2005 in British music charts

none December 2012 March 2021 article April 2007 2005 British music charts This is a summary of 2005 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts. Average sales for a number-one single were 80,437 per week. Prominent music genres included girlgroup pop, with the success of Sugababes and Girls Aloud, as well as Rock, Indie Rock and Soul. Elvis Presley broke the record for the most UK number-one singles. Arctic Monkeys helped a continued resurgence of Indie Rock music, as part of the post-punk revival scene scoring two UK No1 singles in 2005, including I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor. Summary The first number one of the year, displacing Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?",2005-01-02 X Factor star ends Band Aid reign en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4141883.stm 2021-06-04 was Steve Brookstein with his cover version of Phil Collins' "Against All Odds". To celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, one of Elvis Presley's eighteen Number One singles were released each week from January until May. The first, "Jailhouse Rock", entered at Number One in early January. The second, "One Night", was the 1000th number-one single in the UK charts, and also set the record for being the lowest-selling weekly sale ever to reach the top spot. The run did not extend to a third week with "A Fool Such as I" only making number two, having been beaten by the debut release by Ciara. Elvis returned to the top spot in the fourth week, with "It's Now or Never". The Scissor Sisters topped the album chart in the second week of 2005 having had a very successful 2004. Their eponymous album Scissor Sisters was released on 9 February 2004 and went on to sell 1,594,000 copies by the end of that year. On 14 January pop band Busted announced that they were to split. The band had released two albums and topped the singles chart four times. The Chemical Brothers topped the album and download charts with Push the Button and "Galvanize",2005-02-16 Galvanise is still top download en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4270000/newsid_4272400/4272417.stm 2021-06-04 respectively, with the single reaching the top ten. Keane returned to the top of the chart in the second week of February due to their success at the BRIT Awards, while on 6 February, Eminem got his sixth number one with "Like Toy Soldiers", making him the most successful rap artist in the UK singles chart. On 6 March, Stereophonics earned their first number-one single with "Dakota",2005-04-07 Stereophonics score download hit en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4420211.stm 2021-06-04 the first single to be taken from their new album, Language. Sex. Violence. Other?, which topped the album chart two weeks later. The Comic Relief single of the year, the double A-side of "All About You" and "You've Got a Friend" by McFly, reached the top of the chart on 13 March. It was knocked off by a second Comic Relief single – a reissue of Tony Christie's "Is This the Way to Amarillo" with the associated video seeing comedian Peter Kay mime alongside various guest stars. Tony Christie topped the singles, album and download chart. The song spent seven weeks at the top of the singles charts, the longest stay at number 1 since Cher's "Believe" in 1998. On its original release in 1971, the song had charted no higher than No. 18. On 29 May, Damon Albarn's Gorillaz topped the album charts with Demon Days. The following week, Gorillaz were knocked off the top by Albarn's former Britpop rivals Oasis who in turn were knocked off the top by Coldplay's eagerly awaited X&Y, which was met with mixed reviews itself. It was the second fastest album on first week sales only, behind Oasis' 1997 release, Be Here Now. Headliners at the major festivals included: The Foo Fighters and Green Day at T in the Park;2005-02-11 Green Day headline T in the Park en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4257481.stm 2021-06-04 Faithless, Morrissey and R.E.M. at the Isle of Wight Festival; Feeder, Black Sabbath and System of a Down at the Download Festival; Scissor Sisters and Oasis at V Festival; Basement Jaxx and Faithless at Creamfields; New Order, Basement Jaxx, Keane and Kasabian at the Wireless Festival; Foo Fighters, Pixies and Iron Maiden at the Carling Weekend, while Glastonbury seen White Stripes, Coldplay and Basement Jaxx headline. On 17 July 2005 James Blunt's single "You're Beautiful" went to number one six weeks after its release, having been in the top 15 for all the previous weeks. His album Back To Bedlam had hit the top spot the week previous. After five weeks at the top, he was then replaced by McFly, who scored their fourth chart topper with "I'll Be OK", the second release from their second album Wonderland which was to also top the album chart, making them the youngest band ever to have scored two UK number-one albums. Oasis then followed up their May chart topper "Lyla" with a second, "The Importance of Being Idle", which would be their final number one before their break up in 