Number 1s can vary in quality from Going Underground to Mr Blobby. So it's pretty rare to get a sequence of great number 1 singles in a row. I thought it'd be interesting to see what people thought was the best sequence of number 1s in the 2000s. I'll do the other decades over the next few days.

 

The best site for this I think is Everyhit.com - here's a link to all the number 1s of the 2000s:

 

http://www.everyhit.com/number6.html

 

Even a cursory look will have you annoyed that what's looking like a great sequence is spoilt by some absolute cack. Post your sequence of five below.

Edited November 21, 200816 yr by 6weeksatnumber7

1040 9 Sep Justin Timberlake Sexyback 1

1041 16 Sep Scissor Sisters I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 4

1042 14 Oct Razorlight America 1

1043 21 Oct My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade 2

1044 4 Nov McFly Star Girl

 

That's my best sequence :D Is it just me or is there a few good sequences that get spoiled because there is a Westlife song inbetween them? :lol:

 

Despite the few #1s this year there are actually a few good ones that people will actually remember in a few years like That's Not My Name, Sex On Fire, Mercy, American Boy, Dance With Me, Viva La Vida and I Kissed A Girl :o

Looking at it myself now I think 5-in-a-row might be too hard a task! Anyway here's my selection and it is from this year:

 

1068 23 Feb Duffy Mercy 5

1069 29 Mar Estelle featuring Kanye West American Boy 4

1070 26 Apr Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake 4 Minutes 4

1071 24 May Ting Tings That's Not My Name 1

1072 31 May Rihanna Take A Bow 2

Edited November 21, 200816 yr by 6weeksatnumber7

Making sure I'd rate everything in a sequence atleast 6/10 then this is the only one with four songs I can manage:

 

953 10 May Tomcraft Loneliness 1

954 17 May R Kelly Ignition 4

955 14 Jun Evanescence Bring Me To Life 4

956 12 Jul Beyonce Crazy In Love 3

 

 

The following has four atleast 9/10s in but unfortunately has a 0/10 in the middle...

 

1016 3 Sep Oasis The Importance Of Being Idle 1

1017 10 Sep Gorillaz Dare 1

1018 17 Sep Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes Don't Cha 3

1019 8 Oct Sugababes Push The Button 3

1020 29 Oct Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 1

 

Awful.

1033 8 Apr Gnarls Barkley Crazy 9

1034 10 Jun Sandi Thom I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) 1

1035 17 Jun Nelly Furtado Maneater 3

1036 8 Jul Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 1

1037 15 Jul Lily Allen Smile

 

:lol:

Sean Kingston is the sequence killer - I reckon there's three sets of 5 ruined by Beautiful Girls here:

 

1058 26 May Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella 10

1059 4 Aug Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & DOE The Way I Are 2

1060 18 Aug Robyn with Kleerup With Every Heartbeat 1

1061 25 Aug Kanye West Stronger 2

1062 8 Sep Sean Kingston Beautiful Girls 4

1063 6 Oct Sugababes About You Now 4

1064 3 Nov Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 7

Several good sequences IMO, such as 2007:

 

1058 26 May Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella 10

1059 4 Aug Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & DOE The Way I Are 2

1060 18 Aug Robyn with Kleerup With Every Heartbeat 1

1061 25 Aug Kanye West Stronger 2

1062 8 Sep Sean Kingston Beautiful Girls 4

1063 6 Oct Sugababes About You Now 4

1064 3 Nov Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 7

1065 22 Dec Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua What A Wonderful World 1

 

2004 had quite a long one:

 

987 21 Aug 3 Of A Kind Babycakes 1

988 28 Aug Natasha Bedingfield These Words 2

989 11 Sep Nelly My Place / Flap Your Wings 1

990 18 Sep Brian McFadden Real To Me 1

991 25 Sep Eric Prydz Call On Me 3

992 16 Oct Robbie Williams Radio 1

re 23 Oct Eric Prydz Call On Me 2

993 6 Nov Ja Rule featuring R Kelly & Ashanti Wonderful 1

994 13 Nov Eminem Just Lose It 1

995 20 Nov U2 Vertigo 1

996 27 Nov Girls Aloud I'll Stand By You 2

997 11 Dec Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas? 4

 

