2004 in British music charts

none January 2013 March 2021 2004 British music charts This article gives details of the official charts from 2004. The year was special for many successful artists, including Eminem, Britney Spears, Scissor Sisters, Usher, Natasha Bedingfield, Jamelia, Franz Ferdinand, Green Day and The Streets. Summary of UK chart activity The year started with the 2003 Christmas number one single topping the first chart of the year. This was followed by Michelle McManus, the winner of the second British series of Pop Idol with her first single release it topped the charts for 3 weeks. Second and third place contestants Mark Rhodes and Sam Nixon formed a duo, whose debut single was a cover of the Beatles song, "With a Little Help from My Friends", which also reached the No.1 spot. On 9 March Westlife became a four piece after Brian McFadden decided to leave the band. His final single with the band was "Obvious" which peaked at No.3 in February; the remaining members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne, and Kian Egan, went on to further success without McFadden. In April, Eamon achieved the number one spot with a song with more profanities than any other hit single; it stayed at number one for 4 weeks. In another first the answer song by Frankee replaced the original single at the top of the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks despite selling less than half as many copies as Eamon. Both artists released follow-up songs but neither performed well, relegating the pair to one-hit wonder status. A new version of "Alltogethernow" by The Farm was released to mark the Euro 2004 football tournament – it reached number five on 13 June with Come On England, a remake of Come On Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners) by 4-4-2, reaching number two. The UK Official Download Chart began at the start of September, the first number 1 being Flying Without Wings by Westlife. U2 released their single Vertigo on music download services weeks before it came out on CD. It stayed at number one for 8 non-consecutive weeks on the download chart. While illegal sharing of music over the Internet had been popular for a number of years the music industry started creating new, pay-per-download services, which were very well received. Charting companies soon took notice and various download charts appeared on radio and television. The use and increased popularity of iPods also helped to promote download services, and Apple's online iTunes Music Store launched in the UK in June, selling over 450,000 songs in the first week.https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jun/23itunes.html iTunes Music Store in Europe Sells 800,000 Songs in First Week 8 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20060828040326/http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jun/23itunes.html 28 August 2006 dead Downloads began to be introduced into the main singles chart in 2005, although not fully until the beginning of 2007. Albums by Dido, Katie Melua and Norah Jones dominated the first three months of the year. In May and June, Keane twice returned to the top of the charts with their album Hopes and Fears. The Scissor Sisters, The Streets and Maroon 5 also enjoyed great success with their albums. Numerous acts released greatest hits albums with Robbie Williams' being most successful, selling over one million copies in eight weeks. Popular artists from the 1980s made successful returns with Duran Duran, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Morrissey releasing top ten singles. After appearing in the reality television show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Peter Andre re-released his 1996 hit single Mysterious Girl, this time getting to the top spot. In September and October Eric Prydz "Call on me" stayed at number one for five non-consecutive weeks and staying in the chart for a further 14 weeks. In October the music industry mourned the loss of John Peel, the Radio 1 DJ famous for championing new bands and musical styles. 