List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s

UK Singles Chart number ones
UK Singles Chart
Official Charts Company
Christmas number one
Rihanna had a 10-week run at the top of the UK Singles Chart, along with Jay-Z, with "Umbrella".

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. In the 2000s the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday, and the top 40 singles were revealed each Sunday on BBC Radio 1. Before the advent of music downloads, it was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets, but since 2005 permanent downloads have been included in the chart compilation.[1][2]

During the 2000s, 275 singles reached the number-one position on the chart. Over this period, Westlife were the most successful group at reaching the top spot, with 11 number-one singles. Rihanna and Jay-Z's song "Umbrella" spent 10 weeks at number one in 2007, the longest spell at the top of the charts since Wet Wet Wet's 1994 hit "Love Is All Around", which topped the charts for 15 weeks. The Internet allowed music to be heard by vast numbers of people on social networking sites such as YouTube and Myspace; it also increased piracy. This and the introduction of the UK Singles Downloads Chart in 2004[3] led to a decrease in record sales and a reduction in the number of copies sold of a number-one record on the singles chart.[4] Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" became the first song to reach the top of the charts based on downloads alone in 2006, remaining at number one for nine consecutive weeks.[5] Physical single sales had been falling for more than a decade but digital single sales finally turned the trend around in 2008 with combined physical and digital single sales growing 33% over the previous year.[6] Lily Allen made herself known on the Internet through her Myspace page, and following this exposure, her debut single "Smile" peaked at number one. Three years later, her single "The Fear" topped the chart for four consecutive weeks, being the longest running number one single of 2009.

Reality television shows played an important, influential role on the charts during the decade. Hear'Say won the original series of Popstars in 2000 and topped the charts with their debut single "Pure and Simple". A trend developed as this feat was replicated by Pop Idol winners Will Young (2002) and Michelle McManus (2003), and runners-up Gareth Gates and Sam & Mark; 2002 Fame Academy winner David Sneddon, and the winner of the first series of The X Factor, Steve Brookstein, in 2005. Reality television winners did especially well during the Christmas season; every Christmas number one from 2005 to 2008 came from an X Factor winner. Shayne Ward reached number one in 2005 with "That's My Goal", and he was followed by Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson and Alexandra Burke. Girls Aloud, the Popstars: The Rivals winners, also had the Christmas number one in 2002 with "Sound of the Underground." Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the first series of American Idol achieved her first UK number-one single, "My Life Would Suck Without You", in 2009.

The first number one of the decade, the double-A side "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" by Westlife, was a holdover from the end of 1999. "The Climb" by Joe McElderry was the final number one of the decade.

In January 2005 a landmark was reached as Elvis Presley's "One Night" became the 1,000th song to reach number one in the singles chart.[7]

Chart history

In 2000, 42 songs (not including Westlife's "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" which first reached number one at the end of 1999) hit the top spot, a UK charts record for most number ones in a calendar year. The year 2000 also holds the record for most consecutive weeks with a new number one, with a different single hitting the number-one spot every week from 24 June to 16 September.[8]

Six songs returned to the top of the charts for two separate spells. These were; "Don't Stop Movin'" by S Club 7 (2001), "Gotta Get thru This" by Daniel Bedingfield (2001–2002), "Call on Me" by Eric Prydz (2004), "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (2006) and "Boom Boom Pow" (2009) and "I Gotta Feeling" (2009) by The Black Eyed Peas. In addition, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" was number one in December 2009 and climbed back to the top in January 2010.

