Posted June 10, 20169 yr http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/f...is-week__15243/ Pop stars can have many faces over the course of their career, with their musical style evolving as the hits pile up, and one of the biggest shift in style would probably be Pink. Now known as a boisterous pop-rock star, back when she started out, Pink was more about the slick and sassy R&B – and it all kicked off 16 short years ago. Pink, aka Alecia Moore (the nickname came before the hair colour apparently), was just 20 when she released her very first single, a classic slice of Destiny's Child-inspired, useless man-dissing R&B. Even though the song was a vicious takedown, it had a fairly chilled vibe, but Pink was full of attitude and you could see that fiery personality was waiting to come out. MORE: See where all of Pink's singles and albums have charted in the UK She wasn't the highest new entry, going straight in at Number 6, but it was the beginning of an impressive chart career. Pink's scored 28 Top 40s, including 18 Top 10s, three of which went to Number 1. There You Go has a chart sales tally of 173,000 (singles' sales could be quite low back at the turn of the century) MORE: Pink's Official Top 20 biggest selling singles Back in 2000, it was unusual for tracks to climb – once they went in, that would usually be their peak position. This week 16 years ago, there were plenty of new entries. As Sonique and S Club 7 held firm in the Top 2, the highest new track was Boyzone star Stephen Gately with his very first solo single, New Beginning. Stephen had recently come out as gay in the press, so New Beginning was especially poignant. Dance remixes of old classics are big news in the Official Singles Chart today, but it's no new phenomenon – York's reworking of Chris Rea's On The Beach was new at Number 4. Shackles (Praise You), new at Number 5, was one of the big radio hits of the summer, from gospel duo Mary Mary. The pair would only have one more Top 40 hit. Another massive song to go into the Top 10 this week was the classic Forgot About Dre, a collaboration between hip-hop heavyweight and future headphones magnate Dr Dre and his protégé Eminem. Further down the chart, Stephen Gately's former Boyzone bro Mikey Graham was also giving solo stardom a go, with You're My Angel (13) 😬 and Aqua were back with new single Around The World (26). Plus there were all sorts of other songs you vaguely remember hanging about the chart. See the full Top 40 and beyond. 01 [01] Sonique - It Feels So Good 02 [02] S Club 7 - Reach 03 [NEW] Stephen Gately - New Beginning/Bright Eyes 04 [NEW] York - On The Beach 05 [NEW] Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) 06 [NEW] P!nk - There You Go 07 [NEW] Dr. Dre (feat. Eminem) - Forgot About Dre 08 [03] Bon Jovi - It's My Life 09 [06] Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again 10 [05] Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby 12 [NEW] Trevor & Simon - Hands Up 13 [NEW] Mikey Graham - You're My Angel 17 [NEW] Buffalo G - We're Really Saying Something 26 [NEW] Aqua - Around The World 28 [NEW] Len - Cryptik Souls Crew 29 [NEW] Embrace - Save Me 32 [NEW] Doves - Catch The Sun 33 [NEW] Maxim - Carmen Queasy 38 [NEW] Dandy Warhols - Get Off forgot P!nk, the best new entry that week is summery trance anthem 'On The Beach' :wub: Also Sonique is a really great #1, and she topped the chart for 3 weeks too which was a rarity at the time!!! The Mary Mary song is quite a jam too and obviously I love 'Don't Call Me Baby'.
June 10, 20169 yr Shackles :wub: The only song I properly know of those new entries to be honest but it's a classic. I've always hated that Sonique song though.
June 10, 20169 yr The charts have become so boring and stale nowadays...they were much more interesting back then!
June 10, 20169 yr Shackles :wub: The only song I properly know of those new entries to be honest but it's a classic. I've always hated that Sonique song though. You don't know It's My Life or Reach?
June 11, 20169 yr This chart was the week after Sia's chart debut. In addition to the 2 Boyzone members debuting in the same week, one of Shane Lynch's sisters debuted as half of Buffalo G (he also had 2 other sisters in B*Witched). This chart had a new entry called Around The World at #26 - the following week saw Northern Line chart at #27 with All Around The World. Curiously, the late part of 2001 saw 3 'around the world' songs reach the lower part of the top 30 (Super Furry Animals, A*Teens, Marti Pellow), the first two of which charted in consecutive weeks. This chart had a new entry from the band Embrace - the following week would see a new entry for a song called Embrace (Agnelli & Nelson at #35). Doves were remarkably consistent with their peaks in 2000 - their 3 hits that year (of which this was the second) peaked at #33, #32, and #32. The Dandy Warhols hit was followed-up by Bohemian Like You, which charted at #42. Both tracks were re-issued in 2001/02, with Bohemian Like You reaching #5 and Get Off reaching #34.
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