20 years after the original, the Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas? was re-recorded and became a massive success, easily selling the most singles of the year, and holding the Christmas number 1 spot. The second week of release saw the song sell almost as many as the first, pushing it to half a million in less than 14 days. This was all additional to the number of legal downloads as the song topped that chart as well. The song had sold over a million copies in a month. Artists who narrowly missed out on number ones were Kelis whose "Milkshake" peaked at number two for 4 weeks in January and February and "Trick Me" in June. Other acts were Anastacia with "Left Outside Alone" who peaked at number three but was the seventh best selling of the year staying on the chart for 18 weeks. Also the long-awaited return of Destiny's Child came in November when they peaked at number two for 4 weeks with "Lose My Breath", the first single released of their album Destiny Fulfilled. On the issue date of 7 November, the top five consisted of all American performers/acts. #1. Eminem – "Just Lose It" #2. Destiny's Child – "Lose My Breath" #3. Britney Spears – "My Prerogative" #4. Christina Aguilera & Missy Elliott – "Car Wash" #5. Usher & Alicia Keys – "My Boo" This broke a record in UK chart history. The No. 6 was also held by an American act, Ja Rule featuring Ashanti & R. Kelly with "Wonderful". The most successful acts of 2004 were McFly whose first two debut singles entered at number one and they had two other top five hits later in the year. Natasha Bedingfield topped the singles, album and download charts. Britney Spears and Usher returned to the charts and had two number ones each ("Toxic" and "Yeah!" respectively) and another top five hits each. Girls Aloud also had big hits with songs including "The Show", "Love Machine" which both peaked at No. 2, and the 2004 Children in Need No. 1 single "I'll Stand by You". Former S Club star Rachel Stevens continued on with her solo career in this year too, reaching the top 3 once again with Sport Relief track "Some Girls" and a cover of Andrea True Connection's "More, More, More". Charts October 2011 Number-one singles Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) Sales dm 2004 01 3 "Mad World" Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules167,000 dm 2004 1 10 45,761 dm 2004 1 17 "All This Time"Michelle McManus117,927 dm 2004 1 24 60,570 dm 2004 1 31 35,040 dm 2004 02 7 "Take Me to the Clouds Above"LMC vs. U268,768 dm 2004 2 14 49,339 dm 2004 2 21 "With a Little Help from My Friends"Sam & Mark42,776 dm 2004 2 28 "Who's David?"Busted30,072 dm 2004 03 6 "Mysterious Girl"Peter Andre107,870 dm 2004 3 13 "Toxic"Britney Spears102,576 dm 2004 3 20 "Cha Cha Slide"DJ Casper57,280 dm 2004 3 27 "Yeah!"Usher featuring Ludacris and Lil' Jon87,354 dm 2004 04 3 49,616 dm 2004 4 10 "Five Colours In Her Hair"McFly49,511 dm 2004 4 17 37,120 dm 2004 4 24 "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)"Eamon153,287 dm 2004 05 1 99,783 dm 2004 05 8 79,293 dm 2004 5 15 55,732 dm 2004 5 22 "F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)"Frankee79,563 dm 2004 5 29 49,462 dm 2004 06 5 36,440 dm 2004 6 12 "I Don't Wanna Know"Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya61,303 dm 2004 6 19 47,770 dm 2004 6 26 "Everytime"Britney Spears54,022 dm 2004 07 3 "Obviously"McFly42,400 dm 2004 7 10 "Burn"Usher49,334 dm 2004 7 17 31,411 dm 2004 7 24 "Lola's Theme"Shapeshifters51,967 dm 2004 7 31 "Dry Your Eyes"The Streets54,539 dm 2004 08 7 "Thunderbirds / 3AM"Busted70,665 dm 2004 8 14 36,288 dm 2004 8 21 "Baby Cakes"3 of a Kind55,067 dm 2004 8 28 "These Words"Natasha Bedingfield68,745 dm 2004 09 4 40,978 dm 2004 9 11 "My Place / Flap Your Wings"Nelly54,729 dm 2004 9 18 "Real to Me"Brian McFadden34,435 dm 2004 9 25 "Call on Me"Eric Prydz68,138 dm 2004 10 2 46,370 dm 2004 10 9 34,432 dm 2004 10 16 "Radio" Robbie Williams 41,734 dm 2004 10 23 "Call On Me"Eric Prydz23,519 dm 2004 10 30 21,749 dm 2004 11 6 "Wonderful" Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti 23,706 dm 2004 11 13 "Just Lose It" Eminem 63,312 dm 2004 11 20 "Vertigo" U2 51,917 dm 2004 11 27 "I'll Stand by You" Girls Aloud 57,957 dm 2004 12 4 29,992 dm 2004 12 11 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid 20 292,594 dm 2004 12 18 287,849 dm 2004 12 25 231,492 Number-one downloads Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) dm 2004 09 4 Flying Without Wings Westlife dm 2004 9 11 These Words Natasha Bedingfield dm 2004 9 18 dm 2004 9 25 dm 2004 10 2 dm 2004 10 9 Vertigo U2 dm 2004 10 16 dm 2004 10 23 dm 2004 10 30 Dogz Don't Kill People Wabbits Do Mouldie Lookin Stain (Chris Moyles) dm 2004 11 6 Vertigo U2 dm 2004 11 13 dm 2004 11 20 dm 2004 11 27 dm 