As did 2003:

 

953 10 May Tomcraft Loneliness 1

954 17 May R Kelly Ignition 4

955 14 Jun Evanescence Bring Me To Life 4

956 12 Jul Beyonce Crazy In Love 3

957 2 Aug Daniel Bedingfield Never Gonna Leave Your Side 1

958 9 Aug Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul Breathe 4

959 6 Sep Elton John Are You Ready For Love 1

960 13 Sep Black Eyed Peas Where Is The Love? 6

961 25 Oct Sugababes Hole In The Head 1

962 1 Nov Fatman Scoop / Crooklyn Clan Be Faithful 2

963 15 Nov Kylie Minogue Slow 1

 

Bloody McFly/Busted/Westlife ruining most of these runs! :manson:

601 19 Dec The Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind 4

602 16 Jan Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place On Earth 2

603 30 Jan Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now 3

604 20 Feb Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky 5

 

 

644 14 Apr Madonna Vogue 4

645 12 May Adamski Killer 4

646 9 Jun Englandneworder World In Motion 2

647 23 Jun Elton John Sacrifice / Healing Hands 5

 

681 17 Oct Tasmin Archer Sleeping Satellite 2

682 31 Oct Boyz II Men End Of The Road 3

683 21 Nov Charles & Eddie Would I Lie To You? 2

684 5 Dec Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 10

 

 

 

 

869 12 Aug Robbie Williams Rock DJ 1

870 19 Aug Melanie C I Turn To You 1

871 26 Aug Spiller Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 1

872 2 Sep Madonna Music 1

 

882 24 Nov LeAnn Rimes Can't Fight The Moonlight 1

883 2 Dec Destiny's Child Independent Women Part 1 1

884 9 Dec S Club 7 Never Had A Dream Come True 1

 

 

1018 17 Sep Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes Don't Cha 3

1019 8 Oct Sugababes Push The Button 3

1020 29 Oct Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 1 *

1021 5 Nov Westlife You Raise Me Up 2

1022 19 Nov Madonna Hung Up 3

1023 10 Dec Pussycat Dolls Stickwitu 2

 

* hated this song though

 

1032 1 Apr Ne-Yo So Sick 1

1033 8 Apr Gnarls Barkley Crazy 9

1034 10 Jun Sandi Thom I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) 1

1035 17 Jun Nelly Furtado Maneater 3

1036 8 Jul Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 1

 

1050 27 Jan Mika Grace Kelly 5

1051 3 Mar Kaiser Chiefs Ruby 1

1052 10 Mar Take That Shine 2

 

1063 6 Oct Sugababes About You Now 4

1064 3 Nov Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 7

1065 22 Dec Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua What A Wonderful World 1

 

1072 31 May Rihanna Take A Bow 2

1073 14 Jun Mint Royale Singin' In The Rain 2

1074 29 Jun Coldplay Viva La Vida 1

1075 5 Jul Ne-Yo Closer 1

 

1078 16 Aug Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl 5

1079 20 Sep Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire 3

1080 11 Oct Pink So What 3

1081 1 Nov Girls Aloud The Promise 2

 

 

 

9 in 2000:

 

858 13 May Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again 1

859 20 May Madison Avenue Don't Call Me Baby 1

860 27 May Billie Piper Day & Night 1

861 3 Jun Sonique It Feels So Good 3

862 24 Jun Black Legend You See The Trouble With Me 1

863 1 Jul Kylie Minogue Spinning Around 1

864 8 Jul Eminem The Real Slim Shady 1

865 15 Jul Corrs Breathless 1

866 22 Jul Ronan Keating Life Is A Rollercoaster

 

For me late spring/early summer 2000...