2009. Gorillaz then scored their first (and to date only) number 1 when "Dare", featuring the vocals of Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder topped the chart for a week. Pussycat Dolls reached number 1 on 11 September with "Don't Cha", becoming the first American girl band to top the charts since Destiny's Child in 2001. Their next release, "Stickwitu", would also top the chart for two weeks in early December. After a year's break, Sugababes returned to the top of the charts for the fourth time with the release of "Push the Button", and their fourth studio LP Taller in More Ways. These releases along with the album's second single "Ugly" would prove to be their last with Mutya Buena, who departed from the band that December to be replaced by Amelle Berrabah. The Arctic Monkeys entered the UK mainstream when their debut single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", went in at Number One on 23 October, beating the new single by Robbie Williams and knocking the Sugababes off the top. Robbie Williams' new album Intensive Care set a new record when it topped the UK album chart on 30 October, with British acts occupying the number-one spot in the album chart for 25 consecutive weeks. The previous record, set in March 1990, was 24 weeks.IOL | Robbie Williams to set UK chart record https://web.archive.org/web/20140225115340/http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/?jp=cwcwqlqlcwql 25 February 2014 Kate Bush returned to the music world after a 12-year absence2005-09-01 Kate Bush returns after 12 years en-GB https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4204166.stm 2021-06-04 with the single "King of the Mountain", which became her biggest UK hit in 20 years by reaching No. 4, and was followed on 7 November by the acclaimed double album Aerial, which reached No. 3 and was certified platinum. In the latter part of the year, the album chart was dominated by the usual range of 'greatest hits' packages, the most successful being Eminem's Curtain Call: The Hits, which topped the chart for four weeks in December and sold around nearly a million copies by early 2006. Mariah Carey also had success with her Greatest Hits album. Madonna also launched another successful comeback, spending three weeks at number one with her single "Hung Up". The coveted Christmas number one spot was taken by The X Factor winner Shayne Ward, who comfortably beat surprise contenders Nizlopi and the charity re-release of "Fairytale of New York". His single, "That's My Goal", became one of the quickest selling songs ever, with over 742,180 copies sold in just four days. Eminem continues to dominate in the albums chart with Curtain Call: The Hits reaching #1 for 5 weeks and selling around a million in the UK. Chart calculation change On 17 April, the first combined physical and downloaded singles sales chart was published, in an attempt by the record industry to boost flagging singles sales. It was suggested that this might make a significant impact on the demographics of chart as 96% of people downloading from the Internet at the time were male.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1559436,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060105211922/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1559436,00.html dead 5 January 2006 The Times London Move over girls The boys are back in town to buy up the charts 8 April 2005 22 April 2010 Adam Sherwin Charts Number-one singles Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) Sales 1 January"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid 20231,929 8 January"Against All Odds"Steve Brookstein26,400 15 January"Jailhouse Rock"Elvis Presley21,262 22 January"One Night/I Got Stung"20,463 29 January"Goodies"Ciara featuring Petey Pablo 21,128 5 February"It's Now or Never"Elvis Presley21,887 12 February"Like Toy Soldiers"Eminem30,496 19 February"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"U230,359 26 February"Get Right"Jennifer Lopez49,928 5 March"Over and Over"Nelly featuring Tim McGraw41,528 12 March"Dakota"Stereophonics40,378 19 March"All About You/You've Got a Friend"McFly158,000 26 March"(Is This the Way to) Amarillo"Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay266,844 2 April261,031 9 April130,700 16 April99,636 23 April69,000 30 April57,810 7 May47,945 14 May"Lonely"Akon87,695 21 May59,772 28 May"Lyla"Oasis75,124 4 June"Axel F"Crazy Frog149,466 11 June120,246 18 June72,281 25 June52,084 2 July"Ghetto Gospel"2Pac featuring Elton John56,016 9 July54,820 16 July39,627 23 July"You're Beautiful"James Blunt38,951 30 July46,443 6 August51,671 13 August44,875 20 August35,671 27 August"I'll Be OK"McFly45,814 3 September"The Importance of Being Idle"Oasis47,235 10 September"Dare"Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder26,661 17 September"Don't Cha"Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes85,021 24 September65,120 1 October44,897 8 October"Push the Button" Sugababes 78,282 15 October64,489 22 October46,783 29 October"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"Arctic Monkeys38,962 5 