2004 12 4 dm 2004 12 11 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 20 dm 2004 12 18 dm 2004 12 25 Number-one albums Chart date(week ending) Album Artist Sales dm 2004 01 3 Life for RentDido 233,629 dm 2004 1 10 Friday's ChildWill Young54,442 dm 2004 1 17 Life for Rent Dido 30,711 dm 2004 1 24 30,638 dm 2004 1 31 Call Off the SearchKatie Melua35,680 dm 2004 02 7 55,504 dm 2004 2 14 71,084 dm 2004 2 21 Feels Like HomeNorah Jones235,890 dm 2004 2 28 84,941 dm 2004 03 6 Call Off the SearchKatie Melua70,413 dm 2004 3 13 70,027 dm 2004 3 20 58,917 dm 2004 3 27 PatienceGeorge Michael274,816 dm 2004 04 3 ConfessionsUsher98,872 dm 2004 4 10 AnastaciaAnastacia87,398 dm 2004 4 17 78,432 dm 2004 4 24 Greatest HitsGuns N' Roses51,869 dm 2004 05 1 48,901 dm 2004 05 8 D12 WorldD1286,666 dm 2004 5 15 Greatest HitsGuns N' Roses39,166 dm 2004 5 22 Hopes and Fears Keane155,432 dm 2004 5 29 79,576 dm 2004 06 5 Under My SkinAvril Lavigne 87,496 dm 2004 6 12 Hopes and FearsKeane58,732 dm 2004 6 19 No Roots Faithless47,000 dm 2004 6 26 Hopes and FearsKeane46,900 dm 2004 07 3 A Grand Don't Come for FreeThe Streets34,000 dm 2004 7 10 Scissor SistersScissor Sisters57,994 dm 2004 7 17 Room on the 3rd FloorMcFly61,589 dm 2004 7 24 Scissor SistersScissor Sisters45,000 dm 2004 7 31 A Grand Don't Come for FreeThe Streets48,000 dm 2004 08 7 Live in Hyde ParkRed Hot Chili Peppers63,330 dm 2004 8 14 42,259 dm 2004 8 21 AnastaciaAnastacia35,445 dm 2004 8 28 Songs About JaneMaroon 549,998 dm 2004 09 4 Always Outnumbered, Never OutgunnedThe Prodigy64,300 dm 2004 9 11 The LibertinesThe Libertines72,189 dm 2004 9 18 UnwrittenNatasha Bedingfield83,954 dm 2004 9 25 Out of NothingEmbrace55,613 dm 2004 10 2 American IdiotGreen Day89,385 dm 2004 10 9 Mind Body & SoulJoss Stone75,100 dm 2004 10 16 Around the Sun R.E.M. 69,700 dm 2004 10 23 10 Years Of HitsRonan Keating101,135 dm 2004 10 30 Greatest HitsRobbie Williams320,081 dm 2004 11 6 148,748 dm 2004 11 13 Il Divo Il Divo132,829 dm 2004 11 20 Encore Eminem 212,459 dm 2004 11 27 168,249 dm 2004 12 4 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 200,863 dm 2004 12 11 127,982 dm 2004 12 18 178,539 dm 2004 12 25 Greatest Hits Robbie Williams 183,871 Number-one compilation albums Chart date(week ending) Album dm 2004 1 3 Now 56 dm 2004 1 10 dm 2004 1 17 Clubbers Guide: 2004 dm 2004 1 24 dm 2004 1 31 dm 2004 02 7 Kiss Smooth R&B dm 2004 2 14 Clubmix 2004 dm 2004 2 21 Beautiful dm 2004 2 28 BRIT Awards 2004 dm 2004 03 6 Clubmix 2004 dm 2004 3 13 Hit 40 UK dm 2004 3 20 Floorfillers dm 2004 3 27 The Best of New Woman dm 2004 04 3 Ultimate Diary Dancing dm 2004 4 10 dm 2004 4 17 Now 57 dm 2004 4 24 dm 2004 05 1 dm 2004 05 8 dm 2004 5 15 dm 2004 5 22 dm 2004 5 29 dm 2004 06 5 dm 2004 6 12 Hits 58 dm 2004 6 19 Power Ballads II dm 2004 6 26 dm 2004 07 3 dm 2004 7 10 Essential R&B - The Very Best of R&B dm 2004 7 17 dm 2004 7 24 Clubland 5 dm 2004 7 31 dm 2004 08 7 Now 58 dm 2004 8 14 dm 2004 8 21 dm 2004 8 28 dm 2004 09 4 dm 2004 9 11 dm 2004 9 18 dm 2004 9 25 Sad Songs dm 2004 10 2 Big Tunes - Living for the Weekend dm 2004 10 9 Now Years dm 2004 10 16 dm 2004 10 23 Big Tunes - Living for the Weekend dm 2004 10 30 dm 2004 11 6 Pop Party 2 dm 2004 11 13 dm 2004 11 20 dm 2004 11 27 Now 59 dm 2004 12 4 dm 2004 12 11 dm 2004 12 18 dm 2004 12 25 Year-end charts Between 28 December 2003 and 1 January 2005. Best-selling singles 2004 Singles Top 100 Music Week UBM London, England 19 22 January 2005 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition SalesDave Roberts Singles 2004 British Hit Singles & Albums 18th Guinness World Records London, England 7 2005 978-1-90499-400-8 1 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid 20 1 1,065,749 2 "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)" Eamon 1 552,628 3 "Cha Cha Slide" DJ Casper 1 352,367 4 "Call on Me" Eric Prydz 1 316,869 5 "Yeah!" Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris 1 300,740 6 "All This Time" Michelle McManus 1 291,427 7 "Left Outside Alone" Anastacia 3 275,296 8 "Mysterious Girl" Peter André 1 259,691 9 "Toxic" Britney Spears 1 258,604 10 "Fuck You Right Back" Frankee 1 245,964 11 "I Don't Wanna Know" Mario Winans 1 12 "Baby Cakes" 3 of a Kind 1 13 "Take Me to the Clouds Above" LMC vs U2 1 14 "Milkshake" Kelis 2 15 "Lose My Breath" Destiny's Child 2 16 "My Band" D12 2 17 "These Words" Natasha Bedingfield 1 18 "Everytime" Britney Spears 1 19 "Thunderbirds"/"3am" Busted 1 20 "Dry Your Eyes" The Streets 1 21 "Lola's Theme" Shapeshifters 1 22 "In the Shadows" The Rasmus 3 23 "Just Lose It" Eminem 1 24 "Thank You" Jamelia 2 25 "Hey Ya!" Outkast 3 26 "My Place"/"Flap Your Wings" Nelly 1 27 "Burn" Usher 1 28 "Dragostea din tei" O-Zone 3 29 "Mad World" Michael Andrews Michael Andrews (musician) featuring Gary Jules 1 30 "Against All Odds" Steve Brookstein 2Reached number 1 in 2005 153,770 31 "Somebody to Love" Boogie Pimps 3 32 "5 Colours in Her Hair" McFly 1 150,072 33 "Trick Me" Kelis 2 34 "I'll Stand by You" Girls Aloud 1 35 "Changes" Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne 2Reached number 1 in 2003 36 "Leave (Get Out)" JoJo 2 37 "Dip It Low" Christina Milian 2 38 "Hotel" Cassidy 3 39 "This Love" Maroon 5 3 40 "Some Girls" Rachel Stevens 2 41 "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" Khia 4 42 "Obviously" McFly 1 43 "If There's Any Justice" Lemar 3 44 "Vertigo" U2 1 45 "Amazing" George Michael 4 46 "Breathe Easy" Blue 4 47 "Slow Jamz" Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx 3 48 "Car Wash" Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott 4 49 "Love Machine" Girls Aloud 2 50 "I'm Still in Love with You" Sean Paul featuring Sasha 6 Best-selling albums 2004 Albums Top 100 Music Week UBM London, England 21 22 January 2005 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition SalesRoberts (2005). "Albums 2004". p. 7. 1 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 1 1,594,259 2 Hopes and Fears Keane 1 1,593,677 3 Greatest Hits Robbie Williams 1 1,530,788 4 Songs About Jane Maroon 5 1 1,490,117 5 Call Off the Search Katie Melua 1 1,356,962 6 Anastacia Anastacia 1 1,115,928 7 Confessions Usher 1 1,108,590 8 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1 993,632 9 Final Straw Snow Patrol 3 991,219 10 Il Divo Il Divo 1 968,460 11 Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses 1 12 10 Years of Hits Ronan Keating 1 13 A Grand Don't Come for Free The Streets 1 14 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 1 15 Encore Eminem 1 16 The Soul Sessions Joss Stone 4 17 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 3 18 American Idiot Green Day 1 746,364 19 Unwritten Natasha Bedingfield 1 20 Patience George Michael 1 21 Friday's Child Will Young 1 22 Ultimate Kylie Kylie Minogue 4 23 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast 8 24 Allow Us to Be Frank Westlife 3 25 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative Britney Spears 2 26 Elephunk The Black Eyed Peas 3 27 Twentysomething Jamie Cullum 3 28 Greatest Hits Shania Twain 6 29 Room on the Third Floor McFly 1 30 Life for Rent Dido 1 31 Under My Skin Avril Lavigne 1 32 O Damien Rice 8 33 Mind Body & Soul Joss Stone 1 34 The College Dropout Kanye West 12 35 Thank You Jamelia 4 36 Destiny Fulfilled Destiny's Child 5 37 Best of Blue Blue 6 38 The Best of LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes 2 39 Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New Phil Collins 10 40 The Singles 1992–2003 No Doubt 5 41 Hot Fuss The Killers 5Reached number 1 in 2005 42 Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III Rod Stewart 3 43 A Ticket for Everyone Busted 11 44 What Will the Neighbours Say? Girls Aloud 6 45 Up All Night Razorlight 3 46 Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons 6 47 Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA 4Reached number 1 in 1992 48 Singles Travis 4 49 Out of Nothing Embrace 1 50 Time to Grow Lemar 8 Best-selling compilations Compilations Music Week UBM London, England 22 22 January 2005 No. Number Title Peakposition 1 Now 59 1 2 Now 57 1 3 Now 58 1 4 Pop Party 2 1 5 Ultimate Dirty Dancing (Original Soundtrack) 1 6 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Original Soundtrack) 2 7 Power Ballads II 1 8 Cream Classics 2 9 The Annual 2005 2 10 Essential R&B – The Very Best of R&B: Summer 2004 1 Notes: Total album sales of 2004 Total sales for albums in 2004 amounted to 163,405,658.http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=2&storycode=1039597 2009: being Boyled 3 February 2010 Music Week See also List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2004 List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2004 List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2004 References Top 200 singles of 2004 Category:British record charts United Kingdom