List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (UK)
| 2000s in music in the UK | |
| Number-one singles | |
| Number-one albums | |
| Best-selling singles | |
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| Summaries and charts 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
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| ←1999 | 2010→ |
| Top 10 singles 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
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| ←1999 | 2010→ |
The UK Singles Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2005, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital singles, on the condition that the single was available in both formats. In 2007, the rules were changed so that legal downloads of all songs, irrespective of whether a physical copy was available, were eligible to chart.[2]
Between 2000 and 2009, ten singles that reached the top of the singles chart sold more than 1 million copies in the United Kingdom.[3] At the end of the decade, a retrospective chart was compiled by the Official Charts Company to determine the best-selling single of this ten-year period. The title was won by Will Young, the winner of the televised talent competition Pop Idol in 2001, with his double A-side single "Evergreen" / "Anything Is Possible", released in 2002.[4] The single sold 1.795 million copies and saw Young finish ahead of fellow Pop Idol finalist Gareth Gates, whose debut single "Unchained Melody" sold 1.4 million copies.[5] The X Factor winners Alexandra Burke (5th), and Shayne Ward (8th) and the band formed on Popstars in 2001, Hear'Say (9th), also reached the top ten.[6] Kylie Minogue, Shaggy and Tony Christie were the other solo artists who made the top ten of best-selling singles; Christie's best-seller was a charity single recorded for Comic Relief in 2005. Children's television character Bob the Builder's "Can We Fix It?", voiced by Neil Morrisey, and Band Aid 20's cover of "Do They Know It's Christmas" made up the rest of the top ten singles.[3][7]
The chart is significantly skewed towards singles released at the beginning (2000–2002) and end (2007–2009) of the decade. Digital downloads were included in the charts for the first time in 2005 but it took several years before the download figures made up for the loss of physical single sales.[8] Only five songs released in 2003 and two released in 2004 (including Band Aid 20's million-seller "Do They Know It's Christmas?") made the top 100 best-selling singles, compared with eleven in 2000 and thirteen in 2009. Following changes to the chart ruling in 2007, Rage Against the Machine's 1993 single "Killing in the Name" was declared the Christmas number-one on the strength of an Internet campaign on the Facebook website, even though it did not have a contemporary physical release.[9][10] The song eventually reached number 36 on the best-sellers list.
BBC Radio 1 announced the chart across three programmes, presented by DJ Nihal, between 29 December and 31 December 2009.[11] The list of the best-selling albums of the decade in the United Kingdom was also announced in a show on 28 December 2009.[11]
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- A "Killing in the Name" was originally released in 1993 but it reached the Christmas number-one position in the United Kingdom in 2009.
[edit] See also
- List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (UK)
- List of best-selling singles of the 1950s (UK)
- List of best-selling singles of the 1960s (UK)
- List of best-selling singles of the 1970s (UK)
- List of best-selling singles of the 1980s (UK)
- List of best-selling singles of the 1990s (UK)
- List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)
[edit] References
- General (chart positions)
- Chart of the Decade, Episode 2. British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved on 31 January 2010.
- Chart of the Decade, Episode 3. British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved on 31 January 2010.
- Chart of the Decade, Episode 4. British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved on 31 January 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Swash, Rosie (8 January 2007). "Old songs return to brave new singles chart". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jan/08/news.rosieswash. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ a b Sexton, Paul (31 December 2009). "Will Young tops U.K. singles of decade". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6ad645d17ccf55b78c130d3140265b1d. Retrieved 4 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Parker, Sam (1 January 2010). "Revealed: the top ten tracks of the noughties". America Online (AOL). http://celebrity.aol.co.uk/2010/01/01/revealed-the-top-ten-tracks-of-the-noughties/. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Will Young and James Blunt win biggest-selling single and album of the Noughties". NME. 31 December 2009. http://www.nme.com/news/will-young/49046. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Will Young has decade's biggest-selling single". Newsround. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8430000/newsid_8437000/8437084.stm. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Reality TV stars top decade chart". Daily Mirror. 31 December 2009. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2009/12/31/reality-tv-stars-top-decade-chart-115875-21934225/. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Press Release: Chart Rules". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/rules_press_release.php. Retrieved 2 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "New Digital Rules Shake Up U.K. Charts". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003528763#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003528763. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts". British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8423340.stm. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties". Press Office. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 December 2009. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/12_december/14/radio1.shtml. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Jones, Alan (4 January 2010). "Bad Romance is back on top". Music Week. http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=1039511§ioncode=22. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
