Posted December 28, 20204 yr As 2001 kicked off with a Number 1 single by a fictional character made of playdough - Can We Fix It? by Bob The Builder - it was a year that continued to be full of surprises. For the Official Singles Chart, it was a busy year, too with 31 Number 1 singles in total, although this was admittedly less than the record of 43 separate chart-toppers from the previous year. Chief among them is a song that defined the early aughts with its futuristic soundscape and innovative visuals. Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head submerged her head-first into a world of electronica-influenced synth-pop that would influence a generation of artists to come, from Lady Gaga to La Roux. Reigning supreme at Number 1 for a solid month in November of that year, it sold over 300,000 copies in its first week alone and is now considered the Aussie pop icon's signature song. The fledgling years of reality TV were in full effect, too. Britain got its first (but certainly not its last) pop group created by committee as Hear'Say became winners of Popstars and sold over half a million copies in a week with their debut single Pure and Simple. Another would follow the same year (The Way To Your Love) before the group's dramatic fall from grace and eventual split just one year later. Some of our best-loved pop stars also scored some of their best-known hits this year too. Two Spice Girls scored solo Number 1s in 2001 - Emma Bunton gained her first with the wistful What Took You So Long?, while Geri Halliwell scored her fourth consecutive chart-topper with It's Raining Men setting a record at the time for the most Number 1s collected by a British female solo artist. Sophie Ellis-Bextor may have held discos in her kitchen 2020, but in 2001, she was murdering people on the dancefloor, with her signature hit reaching Number 2 this year. Steps also broke up dramatically on Boxing Day 2001, but they did score one last Top 10 hit with their cover of Diana Ross' Chain Reaction peaking at Number 2. 2001 was also a benchmark year for the homegrown rap and hip-hop scene in the UK. So Solid Crew's 21 Seconds became the first-ever UK garage track to top the Official Singles Chart. Famously, the song took its name from the allotted time each member of the group had to spit their verse on the track. For rock fans, 2001 would also prove to be revelatory. Linkin Park had released their first album Hybrid Theory a year prior, but would gain their first UK Top 10 single when torch song In The End hit Number 8. Canadian pop-punk upstarts Sum 41 also kicked up a fuss upon arrival, peaking at Number 8 with Fat Lip. The Strokes gained their first UK Top 20 hit with Last Nite, the first single from their influential debut album Is This It, landing Number 14 and leaving a lasting impression. The best-selling single this year, however, may be a bit of a surprise. Managing to shift well over 1 million copies that year, Shaggy's confessional bop It Wasn't Me with RikRok topped the Official Singles Chart for just one week, but its influence was palpable all year long. Number 1 Singles Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? Rui Da Silva ft. Cassandra - Touch Me Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing Limp Bizkit - Rollin' Atomic Kitten - Whole Again Shaggy - It Wasn't Me Westlife - Uptown Girl Hear'Say - Pure and Simple Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long? Destiny's Child - Survivor S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin' Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men DJ Pied Piper and the Master of Ceremonies - Do You Really Like It Shaggy ft. Rayvon - Angel Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and P!nk - Lady Marmalade Hear'Say - The Way To Your Love Roger Sanchez - Another Chance Robbie Williams - Eternity Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds Five - Let's Dance Blue - Too Close Bob The Builder - Mambo No. 5 DJ Ötzi - Hey Baby Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head Afroman - Because I Got High Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Somethin' Stupid Top 10 Singles Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird (5) Manic Street Preachers - So Why So Sad (8) Janet Jackson - All For You (3) Gabrielle - Out Of Reach (4) Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (4) Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl (7) Jennifer Lopez - Play (3) Nelly ft. City Spud - Ride Wit Me (3) Eve - Who's That Girl (6) Dido - Thank You (3) Blue - All Rise (4) Travis - Sing (3) D12 - Purple Pills (2) Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day (5) NSYNC - Pop (9) Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky (3) Destiny's Child - Bootylicious (2) Eve ft. Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind (4) Louise - Stuck In The Middle With You (4) Supermen Lovers ft. Mani Hoffman - Starlight (2) Samantha Mumba - Baby Come On Over (5) Victoria Beckham - Not Such An Innocent Girl (6) Steps - Chain Reaction (2) Mary J Blige - Family Affair (8) Michael Jackson - You Rock My World (2) Linkin Park - In The End (8) Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U (4) Alicia Keys - Fallin' (3) Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real (4) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (2) Jamiroquai - Little L (5) Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (3) iio - Rapture (2) Riva ft. Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now? (3) The Ones - Flawless (7) Texas - Inner Smile (6) BBMak - Back Here (5) Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (4) Crazy Town - Butterfly (3) Ronan Keating - Lovin' Each Day (2) Basement Jaxx - Romeo (6) Liberty X - Thinking It Over (5) OPM - Heaven Is A Halfpipe (4) Usher - U Remind Me (3) Feeder - Buck Rogers (5) Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand (5) Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You (5) P!nk - You Make Me Sick (9) Dr Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, Kurpt and Nate Dogg - The Next Episode (3) U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (2) Mya - Case of the Ex (3) Planet Funk - Chase The Sun (5) Wheetus - Teenage Dirtbag (2) Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight (7) Dido - Here With Me (4) Outkast - Ms Jackson (2) Kate Winslet - What If (6) Ricky Martin ft. Christina Aguilera - Nobody Wants To Be Lonely (2) Faith Hill - There You'll Be (3) R.E.M - Imitation Of Life (6) Ash - Shining Light (8) Robbie Williams - Let Love Be Your Energy (10) M.O.P - Cold As Ice (4) City High - What Would You Do? (3) Stereophonics - Handbags & Gladrags (4) Top 40 Singles Avalanches - Since I Left You (16) Mariah Carey - Loverboy (12) Sum 41 - In Too Deep (13) The Strokes - Last Nite (14) Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (25) Blu Cantrell - Hit Em Up Style (Oops) (12) Alcazar - Crying At The Discotheque (13) Zero 7 - Destiny (30) https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/1...in-2021__31903/
December 28, 20204 yr I long for the days of that much variety in the charts... imagine getting number ones in one single year by acts as diverse as Limp Bizkit, Hear'Say, So Solid Crew, Bob The Builder, Shaggy and Roger Sanchez!
December 28, 20204 yr Here's how the year-end list for 2001 looked like. Kylie and S Club 7 are my faves from the top 10, that aside the best in the top 40 are dance classics from Roger Sanchez, Ian van Dahl, Supermen Lovers and Rui Da Silva - and my ultimate fave of the year is 'Resurrection' at #70. :heart: 001 It Wasn't Me - Shaggy featuring Rikrok [1] 1,151,130 002 Pure And Simple - Hear'Say [1] 1,075,841 003 Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue [1] 988,834 004 Whole Again - Atomic Kitten [1] 934,598 005 Hey Baby (Uhh, Ahh) - DJ Otzi [1] 747,172 006 Uptown Girl - Westlife [1] 745,583 007 Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7 [1] 704,234 008 Angel - Shaggy featuring Rayvon [1] 585,521 009 Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus [2] 551,925 010 Because I Got High - Afroman [1] 487,239 011 Do You Really Like It - DJ Pied Piper & The Masters of Ceremonies [1] 472,960 012 Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz [4] 450,000 013 It's Raining Men - Geri Halliwell [1] 421,670 014 Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink [1] 404,810 015 Eternal Flame - Atomic Kitten [1] 379,000 016 Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield [1] 370,000 017 Mambo No.5 - Bob The Builder [1] 368,000 018 What Would You Do? - City High [3] 356,660 019 