November 26, 201410 yr Author 61 - Mis-Teeq - Scandalous 62 - Billie Piper - Day & Night 63 - Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes 64 - Geri Halliwell - Bag It Up 65 - LMC vs U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above 66 - Christina Milian - Dip It Low 67 - Brandy - What About Us? 68 - Emma - Free Me 69 - The 411 - On My Knees 70 - Samantha Mumba - Always Come Back To Your Love Song Of Choice: iUCI2JDhzm8 70 / My personal favourite Samantha Mumba song is 'Always Come Back To Your Love'! :wub: I remember that I was given the CD single of this as one of my 13th birthday presents (23rd February 2001)! Half of my life ago. :drama: 69 / I find it hard to believe that The 411 came and went 10 years ago now. Their debut release 'On My Knees' was a Top 5 hit and it seemed like the UK had discovered its next major girl group since Girls Aloud's formation. Sadly the success story wasn't to last, and by November 2004 the girls were flopping - third single 'Teardrops' missed the Top 20 and their (rather good) debut album 'Between The Sheets' failed to make the Top 40. The girls were subsequently dumped by the label and split in 2005. What a waste! :snif: 68 / Emma Bunton's solo career appeared to be on the rocks after just one album. Despite her debut 'A Girl Like Me' being a Top 5 success and containing the big #1 hit 'What Took You So Long?', the relative flop of 'We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight' at the end of 2001 was enough for Virgin Records to drop Emma from their label. Well, I think the official line was that they "parted ways". Undeterred, Emma reunited with former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and signed a deal with 19 Recordings and Universal. She relaunched her solo career in early 2003 with comeback single 'Free Me'. It was something of a reinvention, with Emma sexing up her image and turning to a 60s sound. It seemed the public approved when the single returned Emma to the Top 5 in June 2003. She's always been my favourite Spice Girl and I'd say that 'Free Me' is my third favourite single of hers. 67 / 'What About Us' would prove to be Brandy's last ever Top 5 hit in the UK; it reached #4 in February 2002. It's my favourite song by her, just ahead of the underrated 'Afrodisiac' & 'The Boy Is Mine' in terms of my top Brandy singles. 64 / This bold and brash single by Geri Halliwell was the only solo Spice Girls song to be performed at the Brit Awards, which really shows how successful Geri was at one point. This was her third consecutive #1 single from her debut album 'Schizophonic'. I can't say I was hugely into Geri's second and third albums, but I was pretty obsessed with 'Schizophonic' in 1999/2000! 62 / Billie Piper became the youngest female in UK chart history to rack up 3 #1 singles - all achieved prior to her 18th birthday! 'Day & Night' became her third #1 back in May 2000, which would be the first single to be taken from her second and final album 'Walk Of Life'. Billie abandoned her music career in 2001 (much to my dismay) after marrying Chris Evans, and would soon turn her attention to acting, which is what she is best known for nowadays. She later revealed that she had never wanted to be a popstar in the first place and that acting was her real passion! Billie was the first female solo artist I was into (I usually leant towards groups in my childhood) and I really enjoyed her two albums! Both peaked at #14, but the debut sold far more than the follow up. 'Honey To The B' was certified platinum (selling a respectable 310,000 copies in 1998 alone) while 'Walk Of Life' attained silver status.
November 26, 201410 yr Billie, Emma, Kylie and Mis-Teeq :wub: Fabulous selection there Jay! "half of my life ago" - it happened 30 years ago? suspic: x
November 26, 201410 yr Author Billie, Emma, Kylie and Mis-Teeq :wub: Fabulous selection there Jay! :wub: and the rest of my Top 100 is pretty much all pop females so there's a lot more artists/songs of this nature still to come! Particularly from Kylie. :D "half of my life ago" - it happened 30 years ago? suspic: x http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121227012459/glee/images/6/6d/New-york.gif
November 27, 201410 yr Absolutely LOVE 'Take Me To The Clouds Above' and 'On My Knees' from that batch Jaysus. 2004 *.*
November 29, 201410 yr Author This may be the best Countdown of songs ever! So many amazing pop gems :wub: Ooh thank you Spiral! :wub: Hope you enjoy what is left to come as well!
November 29, 201410 yr Author 51 - Sugababes - Freak Like Me 52 - Kylie Minogue - Slow 53 - The 411 - Dumb 54 - Britney Spears featuring Madonna - Me Against The Music 55 - Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing 56 - Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul - Breathe 57 - Jennifer Lopez - Play 58 - Sugababes - Stronger 59 - Destiny's Child - Independent Women 60 - Britney Spears - My Prerogative Song Of Choice: OU4kws6n700 60 / I remember being very pleased when Britney Spears charted at #3 with this, beating rival Christina Aguilera who had to settle for a place lower with 'Car Wash'. 'Car Wash' just missed out on my Top 500 actually, but 'My Prerogative' makes it as far as the Top 60. 'Me Against The Music' also features in this block of 10, at #54. There's still 7 more Britney singles to be revealed here! 57 / Jennifer Lopez featuring Christina Milian - 'Play' is still one of my absolute favourite J.Lo songs, so I was rather dismayed when this track was left off her recent greatest hits compilation! 53 / 'Dumb' was the second single by The 411 and was a big hit back in the summer of 2004, entering and peaking at #3. That was a position higher than one of Maroon 5's most famous songs, 'She Will Be Loved'. I was pretty obsessed with The 411 back then - I even have a signed sleeve of this single!
