2001 in British music charts

none December 2012 June 2021 article April 2007 2001 British music charts 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 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 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 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 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 Number-one singles Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) Sales dm 2001 01 6 "Can We Fix It?" Bob the Builder90,300 dm 2001 1 13 "Touch Me"Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra 68,473 dm 2001 1 20 "Love Don't Cost a Thing"Jennifer Lopez67,879 dm 2001 1 27 "Rollin'"Limp Bizkit49,487 dm 2001 02 3 47,435 dm 2001 2 10 "Whole Again" Atomic Kitten 69,286 dm 2001 2 17 85,295 dm 2001 2 24 101,919 dm 2001 03 3 113,090 dm 2001 3 10 "It Wasn't Me" Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent345,498 dm 2001 3 17 "Uptown Girl"Westlife292,319 dm 2001 3 24 "Pure and Simple"Hear'Say549,839 dm 2001 3 31 242,000 dm 2001 04 7 81,000 dm 2001 4 14 "What Took You So Long?"Emma Bunton 76,317 dm 2001 4 21 64,818 dm 2001 4 28 "Survivor"Destiny's Child104,062 dm 2001 05 5 "Don't Stop Movin"S Club 7178,985 dm 2001 5 12 "It's Raining Men"Geri Halliwell154,811 dm 2001 5 19 78,000 dm 2001 5 26 "Don't Stop Movin"S Club 763,500 dm 2001 06 2 "Do You Really Like It?"DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies148,594 dm 2001 06 9 "Angel"Shaggy featuring Rayvon178,645 dm 2001 6 16 101,000 dm 2001 6 23 76,000 dm 2001 6 30 "Lady Marmalade"Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink109,405 dm 2001 07 7 "The Way to Your Love"Hear'Say75,514 dm 2001 7 14 "Another Chance"Roger Sanchez72,534 dm 2001 7 21 "Eternity/The Road to Mandalay"Robbie Williams70,186 dm 2001 7 28 64,000 dm 2001 08 4 "Eternal Flame"Atomic Kitten141,994 dm 2001 8 11 70,000 dm 2001 8 18 "21 Seconds"So Solid Crew118,135 dm 2001 8 25 "Let's Dance"Five84,782 dm 2001 09 1 52,000 dm 2001 09 8 "Too Close"Blue83,886 dm 2001 9 15 "Mambo No. 5"Bob the Builder102,056 dm 2001 9 22 "Hey Baby"DJ Ötzi90,748 dm 2001 9 29 "Can't Get You Out of My Head"Kylie Minogue306,648 dm 2001 10 6 180,699 dm 2001 10 13 122,000 dm 2001 10 20 95,500 dm 2001 10 27 "Because I Got High"Afroman129,613 dm 2001 11 3 109,000 dm 2001 11 10 77,060 dm 2001 11 17 "Queen of My Heart"Westlife139,344 dm 2001 11 24 "If You Come Back"Blue87,600 dm 2001 12 1 "Have You Ever"S Club 7143,324 dm 2001 12 8 "Gotta Get Thru This" Daniel Bedingfield108,799 dm 2001 12 15 80,000 dm 2001 12 22 "Somethin' Stupid" Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman98,506 dm 2001 12 29 110,000 Number-one albums Chart date(week ending)AlbumArtist(s)Sales dm 2001 01 6 1The Beatles88,739 dm 2001 1 13 43,000 dm 2001 1 20 31,000 dm 2001 1 27 The Greatest HitsTexas29,000 dm 2001 02 3 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored WaterLimp Bizkit40,000 dm 2001 2 10 No Angel Dido 78,500 dm 2001 2 17 79,000 dm 2001 2 24 101,000 dm 2001 03 3 84,000 dm 2001 3 10 83,000 dm 2001 3 17 64,000 dm 2001 3 24 SongbirdEva Cassidy78,000 dm 2001 3 31 120,000 dm 2001 04 7 PopstarsHear'Say306,631 dm 2001 4 14 127,000 dm 2001 4 21 Just Enough Education to PerformStereophonics140,000 dm 2001 4 28 51,000 dm 2001 05 5 Free All AngelsAsh39,900 dm 2001 5 12 SurvivorDestiny's Child118,000 dm 2001 5 19 53,000 dm 2001 5 26 RevealR.E.M.111,000 dm 2001 06 2 53,000 dm 2001 06 9 Hot ShotShaggy 54,500 dm 2001 6 16 AmnesiacRadiohead 90,500 dm 2001 6 23 The Invisible Band Travis 199,697 dm 2001 6 30 78,000 dm 2001 07 7 53,000 dm 2001 7 14 35,000 dm 2001 7 21 8701Usher42,500 dm 2001 7 28 SurvivorDestiny's Child30,000 dm 2001 08 4 31,500 dm 2001 8 11 White LadderDavid Gray35,000 dm 2001 8 18 Right NowAtomic Kitten47,000 dm 2001 8 25 White LadderDavid Gray180,000 dm 2001 09 1 Break the CycleStaind39,000 dm 2001 09 8 IowaSlipknot52,000 dm 2001 9 15 A Funk OdysseyJamiroquai80,200 dm 2001 9 22 43,500 dm 2001 9 29 The IdMacy Gray36,000 dm 2001 10 6 No AngelDido35,000 dm 2001 10 13 FeverKylie Minogue139,000 dm 2001 10 20 115,000 dm 2001 10 27 GoldSteps146,000 dm 2001 11 3 98,000 dm 2001 11 10 InvincibleMichael Jackson110,000 dm 2001 11 17 GoldSteps55,000 dm 2001 11 24 World of Our OwnWestlife178,000 dm 2001 12 1 Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams295,024 dm 2001 12 8 194,000 dm 2001 12 15 212,000 dm 2001 12 22 245,000 dm 2001 12 29 365,208 Number-one compilation albums Chart date(week ending)Album dm 2001 01 6 Now 47 dm 2001 1 13 dm 2001 1 20 Clubbers Guide to 2001 dm 2001 1 27 dm 2001 02 3 Breakdown – The Very Best of Euphoric Dance dm 2001 2 10 dm 2001 2 17 The Chillout Session dm 2001 2 24 dm 