Number-one singles

Key
Best-selling single of the year[9]
Best-selling single of the decade[9]
Westlife had 11 number-one singles between 2000 and 2009, including "Against All Odds", a duet with Mariah Carey in 2000.
Arctic Monkeys scored two number-ones this decade with their debut single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down", and are one of the first acts to come to the public attention via the Internet.
Britney Spears hit the top spot with "Oops!... I Did It Again" and "Born to Make You Happy" in 2000, and with "Toxic" and "Everytime" in 2004.
American rock band Evanescence debuted at number one with their single "Bring Me To Life" and their album "Fallen" in 2003 and started their massive international success.
Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" became the first song to reach number one on downloads alone in 2006 and the first song since 1994 to spend longer than two months at number one.
Leona Lewis saw her debut single, "A Moment Like This", reach number one in 2006. Two more chart-toppers followed, including "Bleeding Love" which had a 7-week reign at number one in 2007 and "Run" in 2008.
American group The Black Eyed Peas spent six weeks at number one with "Where Is the Love?" in 2003. In 2009, "Boom Boom Pow", "I Gotta Feeling" and "Meet Me Halfway" also reached the number-one spot.
Geri Halliwell scored two number-ones this decade with "Bag It Up" and "It's Raining Men", taking her total to four, after "Mi Chico Latino" and "Lift Me Up"
Sugababes had more number-one singles than any other female act in the 2000s, with six. Their first number-one was "Freak Like Me" in 2002.
Kylie Minogue scored her second number one of the decade with "Can't Get You Out of My Head" in 2001, selling more than 1.1 million copies. It was the biggest-selling single by a female of the 21st century until 2011, when it was surpassed by Adele's "Someone like You".
Madonna holds the record for the most number-one singles by a female artist during the decade. She topped the chart for a fifth time in 2008 with "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.
Lady Gaga became the first female artist to score three number ones in a single year, with "Just Dance", "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance" all topping the chart in 2009.
Christina Aguilera gained three number-one singles in the 2000s and one in 1999.
Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire" became one of the biggest hits of 2008, spending 68 weeks in the UK chart. It sold over 840,000 copies, making it the biggest single by an American act in the 2000s.
Rapper Eminem scored 7 number-one hits in 2000s, putting him second behind Westlife for the most number-ones during the decade.
Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" was one of the best-selling singles in 2008.
Beyoncé scored 6 number ones in the 2000s—two with Destiny's Child and four solo.
Cheryl Cole scored 5 Number-ones since the middle of decade; four as a Girls Aloud member and one solo.
Rapper Jay-Z was 15 weeks at the top spot, the most in this decade.
Irish band U2 scored four number-ones in this decade.
Rapper Nelly scored four number-ones this decade.
Mancunian rockers Oasis scored 4 number-ones this decade.
Lily Allen scored two number one singles this decade: "Smile" in 2006 and "The Fear" in 2009, which stayed for four consecutive weeks at the top, being the longest running number one in 2009.
Rap metal band Rage Against the Machine scored the last Christmas number one of the decade and their first UK number one with "Killing in the Name" after a successful Facebook campaign by DJ Jon Morter to stop another The X Factor winner's single dominating the Christmas charts.
Elvis Presley scored four posthumous number ones, in 2002 on Junkie XL's remix of "A Little Less Conversation", and then in 2005 with "Jailhouse Rock", "I Got Stung" and "It's Now or Never" when all his number one singles were reissued and re-released to celebrate fifty years of his music.
Contents
No. Artist[nb 1] Single[nb 1] Week ending date[nb 1] Weeks at
number one[nb 1]
2000
844 Westlife"I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" 25 December 19994
845 Manic Street Preachers"Masses Against the Classes, TheThe Masses Against the Classes" 22 January 20001