November"You Raise Me Up" Westlife 97,288 12 November58,175 19 November"Hung Up" Madonna 105,128 26 November59,969 3 December40,254 10 December"Stickwitu" Pussycat Dolls 43,989 17 December31,311 24 December"JCB" Nizlopi 81,660 31 December"That's My Goal" Shayne Ward 742,180 Number-one downloads Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) 1 January "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid 20 8 January "Vertigo" U2 15 January "What You Waiting For?" Gwen Stefani 22 January 29 January "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day 5 February "Galvanize" The Chemical Brothers 12 February 19 February 26 February 5 March "Dakota" Stereophonics 12 March 19 March "All About You/You've Got a Friend" McFly 26 March 2 April "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 April "Speed of Sound" Coldplay 7 May 14 May 21 May "Don't Phunk with My Heart" The Black Eyed Peas 28 May 4 June "Feel Good Inc." Gorillaz featuring De La Soul 11 June 18 June 25 June "You're Beautiful" James Blunt 2 July 9 July 16 July "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Paul McCartney & U2 23 July "Electricity" Elton John 30 July "You're Beautiful" James Blunt 6 August 13 August "Bad Day" Daniel Powter 20 August 27 August 3 September 10 September 17 September "Don't Cha" The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes 24 September 1 October 8 October "Push the Button" Sugababes 15 October 22 October 29 October 5 November "Hung Up" Madonna 12 November 19 November 26 November 3 December 10 December 17 December 24 December "JCB Song" Nizlopi 31 December "That's My Goal" Shayne Ward Number-one albums Chart date(week ending) Album Artist Sales 1 January Greatest Hits Robbie Williams 8 January American Idiot Green Day 43,263 15 January Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 38,174 22 January Hot Fuss The Killers 39,947 29 January 49,433 5 February Push the Button The Chemical Brothers 58,364 12 February Tourist Athlete 83,370 19 February Hopes and Fears Keane 75,039 26 February Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 76,213 5 March Some Cities Doves 59,819 12 March G4 G4 244,671 19 March The Massacre 50 Cent 94,117 26 March Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Stereophonics 106,837 2 April Definitive Collection Tony Christie 82,686 9 April 49,416 16 April Counting Down the Days Natalie Imbruglia 41,290 23 April The Singles Basement Jaxx 38,457 30 April Trouble Akon 39,954 7 May Devils and Dust Bruce Springsteen 62,311 14 May Trouble Akon 38,003 21 May Heart and Soul Steve Brookstein 50,989 28 May Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits Faithless 70,282 4 June Demon Days Gorillaz 105,320 11 June Don't Believe the Truth Oasis 237,865 18 June X&Y Coldplay 464,471 25 June 238,892 2 July 100,198 9 July 103,598 16 July Back to BedlamJames Blunt 97,694 23 July 109,735 30 July 110,932 6 August 122,827 13 August 100,813 20 August 84,762 27 August 70,000 3 September 66,321 10 September Wonderland McFly 71,517 17 September Back to Bedlam James Blunt 43,477 24 September Life in Slow Motion David Gray 114,258 1 October 71,599 8 October Piece by Piece Katie Melua 120,549 15 October You Could Have It So Much Better Franz Ferdinand 101,884 22 October Taller in More Ways Sugababes 65,781 29 October Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005 The Prodigy 79,708 5 November Intensive Care Robbie Williams 373,832 12 November Face to Face Westlife 216,879 19 November Ancora Il Divo 149,047 26 November Confessions on a Dancefloor Madonna 217,610 3 December 110,527 10 December Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 112,915 17 December 241,382 24 December 198,793 31 December 314,553 Number-one compilation albums Chart date(week ending) Album 1 January Now 59 8 January 15 January R&B Anthems 2005 2 April Now 60 7 May Happy Songs 14 May Clubland X-Treme Hardcore 21 May Happy Songs 28 May Massive R&B 4 June 11 June Driving Rock Ballads 18 June Dad Rocks 25 June 2 July Hairbrush Divas Presents Sing-A-Long Summer 9 July Clubland 7 16 July Gatecrasher Classics 23 July 30 July 6 August Now 61 13 August 20 August 27 August 3 September 15 October Acoustic Love 22 October 29 October 5 November Pop Party 3 12 November 19 November 26 November 3 December Now 62 10 December 17 December 24 December 31 December Year-end charts Between 2 January and 31 December 2005. Best-selling singles 2005 Singles Top 100 Music Week UBM London, England 13 14 January 2006 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition SalesDavid Roberts British Hit Singles & Albums Guinness World Records London, England 2006 19th 8 978-1-90499-410-7 1 "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay 1 1,100,233 2 "That's My Goal" Shayne Ward 1 874,444 3 "Axel F" Crazy Frog 1 525,123 4 "You're Beautiful" James Blunt 1 474,455 5 "Don't Cha" Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes 1 380,936 6 "All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" McFly 1 338,553 7 "Lonely" Akon 1 334,413 8 "Hung Up" Madonna 1 327,504 9 "You Raise Me Up" Westlife 1 323,466 10 "Push the