November 29, 201410 yr Jennifer Lopez Play I love this song Song so much! My favourite J-Lo with On The Floor. Why wasn't this on her Greatest Hits!? Huge jam.
November 29, 201410 yr Amazing section :heart: Totally agree with what Joe said about Play, it was a ridiculous exclusion from her GH! Independent Women is AMAZING *.*
December 2, 201410 yr Author I love this song Song so much! My favourite J-Lo with On The Floor. Why wasn't this on her Greatest Hits!? Huge jam. Amazing section :heart: Totally agree with what Joe said about Play, it was a ridiculous exclusion from her GH! Independent Women is AMAZING *.* Goodness knows why it was left off! :( Silly decision. Maybe it's because it only got to #18 in the US, but then again she included songs on the album that did worse than that. Oh I LOVED Blu Cantrell's 'Breathe'! Must have a listen to that again. :wub: I was kind of surprised when it reached #1, it seemed to come out of nowhere... and then to spend 4 weeks at #1 was a bit crazy! :o
December 2, 201410 yr Author 41 - Fragma - Toca's Miracle 42 - Jamelia - Superstar 43 - Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 44 - Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 45 - S Club 7 - Reach 46 - Steps - Chain Reaction 47 - Sugababes - Round Round 48 - Richard X vs Liberty X - Being Nobody 49 - Sugababes - Too Lost In You 50 - Destiny's Child - Bootylicious Song Of Choice: dvzc-TT4Xec 44 / I was quite obsessed with Holly Valance in 2002. It's a pity that her pop career was so short-lived! 'Kiss Kiss' was her debut single, released in May 2002, and entered at #1. Its racy video was a bit of a talking point at my school! :lol: 43 / 'Spinning Around' is the song which introduced me to Kylie Minogue. I was only 12 when this came out and didn't really know who she was, let alone that she'd become famous before I was even born! 42 / For a moment in time Jamelia was one of Britain's most successful female solo artists, and her major boost in commercial success came with 2003's 'Superstar'. She had achieved a #5 hit in 2000 with 'Money', but her career dipped after that seemingly fluke success. Jamelia's success with 'Thank You' was a bit of a fluke too, given that her 2006 album 'Walk With Me' wasn't particularly successful. :( 41 / Fragma's 'Toca's Miracle' is probably the first dance song I was ever into. This is the 2000 released version by the way, far superior to the 2008 version in my opinion.
December 2, 201410 yr Author Slow ❤ Such a gorgeous song x It really is! :wub: I'm not sure if its underrated with the fan base but it doesn't seem to be all that celebrated. It should be though. Was amazing to see her perform it during her latest tour. :D
December 2, 201410 yr Freak like me is amazing and reach is a pop classic for me, I adore that song :wub: Great countdown so far jayeux noël :wub: EDIT: And superstar is fabulous Edited December 2, 201410 yr by Ultraviolence1989
December 2, 201410 yr Kiss Kiss :wub: Only really been familiar with that properly for about a year or so lol despite being vaguely aware of its existence in the past. YAY for Superstar, Spinning Around, Round Round, Bootylicious and Reach :wub:
December 2, 201410 yr 51 - Sugababes - Freak Like Me 52 - Kylie Minogue - Slow 53 - The 411 - Dumb 54 - Britney Spears featuring Madonna - Me Against The Music 55 - Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing 56 - Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul - Breathe 57 - Jennifer Lopez - Play 58 - Sugababes - Stronger 59 - Destiny's Child - Independent Women 60 - Britney Spears - My Prerogative I love "Play" so much! I can't believe J.LO didn't add it to her Greatest Hits album. :cry: I also love Britney's My Prerogative, it's a great cover to a FANTASTIC Greatest Hits :wub: 41 - Fragma - Toca's Miracle 42 - Jamelia - Superstar 43 - Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 44 - Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss 45 - S Club 7 - Reach 46 - Steps - Chain Reaction 47 - Sugababes - Round Round 48 - Richard X vs Liberty X - Being Nobody 49 - Sugababes - Too Lost In You 50 - Destiny's Child - Bootylicious I loved Chain Reaction. The production on that song was just incredible. Takes me back to Xmas 2001 :wub: And I also love Being Nobody :wub: The 00's where just filled with great cover versions
December 2, 201410 yr Author I agree Spiral, pop artists were so good at cover versions back in the day (give or take Westlife :kink: ). 'Chain Reaction' is definitely one of Steps' most definitive singles for me. Towards the end of the song when the key keeps going higher is pretty glorious! :wub:
December 2, 201410 yr Your taste is incredible, Jay :wub: From the current section I love: 'Toca's Miracle', 'Kiss Kiss' and 'Too Lost in You' the most. :wub:
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