846 Britney Spears"Born to Make You Happy" 29 January 20001
847 Gabrielle"Rise" 5 February 20002
848 Oasis"Go Let It Out" 19 February 20001
849 All Saints"Pure Shores" 26 February 20002
850 Madonna"American Pie" 11 March 20001
851 Chicane with Bryan Adams"Don't Give Up" 18 March 20001
852 Geri Halliwell"Bag It Up" 25 March 20001
853 Melanie C featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes"Never Be The Same Again" 1 April 20001
854 Westlife"Fool Again" 8 April 20001
855 Craig David"Fill Me In" 15 April 20001
856 Fragma"Toca's Miracle" 22 April 20002
857 Oxide & Neutrino"Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)" 6 May 20001
858 Britney Spears"Oops!... I Did It Again" 13 May 20001
859 Madison Avenue"Don't Call Me Baby" 20 May 20001
860 Billie Piper"Day & Night" 27 May 20001
861 Sonique"It Feels So Good" 3 June 20003
862 Black Legend"You See the Trouble with Me" 24 June 20001
863 Kylie Minogue"Spinning Around" 1 July 20001
864 Eminem"Real Slim Shady, TheThe Real Slim Shady" 8 July 20001
865 Corrs, TheThe Corrs"Breathless" 15 July 20001
866 Ronan Keating"Life Is a Rollercoaster" 22 July 20001
867 Five + Queen"We Will Rock You" 29 July 20001
868 Craig David"7 Days" 5 August 20001
869 Robbie Williams"Rock DJ" 12 August 20001
870 Melanie C"I Turn to You" 19 August 20001
871 Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" 26 August 20001
872 Madonna"Music" 2 September 20001
873 A1"Take On Me" 9 September 20001
874 Modjo"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" 16 September 20002
875 Mariah Carey featuring Westlife"Against All Odds" 30 September 20002
876 All Saints"Black Coffee" 14 October 20001
877 U2"Beautiful Day" 21 October 20001
878 Steps"Stomp" 28 October 20001
879 Spice Girls"Holler" / "Let Love Lead the Way" 4 November 20001
880 Westlife"My Love" 11 November 20001
881 A1"Same Old Brand New You" 18 November 20001
882 LeAnn Rimes"Can't Fight the Moonlight" 25 November 20001
883 Destiny's Child"Independent Women Part I" 2 December 20001
884 S Club 7"Never Had a Dream Come True" 9 December 20001
885 Eminem featuring Dido"Stan" 16 December 20001
886 Bob the Builder"Can We Fix It?" † 23 December 20003
2001
887 Rui da Silva"Touch Me" 13 January 20011
888 Jennifer Lopez"Love Don't Cost a Thing" 20 January 20011
889 Limp Bizkit"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" 27 January 20012
890 Atomic Kitten"Whole Again" 10 February 20014
891 Shaggy featuring Rikrok"It Wasn't Me" † 10 March 20011
892 Westlife"Uptown Girl" 17 March 20011
893 Hear'Say"Pure and Simple" 24 March 20013
894 Emma Bunton"What Took You So Long?" 14 April 20012
895 Destiny's Child"Survivor" 28 April 20011
896 S Club 7"Don't Stop Movin'" 5 May 20011
897 Geri Halliwell"It's Raining Men" 12 May 20012
re S Club 7"Don't Stop Movin'" 26 May 20011
898 DJ Pied Piper"Do You Really Like It?" 2 June 20011
899 Shaggy featuring Rayvon"Angel" 9 June 20013
900 Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink"Lady Marmalade" 30 June 20011
901 Hear'Say"Way to Your Love, TheThe Way to Your Love" 7 July 20011
902 Roger Sanchez"Another Chance" 14 July 20011
903 Robbie Williams"Eternity" / "The Road to Mandalay" 21 July 20012
904 Atomic Kitten"Eternal Flame" 4 August 20012
905 So Solid Crew"21 Seconds" 18 August 20011
906 Five"Let's Dance" 25 August 20012
907 Blue"Too Close" 8 September 20011
908 Bob the Builder"Mambo No. 5" 15 September 20011
909 DJ Ötzi"Hey Baby" 22 September 20011
910 Kylie Minogue"Can't Get You out of My Head" 29 September 20014
911 Afroman"Because I Got High" 27 October 20013
912 Westlife"Queen of My Heart" 17 November 20011
913 Blue"If You Come Back" 24 November 20011
914 S Club 7"Have You Ever" 1 December 20011
915 Daniel Bedingfield"Gotta Get Thru This" 8 December 20012
916 Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman"Somethin' Stupid" 22 December 20013
2002
re Daniel Bedingfield"Gotta Get Thru This" 12 January 20021
917 Aaliyah"More Than a Woman" 19 January 20021
918 George Harrison"My Sweet Lord" 26 January 20021
919 Enrique Iglesias"Hero" 2 February 20024
920 Westlife"World of Our Own" 2 March 20021
921 Will Young"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" ‡ 9 March 20023
922 Gareth Gates"Unchained Melody" 30 March 20024
923 Oasis"Hindu Times, TheThe Hindu Times" 27 April 20021
924 Sugababes"Freak Like Me" 4 May 20021