Button" Sugababes 1 306,695 11 "Bad Day" Daniel Powter 2 12 "JCB Song" Nizlopi 1 13 "Ghetto Gospel" 2Pac featuring Elton John 1 14 "Feel Good Inc." Gorillaz 2 15 "Switch" Will Smith 4 16 "I Like the Way" BodyRockers 3 17 "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" Arctic Monkeys 1 18 "Let Me Love You" Mario 2 19 "Tripping" Robbie Williams 2 20 "We Belong Together" Mariah Carey 2 21 "Signs" Snoop Dogg featuring Justin Timberlake & Charlie Wilson 2 22 "Shot You Down" Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra 3 23 "Get Right" Jennifer Lopez 1 24 "Don't Phunk with My Heart" The Black Eyed Peas 3 25 "Over and Over" Nelly featuring Tim McGraw 1 26 "Dare" Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder 1 27 "We Be Burnin'" Sean Paul 2 28 "Stickwitu" Pussycat Dolls 1 29 "Candy Shop" 50 Cent featuring Olivia 4 30 "Since U Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson 5 31 "Lyla" Oasis 1 32 "My Humps" The Black Eyed Peas 3 33 "Pon de Replay" Rihanna 2 34 "Crazy Chick" Charlotte Church 2 35 "Gold Digger" Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx 2 36 "Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1 2)" MVP 5 37 "The Importance of Being Idle" Oasis 1 38 "1 Thing" Amerie 4 39 "Doctor Pressure" Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine 3 40 "Dakota" Stereophonics 1 41 "Speed of Sound" Coldplay 2 42 "Somewhere Else" Razorlight 2 43 "No Worries" Simon Webbe 4 44 "1, 2 Step" Ciara featuring Missy Elliott 3 45 "Like Toy Soldiers" Eminem 1 46 "Falling Stars" Sunset Strippers 3 47 "Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani 8 48 "Rich Girl" Gwen Stefani featuring Eve 4 49 "Hate It or Love It" The Game The Game (rapper) featuring 50 Cent 4 50 "Lay Your Hands" Simon Webbe 4 Best-selling singles downloads No. Number Title Artist 1 "You're Beautiful" James Blunt 2 "Hung Up" Madonna 3 "Bad Day" Daniel Powter 4 "Push the Button" Sugababes 5 "Feel Good Inc" Gorillaz 6 "Don't Cha" Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes 7 "That's My Goal" Shayne Ward 8 "Is This the Way to Amarillo" Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay 9 "Gold Digger" Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx 10 "I Like the Way" BodyRockers Best-selling albums 2005 Albums Top 100 Music Week UBM London, England 15 14 January 2006 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 Back to Bedlam James Blunt 1 2,367,758 2 X&Y Coldplay 1 1,999,260 3 Intensive Care Robbie Williams 1 1,434,315 4 Employment Kaiser Chiefs 3Reached number 2 in 2006 1,312,122 5 Demon Days Gorillaz 1 1,198,202 6 Face to Face Westlife 1 1,142,563 7 Eye to the Telescope KT Tunstall 3 1,023,650 8 Breakaway Kelly Clarkson 3 952,225 9 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 1 926,012 10 Forever Faithless – The Greatest Hits Faithless 1 912,887 11 Piece by Piece Katie Melua 1 12 Hot Fuss The Killers 1 13 Don't Believe the Truth Oasis 1 14 Ancora Il Divo 1 15 Confessions on a Dancefloor Madonna 1 16 American Idiot Green Day 1 17 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 1 18 Hopes and Fears Keane 1 19 Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection Take That 2 20 Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani 4 21 Monkey Business The Black Eyed Peas 4 22 Taller in More Ways Sugababes 1 23 Life in Slow Motion David Gray David Gray (British musician) 1 24 The Singles Basement Jaxx 1 25 PCD Pussycat Dolls 8 26 G4 G4 1 27 In Your Honour Foo Fighters 2 28 Definitive Collection Tony Christie 1 29 The Massacre 50 Cent 1 30 In Between Dreams Jack Johnson Jack Johnson (musician) 10Reached number 1 in 2006 31 The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey 7 32 Tourist Athlete 1 33 Trouble Akon 1 34 Keep On Will Young 2 35 Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005 The Prodigy 1 36 Ultimate Collection Eurythmics 5 37 Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Stereophonics 1 38 Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Jeff Wayne 5 39 The Magic Numbers The Magic Numbers 7 40 Greatest Hits Mariah Carey 7 41 Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology Supertramp 9 42 It's Time Michael Bublé 4 43 Late Registration Kanye West 2 44 Kasabian Kasabian 4 45 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 5Reached number 3 in 2004 46 Guilty Too Barbra Streisand 3 47 Living a Dream Katherine Jenkins 4 48 Il Divo Il Divo 2Reached number 1 in 2004 49 Mind Body & Soul Joss Stone 9Reached number 1 in 2004 50 You Could Have It So Much Better Franz Ferdinand 1 Best-selling compilation albums Compilations Music Week UBM London, England 16 14 January 2006 No. Number Title Peakposition 1 Now 62 1 2 Now 61 1 3 Now 60 1 4 Pop Party 3 1 5 Dance Party 1 6 Pop Jr 2 7 Happy Songs 1 8 The Annual 2006 2 9 Housework Songs 3 10 Gatecrasher Classics 1 Notes: See also List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2005 List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2005 List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2005 References United Kingdom Charts, 2005 In British Music Category:British record charts