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew [1] 350,130 020 Eternity / The Road To Mandalay - Robbie Williams [1] 342,930 021 Have You Ever - S Club 7 [1] 340,850 022 Castles In The Sky - Ian Van Dahl [3] 311,250 023 Queen Of My Heart - Westlife [1] 306,580 024 Out Of Reach - Gabrielle [4] 297,810 025 Touch Me - Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra [1] 291,440 026 Perfect Gentleman - Wyclef Jean [4] 288,440 027 Rollin' - Limp Bizkit [1] 284,830 028 Follow Me - Uncle Kracker [3] 280,000 029 Let's Dance - Five [1] 275,320 030 Somethin' Stupid - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman [1] 275,260 031 I'm Like A Bird - Nelly Furtado [5] 274,880 032 Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm [3] 270,990 033 Heaven Is A Halfpipe - OPM [4] 270,760 034 Starlight - Supermen Lovers [2] 260,500 035 Survivor - Destiny's Child [1] 260,500 036 Purple Pills - D12 [2] 253,950 037 Chain Reaction / One For Sorrow - Steps [2] 253,550 038 Butterfly - Crazy Town [3] 248,740 039 Always Come Back To Your Love - Samantha Mumba [3] 246,310 040 Another Chance - Roger Sanchez [1] 246,140 041 What Took You So Long - Emma Bunton [1] 246,080 042 Everytime You Need Me - Fragma featuring Maria Rubia [3] 243,780 043 Ms. Jackson - Outkast [2] 241,160 044 All Rise - Blue [4] 241,160 045 Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve featuring Gwen Stefani [4] 233,730 046 Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me) - Sophie Ellis-Bextor [2] 228,540 047 Too Close - Blue [1] 224,320 048 Here With Me - Dido [4] 217,350 049 Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader [7] 212,210 050 If You Come Back - Blue [1] 209,990 051 American Dream - Jakatta [3] 205,110 052 There You'll Be - Faith Hill [3] 205,110 053 Lovin' Each Day - Ronan Keating [2] 204,710 054 Fallin' - Alicia Keys [3] 200,270 055 The Way To Your Love - Hear'Say [1] 196,090 056 Love Don't Cost A Thing - Jennifer Lopez [1] 195,000 057 You Rock My World - Michael Jackson [2] 190,650 058 Ride Wit Me - Nelly featuring City Spud [3] 184,860 059 Family Affair - Mary J. Blige [8] 184,860 060 Murder On The Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis-Bextor [2] 181,500 061 Rapture - Iio [2] 174,630 062 It's The Way You Make Me Feel / Too Busy Thinking Bout My Baby - Steps [2] 174,630 063 All I Want - Mis-Teeq [2] 174,510 064 Another Day In Paradise - Brandy featuring Ray-J [5] 174,470 065 U Remind Me - Usher [3] 173,740 066 Cold As Ice – M.O.P. [4] 170,110 067 Bootylicious - Destiny's Child [2] 169,280 068 Get Ur Freak On – Missy Elliot [4] 165,030 069 A Little Respect – Wheatus [3] 162,250 070 Resurection – PPK [3] 161,680 071 All for You - Janet Jackson [3] 160,470 072 Can We Fix It - Bob The Builder [4] 155,626 073 I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez [4] 153,390 074 Stan - Eminem [5] 150,360 075 One Night Stand - Mis-Teeq [5] 150,360 076 Mr. Writer - Stereophonics [5] 149,380 077 Sing - Travis [3] 147,610 078 Thank You - Dido [3] 146,990 079 The Next Episode - Dr Dre featuring Snoop Dogg [3] 146,570 080 Nobody Wants To Be Lonely - Ricky Martin with Christina Aguilera [4] 144,020 081 Turn Off The Light - Nelly Furtado [4] 141,500 082 Liquid Dreams - O-Town [3] 140,240 083 I'm A Slave 4 U - Britney Spears [4] 139,390 084 Pop Ya Collar - Usher [2] 138,800 085 Feels So Good - Melanie B [5] 138,450 086 Set You Free 2001 - N-Trance [4] 138,450 087 Thinking It Over - Liberty [5] 138,420 088 Play - Jennifer Lopez [3] 138,290 089 Handbags And Gladrags – Stereophonics [4] 136,150 090 We Come 1 - Faithless [3] 136,150 091 Who Do You Love Now? (Stringer) - Riva featuring Dannii Minogue [3] 133,470 092 Until The End Of Time - 2Pac [4] 133,120 093 Luv Me Luv Me - Shaggy featuring Samantha Cole [5] 133,060 094 What If - Kate Winslet [6] 130,140 095 Last Resort - Papa Roach [3] 130,140 096 I Wanna Be U - Chocolate Puma [6] 127,030 097 Little L - Jamiroquai [5] 126,910 098 Romeo - Basement Jaxx [6] 126,700 099 Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant [5] 125,590 100 How Wonderful You Are - Gordon Haskell [2] 124,500 101 Salsoul Nugget (If U Wanna) - M&S presents Girl Next Door [6] 122,060 102 All Or Nothing - O-Town [4] 122,060 103 Things I've Seen - Spooks [6] 120,760 104 Closer To Me - Five [4] 119,890 105 You Are