2001 03 3 dm 2001 3 10 dm 2001 3 17 dm 2001 3 24 dm 2001 3 31 New Woman 2001 dm 2001 04 7 The Annual – Spring 2001 dm 2001 4 14 dm 2001 4 21 Now 48 dm 2001 4 28 dm 2001 05 5 dm 2001 5 12 Bridget Jones' Diary dm 2001 5 19 dm 2001 5 26 dm 2001 06 2 dm 2001 06 9 dm 2001 6 16 dm 2001 6 23 Capital Gold – Legends dm 2001 6 30 dm 2001 07 7 dm 2001 7 14 dm 2001 7 21 dm 2001 7 28 dm 2001 08 4 dm 2001 8 11 Now 49 dm 2001 8 18 dm 2001 8 25 dm 2001 09 1 dm 2001 09 8 dm 2001 9 15 dm 2001 9 22 The Classic Chillout Album dm 2001 9 29 Hits 50 dm 2001 10 6 dm 2001 10 13 The Classic Chillout Album dm 2001 10 20 Pepsi Chart 2002 dm 2001 10 27 dm 2001 11 3 Now Dance 2002 dm 2001 11 10 dm 2001 11 17 The Annual 2002 dm 2001 11 24 dm 2001 12 1 Now 50 dm 2001 12 8 dm 2001 12 15 dm 2001 12 22 dm 2001 12 29 Year-end charts Best-selling singles Data based on sales from 31 December 2000 to 29 December 2001.Best Sellers of 2001: Singles Top 100 Music Week United Business Media London, England 11 19 January 2002 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 "It Wasn't Me" Shaggy featuring Rikrok 1 1,150,000 2 "Pure and Simple" Hear'Say 1 1,070,000 3 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue 1 989,000 4 "Whole Again" Atomic Kitten 1 930,000 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 9 "Teenage Dirtbag" Wheatus 2 10 "Because I Got High" Afroman 1 490,000Alan Jones Shaggy bounces back, but overall singles market shows sales slump Music Week 10 19 January 2002 11 "Do You Really Like It?" DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies 1 470,000 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 15 "Eternal Flame" Atomic Kitten 1 379,000 16 "Gotta Get Thru This" Daniel Bedingfield 1 370,000 17 "Mambo No. 5" Bob the Builder 1 18 "What Would You Do?" City High 3 350,000 19 "21 Seconds" So Solid Crew 1 20 "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 Rui da Silva (DJ) featuring Cassandra 1 290,000 26 "Perfect Gentleman" Wyclef Jean 4 27 "Rollin'" Limp Bizkit 1 28 "Follow Me" Uncle Kracker 3 280,000 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 34 "Starlight" The Supermen Lovers featuring Mani Hoffman 2 260,000 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 Data based on sales from 31 December 2000 to 29 December 2001.Best Sellers of 2001: Albums Top 100 Music Week 23 19 January 2002 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 No Angel Dido 1 1,920,170 2 Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 1 1,491,750 3 White Ladder David Gray David Gray (British musician) 1 1,058,490 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 4 796,000Alan Jones Dido seizes her chances to score a first for UK females Music Week 22 19 January 2002 14 Popstars Hear'Say 1 15 Not That Kind Anastacia 2 722,000 16 All Rise Blue 2Reached number 1 in 2002 620,000 17 Sunshine S Club 7 3 18 Encore Russell Watson 6 19 Parachutes Coldplay 2Reached number 1 in 2000 570,000 20 GHV2 Madonna 2 21 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1 22 Gorillaz Gorillaz 3 530,000 23 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 3Reached number 1 in 2000 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 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 30 J.Lo Jennifer Lopez 2 31 The Greatest Hits Texas 1 32 Sing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 3Reached number 1 in 2000 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 5Reached number 1 in 2000 40 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 2Reached number 1 in 2000 41 Music Madonna 5Reached number 1 in 2000 42 Right Now Atomic Kitten 1 43 Best of The Corrs The Corrs 6 44 My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra 19Reached number 7 in 1997 45 Born to Do It Craig David 8Reached number 1 in 2000 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 Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and Friends 8 50 Cieli di Toscana Andrea Bocelli 3 Notes: 30em Best-selling compilation albums Data based on sales from 31 December 2000 to 29 December 2001.Best Sellers of 2001: Top 50 Compilations Music Week 24 19 January 2002 No. Number Title Peakposition Sales 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 2001 in British radio 2001 in British television 2001 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2001 List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2001 List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2001 List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2001 References UK Charts Plus: Top 200 Singles and Albums of 2001 External links The Official Charts Company United Kingdom Category:British record charts