 

858 13 May Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again 1

859 20 May Madison Avenue Don't Call Me Baby 1

860 27 May Billie Piper Day & Night 1

861 3 Jun Sonique It Feels So Good 3

862 24 Jun Black Legend You See The Trouble With Me 1

863 1 Jul Kylie Minogue Spinning Around 1

Bloody McFly/Busted/Westlife ruining most of these runs! :manson:

 

Indeed.

Looking at it myself now I think 5-in-a-row might be too hard a task! Anyway here's my selection and it is from this year:

 

1068 23 Feb Duffy Mercy 5

1069 29 Mar Estelle featuring Kanye West American Boy 4

1070 26 Apr Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake 4 Minutes 4

1071 24 May Ting Tings That's Not My Name 1

1072 31 May Rihanna Take A Bow 2

That's probably my favourite 5-in-a-row too, the only other one I could find where I liked all 5 songs was:

 

893 24 Mar Hear'Say Pure And Simple 3

894 14 Apr Emma Bunton What Took You So Long 2

895 28 Apr Destiny's Child Survivor 1

896 5 May S Club 7 Don't Stop Movin' 1

897 12 May Geri Halliwell It's Raining Men 2

 

I think they're all decent enough pop songs but I can see why people wouldn't like a run of 5 containing 2 ex-Spice Girls, S Club 7 and Hear'Say. :lol:

I like these ones:

 

2003:

954 17 May R Kelly Ignition 4

955 14 Jun Evanescence Bring Me To Life 4

956 12 Jul Beyonce Crazy In Love 3

957 2 Aug Daniel Bedingfield Never Gonna Leave Your Side 1

958 9 Aug Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul Breathe 4

959 6 Sep Elton John Are You Ready For Love 1

960 13 Sep Black Eyed Peas Where Is The Love? 6

961 25 Oct Sugababes Hole In The Head 1

 

Stopped By: Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful :puke:

 

2004 (i):

974 13 Mar Britney Spears Toxic 1

975 20 Mar DJ Casper Cha Cha Slide 1

976 27 Mar Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris Yeah 2

977 10 Apr McFly Five Colours In Her Hair 2

978 24 Apr Eamon F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) 4

979 22 May Frankee F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back) 3

980 12 Jun Mario Winans featuring Enya & P Diddy I Don't Wanna Know 2

981 26 Jun Britney Spears Everytime 1

982 3 Jul McFly Obviously 1

983 10 Jul Usher Burn 2

 

Stopped By: Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme

 

2004 (ii):

985 31 Jul Streets Dry Your Eyes 1

986 7 Aug Busted Thunderbirds / 3AM 2

987 21 Aug 3 Of A Kind Babycakes 1

988 28 Aug Natasha Bedingfield These Words 2

989 11 Sep Nelly My Place / Flap Your Wings 1

 

Stopped By: Bryan McFadden - Real To Me

 

2007:

1053 24 Mar Sugababes vs Girls Aloud Walk This Way 1

1054 31 Mar The Proclaimers featuring

Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles 3

1055 21 Apr Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado

& Justin Timberlake Give It To Me 1

1056 28 Apr Beyonce & Shakira Beautiful Liar 3

1057 19 May McFly Baby's Coming Back / Transylvania 1

1058 26 May Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella 10

1059 4 Aug Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & DOE The Way I Are 2

1060 18 Aug Robyn with Kleerup With Every Heartbeat 1

1061 25 Aug Kanye West Stronger 2

1062 8 Sep Sean Kingston Beautiful Girls 4

1063 6 Oct Sugababes About You Now 4

1064 3 Nov Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 7

 

Stopped By: Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua - What a Wonderful World

 

2008 (i):

1067 19 Jan Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz Now You're Gone 5

1068 23 Feb Duffy Mercy 5

1069 29 Mar Estelle featuring Kanye West American Boy 4

1070 26 Apr Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake 4 Minutes 4

1071 24 May Ting Tings That's Not My Name 1

1072 31 May Rihanna Take A Bow 2

1073 14 Jun Mint Royale Singin' In The Rain 2

1074 29 Jun Coldplay Viva La Vida 1

1075 5 Jul Ne-Yo Closer 1

1076 12 Jul Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance Wiv Me 4

 