Alive - Fragma [4] 119,630 106 Stuck In The Middle With You - Louise [4] 119,550 107 Case Of The Ex - Mya [3] 119,440 108 Played A Live (The Bongo Song) - Safri Duo [6] 119,390 109 No More (Baby I'ma Do Right) – 3LW [6] 117,020 110 Back Here – BBMak [5] 116,070 111 What Makes A Man – Westlife [9] 114,400 112 Ain't It Funny – Jennifer Lopez [3] 114,400 113 19/2000 - Gorillaz [6] 112,400 114 Here And Now / You'll Be Sorry – Steps [4] 112,400 115 Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols [5] 109,390 116 Never Had A Dream Come True - S Club 7 [6] 108,090 117 Emotion - Destiny's Child [3] 108,090 118 U Got It Bad - Usher [5] 107,080 119 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of - U2 [2] 106,030 120 Everybody - Hear’Say [4] 106,000 121 Country Roads - Hermes House Band [7] 101,600 122 The Ladyboy Is Mine – Stuntmasterz [10] 101,600 123 Dance For Me – Sisqó [6] 101,600 124 Paradise – Kaci [11] 100,610 125 Rendezvous - Craig David [8] 100,610 126 No More - A1 [6] 98,550 127 I Believe In Christmas – Tweenies [9] 96,180 128 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) - Train [10] 96,180 129 Flawless - The Ones [7] 93,020 130 Bow Wow (That’s My Name) - Lil' Bow Wow [6] 92,200 131 In The End - Linkin Park [8] 92,200 132 My Way - Limp Bizkit [6] 91,220 133 Baby Come On Over - Samantha Mumba [5] 91,220 134 Chase The Sun - Planet Funk [5] 91,000 135 Words Are Not Enough / I Know Him So Well - Steps [5] 89,070 136 Elevation - U2 [3] 89,070 137 Will I? - Ian Van Dahl [5] 88,750 138 They Don't Know - So Solid Crew [3] 88,620 139 Have A Nice Day – Stereophonics [5] 88,420 140 Stutter - Joe featuring Mystikal [7] 86,760 141 I Want Love - Elton John [9] 85,240 142 Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes [11] 82,620 143 Lately - Samantha Mumba [6] 82,620 144 Twenty Four Seven - Artful Dodger featuring Melanie Blatt [6] 82,620 145 On The Radio - Martine McCutcheon [7] 81,200 146 Dance With Me - Debelah Morgan [10] 81,200 147 What It Feels Like For A Girl - Madonna [8] 79,130 148 Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men [7] 79,130 149 Shut Up And Forget About It - Dane Bowers [9] 79,130 150 Heard It All Before - Sunshine Anderson [9] 77,220 151 Take My Breath Away - Emma Bunton [5] 77,220 152 Why - Mis-Teeq [8] 77,220 153 Who’s That Girl? – Eve [6] 77,220 154 Scream If You Wanna Go Faster - Geri Halliwell [8] 77,220 155 Sh!t On You – D12 [10] 77,220 156 Best Friends Forever – Tweenies [12] 74,740 157 Not That Kind – Anastacia [11] 74,740 158 Sven Sven Sven - Bell & Spurling [7] 74,740 159 Fat Lip - Sum 41 [8] 74,740 160 Buck Rodgers – Feeder [5] 74,740 161 What’s Going On? - All Star Tribute [6] 74,740 162 So Why So Sad? - Manic Street Preachers [8] 74,740 163 Not Such An Innocent Girl - Victoria Beckham [6] 74,000 164 Think About Me - Artful Dodger featuring Michelle Escoffery [11] 73,000 165 Fire Wire – Cosmic Gate [9] 73,000 166 Ante Up - M.O.P. featuring Busta Rhymes [7] 72,000 167 Let Love Be Your Energy - Robbie Williams [10] 72,000 168 Don't Need The Sun To Shine (To Make Me Smile) – Gabrielle [9] 72,000 169 (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free/One - Lighthouse Family [6] 71,000 170 Dream To Me - Dario G [9] 70,000 171 Hide U – Kosheen [6] 69,000 172 Pop - *N Sync [9] 68,000 173 Piano Loco - DJ Luck & MC Neat [12] 68,000 174 Inner Smile – Texas [6] 67,000 175 Ugly - Bubba Sparxxx [7] 66,000 176 Imitation Of Life - R.E.M. [6] 65,000 177 Do Wah Diddy - DJ Otzi [9] 65,000 178 The Music's No Good Without You – Cher [8] 64,000 179 Pyramid Song – Radiohead [5] 64,000 180 Help! I'm A Fish - Little Trees [11] 64,000 181 Straight Up - Chante Moore [11] 63,000 182 The Call - Backstreet Boys [8] 63,000 183 Close To You - Marti Pellow [9] 63,000 184 Independent Women Part 1 - Destiny's Child [10] 63,000 185 X – Xzibit [14] 62,000 186 Do The Lollipop - Tweenies [17] 62,000 187 Bad Boy For Life - P. Diddy & Black Rob & Mark Curry [13] 61,000 188 Operation Blade (Bass In The Place) - Public Domain [12] 61,000 189 2 People - Jean Jaques Smoothie [12] 61,000 190 Crawling - Linkin Park [16] 60,000 191 Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know - Britney Spears [12] 60,000 192 Calling - Geri Halliwell [7] 60,000 193 One Minute Man – Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris [10] 59,000 194 In Too Deep - Sum 41 [13] 59,000 195 No Good 4 Me - Oxide & Neutrino [8] 59,000 196 Run For Cover – Sugababes [13] 58,000 197 Star 69 - Fatboy Slim [10] 58,000 198 Want You Bad – Offspring [15] 58,000 199 Up Middle Finger - Oxide & Neutrino [7] 57,000 200 I Need You - LeAnn Rimes [15] 57,000