925 Holly Valance"Kiss Kiss" 11 May 20021
926 Ronan Keating"If Tomorrow Never Comes" 18 May 20021
927 Liberty X"Just a Little" 25 May 20021
928 Eminem"Without Me" 1 June 20021
929 Will Young"Light My Fire" 8 June 20022
930 Elvis Presley vs. JXL"Little Less Conversation, AA Little Less Conversation" 22 June 20024
931 Gareth Gates"Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" 20 July 20023
932 Darius"Colourblind" 10 August 20022
933 Sugababes"Round Round" 24 August 20021
934 Blazin' Squad"Crossroads" 31 August 20021
935 Atomic Kitten"Tide Is High (Get the Feeling), TheThe Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" 7 September 20023
936 Pink"Just like a Pill" 28 September 20021
937 Will Young and Gareth Gates"Long and Winding Road, TheThe Long and Winding Road" / "Suspicious Minds" 5 October 20022
938 Las Ketchup"Ketchup Song, TheThe Ketchup Song" 19 October 20021
939 Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland"Dilemma" 26 October 20022
940 DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do"Heaven" 9 November 20021
941 Westlife"Unbreakable" 16 November 20021
942 Christina Aguilera featuring Redman"Dirrty" 23 November 20022
943 Daniel Bedingfield"If You're Not the One" 7 December 20021
944 Eminem"Lose Yourself" 14 December 20021
945 Blue featuring Elton John"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" 21 December 20021
946 Girls Aloud"Sound of the Underground" 28 December 20024
2003
947 David Sneddon"Stop Living the Lie" 25 January 20032
948 t.A.T.u."All the Things She Said" 8 February 20034
949 Christina Aguilera"Beautiful" 8 March 20032
950 Gareth Gates and Kumars, TheThe Kumars"Spirit in the Sky" 22 March 20032
951 Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham"Make Luv" 5 April 20034
952 Busted"You Said No" 3 May 20031
953 Tomcraft"Loneliness" 10 May 20031
954 R. Kelly"Ignition (Remix)" 17 May 20034
955 Evanescence"Bring Me to Life" 14 June 20034
956 Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z"Crazy in Love" 12 July 20033
957 Daniel Bedingfield"Never Gonna Leave Your Side" 2 August 20031
958 Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul"Breathe" 9 August 20034
959 Elton John"Are You Ready for Love" 6 September 20031
960 Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas"Where Is the Love?" † 13 September 20036
961 Sugababes"Hole in the Head" 25 October 20031
962 Fatman Scoop"Be Faithful" 1 November 20032
963 Kylie Minogue"Slow" 15 November 20031
964 Busted"Crashed the Wedding" 22 November 20031
965 Westlife"Mandy" 29 November 20031
966 Will Young"Leave Right Now" 6 December 20032
967 Kelly Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne"Changes" 20 December 20031
968 Michael Andrews and Gary Jules"Mad World" 27 December 20033
2004
969 Michelle McManus"All This Time" 17 January 20043
970 LMC vs. U2"Take Me to the Clouds Above" 7 February 20042
971 Sam & Mark"With a Little Help from My Friends" 21 February 20041
972 Busted"Who's David?" 28 February 20041
973 Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx"Mysterious Girl" 6 March 20041
974 Britney Spears"Toxic" 13 March 20041
975 DJ Casper"Cha Cha Slide (Part 2)" 20 March 20041
976 Usher featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon"Yeah!" 27 March 20042
977 McFly"Five Colours In Her Hair" 10 April 20042
978 Eamon"Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" 24 April 20044
979 Frankee"F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)" 22 May 20043
980 Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya"I Don't Wanna Know" 12 June 20042
981 Britney Spears"Everytime" 26 June 20041
982 McFly"Obviously" 3 July 20041
983 Usher"Burn" 10 July 20042
984 Shapeshifters"Lola's Theme" 24 July 20041
985 Streets, TheThe Streets"Dry Your Eyes" 31 July 20041
986 Busted"Thunderbirds" / "3am" 7 August 20042
987 3 of a Kind"Baby Cakes" 21 August 20041
988 Natasha Bedingfield"These Words" 28 August 20042
989 Nelly"My Place" / "Flap Your Wings" 11 September 20041
990 Brian McFadden"Real to Me" 18 September 20041
991 Eric Prydz"Call On Me" 25 September 20043
992 Robbie Williams"Radio" 16 October 20041
re Eric Prydz"Call On Me" 23 October 20042
993 Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti"Wonderful" 6 November 20041
994 Eminem"Just Lose It" 13 November 20041
995 U2"Vertigo" 20 November 20041
