	Madonna	2
21	Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water	Limp Bizkit	1
22	Gorillaz	Gorillaz	3
23	All That You Can't Leave Behind	U2	1
24	The Record - Their Greatest Hits	Bee Gees	5
25		Pink Floyd	2
26	Whoa, Nelly!	Nelly Furtado	2
27	The Story So Far - The Very Best Of	Rod Stewart	7
28	A Funk Odyssey	Jamiroquai	1
29	Onka's Big Moka	Toploader	4
30	J.Lo	Jennifer Lopez	2
31	The Greatest Hits	Texas	1
32	Sing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	1
33	Solid Bronze - Great Hits	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	3
38	Songs In A Minor	Alicia Keys	7
39	Rise	Gabrielle	1
40	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem	1

Music awards

BRIT Awards

The 2001 BRIT Awards winners were:

Best soundtrack: "American Beauty"
British album: Coldplay - "Parachutes"
British breakthrough act: a1
British dance act: Fatboy Slim
British female solo artist: Sonique
British group: Coldplay
British male solo artist: Robbie Williams
British single: Robbie Williams - "Rock DJ"
British video: Robbie Williams - "Rock DJ"
International breakthrough act: Kelis
International female: Madonna
International group: U2
International male: Eminem
Outstanding contribution: U2
Pop act: Westlife

Mercury Music Prize

The 2001 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to PJ Harvey - ''Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Record of the Year

The Record of the Year was awarded to "Don't Stop Movin'" by S Club 7.

External links

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