There's Half Breed by Cher which was #1 in the US, Canada and New Zealand but for some strange reason didn't chart over here.

Enrique Iglesias's Be With You was a US #1 but did not chart in the UK.

^that's probably the most shocking, considering that Ellie is from the UK

 

It was the final single from the re-release of her album when she was nowhere near as big, it somehow took off in the US about a year later randomly.

Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine

 

Still bitter about that one :arrr:

Edited November 24, 20159 yr by LB1108

US #1's to miss the UK top 40 in the 21st century

 

Enrique Iglesias - Be With You (DNC)

Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want (#42)

Matchbox 20 - Bent (DNC)

Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This (DNC)

Clay Aiken - This Is The Night (DNC)

Fantasia - I Believe (DNC)

Juvenile - Slow Motion (DNC)

Carrie Underwood - Inside Your Heaven (DNC)

Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud (DNC)

Ludacris - Money Maker (DNC)

T-Pain - Buy U A Drank (DNC)

T.I. - Whatever You Like (#47)

Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be (#55)

 

Not surprised at the American Idol winner singles lol.

If you look at the list of US number 1s even up to the early-mid 2000s there's a fair few differences to the big UK hits, a lot of tracks I've never heard of. Since the late noughties the US #1s have mostly also been UK top 10 hits too, with the occasional exception like Buy U A Drank.

Edited November 25, 20159 yr by BillyH

Gigi D'Agostino singles :)