996 Girls Aloud"I'll Stand by You" 27 November 20042
997 Band Aid 20"Do They Know It's Christmas?" † 11 December 20044
2005
998 Steve Brookstein"Against All Odds" 8 January 20051
999 Elvis Presley"Jailhouse Rock" 15 January 20051
1000 Elvis Presley"One Night" / "I Got Stung" 22 January 20051
1001 Ciara featuring Petey Pablo"Goodies" 29 January 20051
1002 Elvis Presley"It's Now or Never" 5 February 20051
1003 Eminem"Like Toy Soldiers" 12 February 20051
1004 U2"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" 19 February 20051
1005 Jennifer Lopez"Get Right" 26 February 20051
1006 Nelly featuring Tim McGraw "Over and Over" 5 March 20051
1007 Stereophonics"Dakota" 12 March 20051
1008 McFly"All About You" / "You've Got a Friend" 19 March 20051
1009 Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay"Is This the Way to Amarillo" † 26 March 20057
1010 Akon"Lonely" 14 May 20052
1011 Oasis"Lyla" 28 May 20051
1012 Crazy Frog"Axel F" 4 June 20054
1013 2Pac featuring Elton John"Ghetto Gospel" 2 July 20053
1014 James Blunt"You're Beautiful" 23 July 20055
1015 McFly"I'll Be OK" 27 August 20051
1016 Oasis"Importance of Being Idle, TheThe Importance of Being Idle" 3 September 20051
1017 Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder"Dare" 10 September 20051
1018 Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes"Don't Cha" 17 September 20053
1019 Sugababes"Push the Button" 8 October 20053
1020 Arctic Monkeys"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" 29 October 20051
1021 Westlife"You Raise Me Up" 5 November 20052
1022 Madonna"Hung Up" 19 November 20053
1023 Pussycat Dolls"Stickwitu" 10 December 20052
1024 Nizlopi"JCB" 24 December 20051
1025 Shayne Ward"That's My Goal" 31 December 20054
2006
1026 Arctic Monkeys"When the Sun Goes Down" 28 January 20061
1027 Notorious B.I.G., TheThe Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm"Nasty Girl" 4 February 20062
1028 Meck featuring Leo Sayer"Thunder in My Heart Again" 18 February 20062
1029 Madonna"Sorry" 4 March 20061
1030 Chico"It's Chico Time" 11 March 20062
1031 Orson"No Tomorrow" 25 March 20061
1032 Ne-Yo"So Sick" 1 April 20061
1033 Gnarls Barkley"Crazy" † 8 April 20069
1034 Sandi Thom"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" 10 June 20061
1035 Nelly Furtado"Maneater" 17 June 20063
1036 Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean"Hips Don't Lie" 8 July 20061
1037 Lily Allen"Smile" 15 July 20062
1038 McFly"Don't Stop Me Now" / "Please, Please" 29 July 20061
re Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean"Hips Don't Lie" 5 August 20064
1039 Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z"Déjà Vu" 2 September 20061
1040 Justin Timberlake"SexyBack" 9 September 20061
1041 Scissor Sisters"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" 16 September 20064
1042 Razorlight"America" 14 October 20061
1043 My Chemical Romance"Welcome to the Black Parade" 21 October 20062
1044 McFly"Star Girl" 4 November 20061
1045 Fedde Le Grand"Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" 11 November 20061
1046 Westlife"Rose, TheThe Rose" 18 November 20061
1047 Akon featuring Eminem"Smack That" 25 November 20061
1048 Take That"Patience" 2 December 20064
1049 Leona Lewis"Moment Like This, AA Moment Like This" 30 December 20064
2007
1050 Mika"Grace Kelly" 27 January 20075
1051 Kaiser Chiefs"Ruby" 3 March 20071
1052 Take That"Shine" 10 March 20072
1053 Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud"Walk This Way" 24 March 20071
1054 Proclaimers, TheThe Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" 31 March 20073
1055 Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake"Give It to Me" 21 April 20071
1056 Beyoncé & Shakira"Beautiful Liar" 28 April 20073
1057 McFly"Baby's Coming Back" / "Transylvania" 19 May 20071
1058 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z"Umbrella" 26 May 200710
1059 Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E."Way I Are, TheThe Way I Are" 4 August 20072
1060 Robyn with Kleerup"With Every Heartbeat" 18 August 20071
1061 Kanye West"Stronger" 25 August 20072
1062 Sean Kingston"Beautiful Girls" 8 September 20074
1063 Sugababes"About You Now" 6 October 20074
1064 Leona Lewis"Bleeding Love" † 3 November 20077
1065 Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy"What a Wonderful World" 22 December 20071