Stopped By: Kid Rock - All Summer Long (Yes I have grown to like VLV :drama:)

 

2008 (ii):

1078 16 Aug Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl 5

1079 20 Sep Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire 3

1080 11 Oct Pink So What 3

1081 1 Nov Girls Aloud The Promise 2

1082 8 Nov X Factor Finalists Hero 3

 

TO BE CONTINUED! Beyonce will continue this on Sunday! Even if X Factor get another week I won't be bothered ^_^ I don't get all the hate on 20008's number 1's :(

1033 8 Apr Gnarls Barkley Crazy 9

1034 10 Jun Sandi Thom I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) 1

1035 17 Jun Nelly Furtado Maneater 3

1036 8 Jul Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 1

1037 15 Jul Lily Allen Smile

 

:lol:

 

exactly the same for me :wub: stunning row of consecutive chart toppers :heart:

Similar to Xylem and Ej87... way back in 2000... I can tolerate this sequence of 11 chart-toppers: :cool:

 

855 15 Apr Craig David Fill Me In 1

856 22 Apr Fragma Toca's Miracle 2

857 6 May Oxide & Neutrino Bound 4 Da reload (Casualty) 1

858 13 May Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again 1

859 20 May Madison Avenue Don't Call Me Baby 1

860 27 May Billie Piper Day & Night 1

861 3 Jun Sonique It Feels So Good 3

862 24 Jun Black Legend You See The Trouble With Me 1

863 1 Jul Kylie Minogue Spinning Around 1

864 8 Jul Eminem The Real Slim Shady 1

865 15 Jul Corrs Breathless 1

 

mine would be

 

1021 5 Nov Westlife You Raise Me Up (its second week when it did the double with number one album face to face)

1022 19 Nov Madonna Hung Up

1023 10 Dec Pussycat Dolls Stickwitu

1024 24 Dec Nizlopi The JCB Song

1025 31 Dec Shayne Ward That's My Goal

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 200816 yr by danalco

Not TOTALLY dreadful...

 

12 Feb Eminem Like Toy Soldiers 1

1004 19 Feb U2 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 1

1005 26 Feb Jennifer Lopez Get Right 1

1006 5 Mar Nelly featuring Tim McGraw Over And Over 1

1007 12 Mar Stereophonics Dakota

 

1072 31 May Rihanna Take A Bow 2

1073 14 Jun Mint Royale Singin' In The Rain 2

1074 29 Jun Coldplay Viva La Vida 1

1075 5 Jul Ne-Yo Closer 1

1076 12 Jul Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance Wiv Me 4

 

1068 23 Feb Duffy Mercy 5

1069 29 Mar Estelle featuring Kanye West American Boy 4

1070 26 Apr Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake 4 Minutes 4

1071 24 May Ting Tings That's Not My Name 1

1072 31 May Rihanna Take A Bow 2

 

They're all above average at least.

Excluding Hero, all of 2008's have reached top 20 on my personal chart (Mint Royale would've in 2005).

 

I loved 2006 but i can't really stand these:

1040 9 Sep Justin Timberlake Sexyback 1

1041 16 Sep Scissor Sisters I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 4

1042 14 Oct Razorlight America 1

1043 21 Oct My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade 2

1044 4 Nov McFly Star Girl 1

1045 11 Nov Fedde Le Grand Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 1

1046 18 Nov Westlife The Rose 1

1047 25 Nov Akon featuring Eminem Smack That

 

Razorlight, MCR, Fedde Le Grande were ok at first but then got annoying. The rest were bad from the start -_-

I've got a run of seven in 2005:

 

1016: Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle

1017: Gorilla - Dare

1018: Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha

1019: Sugababes - Push The Button

1020: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

1021: Westlife - You Raise Me Up

1022: Madonna - Hung Up

 

PS - I know it's got Westlife, but I actually like that one.

 

Run stopped, rather bizarrely, by the Pussycat Dolls.

Edited November 23, 200816 yr by DitzyNizzy