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Artists who have had a #1 album and no other top 40 albums (thanks to Wikipedia): Freddy Cannon Blind Faith (band members had other success) Neil Reid (won Opportunity Knocks - the X-Factor of its day) Johnny Hates Jazz The Farm Chaka Demus & Pliers and then several X-Factor artists (Steve Brookstein, Journey South, Ray Quinn, Diana Vickers), and quite a few recent artists (Tinie Tempah, Nero, and Ed Sheeran being the only ones prior to 2012).

We Belong Together was the first song to be #1 on the Physical Chart, but not #1 on the combined (i.e. physicals + downloads) chart.

At the time of I Would Die 4 U's release, the limit was 20 minutes no matter what - I believe it was not until 2003 that the limit for remix CDs was extended to 40 minutes.

It charted at #14 on both formats in week 1, then somebody pointed out that CD1 was ineligible, so it was discounted, leading the song to fall to #61 the following week. Creatures - Godzilla is another one (it was top 20 in the midweeks, but only ended up #53).

Both Oasis and Blur did have their 4th formats chart separately (as did Michael & Janet Jackson - Scream). I believe Five - If Ya Gettin' Down had some sales discounted in week 1 (which may have cost it #1). Dualers - Don't Go charted at #61, but apparently had some sales discounted due to possible bulk-buying. Mark Joseph - Bringing Back Those Memories was top 10 in the midweeks, but a lot of its sales were ineligible box-sets (containing all 3 formats), so it only charted at #34. Tatjana - Santa Maria was completely DQ'd on its first release due to hyping allegations, but did chart subsequently on a re-issue (reaching #40).

Ladywell Primary School Jo Jingles Declan Demi Holborn Lil Bow Wow Jackson 5 Obernkirchen Children's Choir

Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden Donny Osmond - Puppy Love

Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Brand New Heavies - Midnight At The Oasis Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away Searchers - Needles And Pins Searchers - When You Walk In The Room UB40 - Red Red Wine (UB40 were only aware of Tony Tribe's cover)

Robbie Williams - She's The One Toni Basil - Mickey Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff

Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now Madness - It Must Be Love Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man

The 2001 version of Suspicious Minds spent 4 weeks in the chart: 15-21-39-60. Most of the Elvis re-issues from 2007 did spend one week in the top 20 before dropping out completely. Similarly, Billie's Honey To The Bee had a 17-out run in 2007, but had charted in 1999, and Stereophonics - Dakota had a 29-out run in 2012, but reached #1 in 2005. Billiam - My Generation had a week at #23 in 2008.

Cheeky Girls - The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) was kept off #1 by Eminem, Blue, and Girls Aloud (2 wks). Madonna - Crazy For You was kept off #1 by Sister Sledge in 1985, and by The Simpsons and The Clash in 1991 (the latter week being an all re-issue top 2).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billb...British_artists From this list it can be seen that the following UK acts managed a US but never managed a UK #1: Acker Bilk Freddie & The Dreamers Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders Donovan New Vaudeville Band Lulu (although she did top the UK chart as featured artist on Relight My Fire) Ringo Starr (as a solo artist) Average White Band Manfred Mann's Earth Band (although their predecessors Manfred Mann did top the UK chart) Andy Gibb M Sheena Easton Air Supply (50% British) Yes John Waite Tears For Fears John Parr Dire Straits Robert Palmer Genesis Peter Gabriel Steve Winwood (as a solo artist) Bananarama Cutting Crew Kim Wilde Whitesnake Billy Idol Def Leppard Escape Club (never charted at all in the UK) Mike & The Mechanics Fine Young Cannibals Maxi Priest EMF Sting (topped US chart on All For Love, did top UK chart with The Police) Seal (although he sung on Adamski's Killer) Jay Sean

Going back a bit further: DJ Pied Piper - Do You Really Like It? Afroman - Because I Got High

Since 12/3/2006, the following have spent 30+ consecutive days at #1 on Itunes: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy - 52 Take That - Patience - 36 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby - 33 Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella - 45 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - 35 Duffy - Mercy - 33 Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl - 34 Gotye's 29 days is the longest since then.

Both Len and Crazy Town did chart follow-ups to their big hits in the UK but not elsewhere (in fact Crazy Town are true one-hit wonders in the US).

City High - What Would You Do is a quite well-remembered song, but their follow-up Caramel is not well-remembered at all.

Scatman John Afroman Shanks & Bigfoot (their second hit under this name did 'only' make #12, but they are definitely not the one-hit wonders that they are often considered - plus they also charted as Doolally)

Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love

Chanson d'Amour is partly in English.

Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) Limp Bizkit - Rollin' So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds none of which I had heard of prior to their release Also, Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor seemed a bit unexpected at the time.

David Whitfield - Answer Me fell to #5 between its 2 visits to #1: 12-8-4-1-2-2-2-5-1-2-2-2-6-xx-xx-12, although its 2nd week was as a joint #1 with Frankie Laine's version of the same song. Beatles - She Loves You holds the record for longest gap between 2 trips to #1 in the same chart run: 12-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-1-1-2-2-2-3-5-5-8-16-19-21-23-28-33-35-42-48-xx-42-47.

Apologies if these have already been mentioned: Will Young - Don't Let Me Down / You And I (he was massive in 2002, and the song was for CIN) Robbie Williams - Feel (he had just signed a massive record deal, yet this didn't even go top 3) Gareth Gates - Sunshine (much hyped tune that only made #3 and dropped quite quickly)

Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne - Changes (it was helped to #1 by Ozzy having a quad-bike accident in the week of release, but I still didn't expect it to be #1) Pink - Just Like A Pill Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (seems a bit odd now, but at the time it was a surprise, considering its first week was download-only, and they had never previously had a top 10 hit) Steps - Stomp (but nowhere near as much of a shock as Baha Men climbing 14-2 that week)