Well the most famous one was the battle of the dance tunes in 2000 Spiller vs Truesteppers. Both with massive sales, 200k vs 180k.

 

2001 had Kylie vs Posh, with Kylie easily beating her. Victoria limped in at #6 with 35k sold while Kylie sold over 300k

I remember Shane Richie and Will Young in 2003. Didn't it look like Shane would be #1 in the mids due to stocking problems for Will?

There's been a few good album battles too.

 

Spice Girls vs. Westlife

U2 vs. The Beatles vs. Il Divo vs. Take That

Robbie Williams vs. Dido

Will Young vs. Madonna

McFly vs. Kanye West

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by spiker

Oh and some more

 

2000

 

Eminem vs Samantha Muma

 

Mumba was #1 in the midweeks with Gotta Tell You but had to settle for #2

 

2000

 

Westlife and Mariah vs Zombie Nation

 

everyone was cheering for the trance tune, but in the end blandness won

 

2000

 

Five vs Louise vs Ronan Keating

 

Ronan had about 120k of his sales disqualified, making way for Louise to be midweek #1 with 2 Faced. In the end, it was Ronan who still managed to be #1 with Five #2 and Louise down at #3.

 

 

Will Young's You & I was pipped to the post wasn't it by Dirrty. I'm sure Will was ahead in the midweeks in 2002

 

Westlife with Diana Ross were ahead in the mids but were beaten by Nizlopi on Sunday in 2005

 

Christina narrowly missed out on #1 to Shakira last year

 

Eric Prydz was #2 in the midweeks, being beaten by Manics and Duncan James but was ahead by Sunday

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by spiker

That would have been R.Kelly <_<

 

Oh yes, that song beat so many good songs to number 1 - Girls Aloud, Justin, Big Brovaz and S Club 7

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by spiker

I've just thought of another. Destiny's Child vs. Atomic Kitten in 2001

 

 

Can't believe nobody's mentioned Nelly Furtado vs Sandi Thom from this time last year (as mentioned by me in another thread).

 

Another good battle: Eminem vs Elvis Presley vs Brian McFadden in 2005.

 

2000

 

Five vs Louise vs Ronan Keating

 

Ronan had about 120k of his sales disqualified, making way for Louise to be midweek #1 with 2 Faced. In the end, it was Ronan who still managed to be #1 with Five #2 and Louise down at #3.

It was Five who reached #1 that week - but Ronan would have stayed at #1 had all his sales counted.

 

Westlife with Diana Ross were ahead in the mids but were beaten by Nizlopi on Sunday in 2005

 

I think Nizlopi were ahead all week - only narrowly at first, but they pulled further ahead as the week progressed.

Edited June 16, 200718 yr by paulgilb

I've just thought of another. Destiny's Child vs. Atomic Kitten in 2001

Also U2 Vs Atomic Kitten

There's the Elvis ones too. I remember Ciara going 4-1 from midweeks to final position.

Eminem, U2 and Tony Christie also overtook Elvis in different weeks

Edited June 17, 200718 yr by spiker

Wasnt it close between U2 vs Robbie & Kylie

There's the Elvis ones too. I remember Ciara going 6-1 from midweeks to final position.

 

She started off at #4 from what I remember, although sales were incredibly tight that week and she barely scraped the #1.

The "Stop The Cocks" campaign by The Sun for the album chart last year was pretty memorable. Westlife beating Beatles, U2 and Oasis haha. :lol:

Oh yes, that song beat so many good songs to number 1 - Girls Aloud, Justin, Big Brovaz and S Club 7

 

Ignition was 1000 times better than anything Girls Aloud could attempt