December 28, 20204 yr I wonder what a chart of songs released in 2001 would like, taking into account streams and downloads for an overall total
December 28, 20204 yr I wonder what a chart of songs released in 2001 would like, taking into account streams and downloads for an overall total I know that globally, "Chop Suey!" is the most streamed song on Spotify from 2001. In the UK, "How You Remind Me" was last time it was reported.
December 28, 20204 yr The frustrating thing about those 'most streamed songs from Year X' type lists is that the release years are often a year or two before they made an impact, including How You Remind Me which didn't chart at all until 2002.
December 28, 20204 yr Both of Fragma's top 10 hits that year did it for me: Everytime You Need Me and You Are Alive. Will I by Ian Van Dahl was another great track from 2001
December 28, 20204 yr The frustrating thing about those 'most streamed songs from Year X' type lists is that the release years are often a year or two before they made an impact, including How You Remind Me which didn't chart at all until 2002. Mostly because they’re looking at the release dates in America which used to get tracks months before we did in the UK.
December 28, 20204 yr The frustrating thing about those 'most streamed songs from Year X' type lists is that the release years are often a year or two before they made an impact, including How You Remind Me which didn't chart at all until 2002. Are these lists available to read anywhere? I’d like to have a browse
December 28, 20204 yr Here's the one from streams in 2018: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=221164 This was the first to come up in my search, but another was posted for streams in 2019.
December 28, 20204 yr In response to the opening post arguably Can't Get You Out Of My Head wasn't really synthpop but more house influenced pop. Both of Fragma's top 10 hits that year did it for me: Everytime You Need Me and You Are Alive. Will I by Ian Van Dahl was another great track from 2001 You Are Alive I remember a lot from the time - I think I actually thought at first it was Geri Halliwell singing on it - the vocalist does sound a bit like her I think. I think 'You Are Alive' and Safri Duo's Bongo Song (Played A-live) are my favourites from the chart hits of 2001. Edited December 28, 20204 yr by Road Salt Mixer
December 28, 20204 yr In response to the opening post arguably Can't Get You Out Of My Head wasn't really synthpop but more house influenced pop. You Are Alive I remember a lot from the time - I think I actually thought at first it was Geri Halliwell singing on it - the vocalist does sound a bit like her I think. I think 'You Are Alive' and Safri Duo's Bongo Song (Played A-live) are my favourites from the chart hits of 2001. 2001 was a great year for trance
December 29, 20204 yr Ah this has made me feel nostalgic... and feeling old! What a year for music. Loved ‘Don’t stop movin’ - can remember learning the dance lol. And ‘Can’t get you out of my head!’ - that’s album was my most played that year. Good times. I’d forgotten about some of these songs too like Teenage dirtbag, I’m like a bird and Always come back to your love which I played obsessively!
December 29, 20204 yr I’d forgotten about some of these songs too like Teenage dirtbag, [...] which I played obsessively! my commiserations
December 29, 20204 yr Ah this has made me feel nostalgic... and feeling old! What a year for music. Loved ‘Don’t stop movin’ - can remember learning the dance lol. And ‘Can’t get you out of my head!’ - that’s album was my most played that year. Good times. I’d forgotten about some of these songs too like Teenage dirtbag, I’m like a bird and Always come back to your love which I played obsessively! Yes its strange Nelly Furtado started off MOR and easy listening with I'm Like A Bird and then surprised us all with the electro-clash club anthem Maneater later on in the 00s.
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