1066 Leon Jackson"When You Believe" 29 December 20073
2008
1067 Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz"Now You're Gone" 19 January 20085
1068 Duffy"Mercy" 23 February 20085
1069 Estelle featuring Kanye West"American Boy" 29 March 20084
1070 Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland"4 Minutes" 26 April 20084
1071 Ting Tings, TheThe Ting Tings"That's Not My Name" 24 May 20081
1072 Rihanna"Take a Bow" 31 May 20082
1073 Mint Royale"Singin' in the Rain" 14 June 20082
1074 Coldplay"Viva la Vida" 28 June 20081
1075 Ne-Yo"Closer" 5 July 20081
1076 Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome"Dance wiv Me" 12 July 20084
1077 Kid Rock"All Summer Long" 9 August 20081
1078 Katy Perry"I Kissed a Girl" 16 August 20085
1079 Kings of Leon"Sex on Fire" 20 September 20083
1080 Pink"So What" 11 October 20083
1081 Girls Aloud"Promise, TheThe Promise" 1 November 20081
1082 X Factor Finalists, TheThe X Factor Finalists"Hero" 8 November 20083
1083 Beyoncé"If I Were a Boy" 29 November 20081
1084 Take That"Greatest Day" 6 December 20081
1085 Leona Lewis"Run" 13 December 20082
1086 Alexandra Burke"Hallelujah" † 27 December 20083
2009
1087 Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis"Just Dance" 17 January 20093
1088 Lily Allen"Fear, TheThe Fear" 7 February 20094
1089 Kelly Clarkson"My Life Would Suck Without You" 7 March 20091
1090 Flo Rida featuring Kesha"Right Round" 14 March 20091
1091 Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb"Islands in the Stream" 21 March 20091
1092 Lady Gaga"Poker Face" † 28 March 20093
1093 Calvin Harris"I'm Not Alone" 18 April 20092
1094 Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz"Number 1" 2 May 20093
1095 Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas"Boom Boom Pow" 23 May 20091
1096 Armand Van Helden vs Dizzee Rascal"Bonkers" 30 May 20092
re Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas"Boom Boom Pow" 13 June 20091
1097 Pixie Lott"Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" 20 June 20091
1098 David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland"When Love Takes Over" 27 June 20091
1099 La Roux"Bulletproof" 4 July 20091
1100 Cascada"Evacuate the Dancefloor" 11 July 20092
1101 JLS"Beat Again" 25 July 20092
1102 Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas"I Gotta Feeling" 8 August 20091
1103 Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle"Never Leave You" 15 August 20091
re Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas"I Gotta Feeling" 22 August 20091
1104 David Guetta featuring Akon"Sexy Chick" 29 August 20091
1105 Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris"Holiday" 5 September 20091
1106 Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West"Run This Town" 12 September 20091
1107 Pixie Lott"Boys and Girls" 19 September 20091
1108 Taio Cruz"Break Your Heart" 26 September 20093
1109 Chipmunk featuring Dayo Olatunji"Oopsy Daisy" 17 October 20091
1110 Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida"Bad Boys" 24 October 20091
1111 Cheryl Cole"Fight for This Love" 31 October 20092
1112 JLS"Everybody in Love" 14 November 20091
1113 Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas"Meet Me Halfway" 21 November 20091
1114 X Factor Finalists 2009, TheThe X Factor Finalists 2009"You Are Not Alone" 28 November 20091
1115 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band"Official BBC Children in Need Medley, TheThe Official BBC Children in Need Medley" 5 December 20092
1116 Lady Gaga"Bad Romance" 19 December 20091
1117 Rage Against the Machine"Killing in the Name" 26 December 20091

Statistics by decade

By artist

The following artists achieved four or more number-one hits during the 2000s. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration. Madonna, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake's song "4 Minutes", for example, is counted for all three artists because they were credited on the cover, while "Where Is the Love?" does not count for Timberlake as he did not receive artist credit on that track in order to avoid overexposure.

Artist Number-one hits
Westlife11
Eminem7
McFly7
Sugababes6
Madonna5
Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas4
Beyoncé4
Busted4
Gareth Gates4
Girls Aloud4
Jay-Z4
Nelly4
Oasis4
Elvis Presley4
Britney Spears4
U24
Robbie Williams4
Will Young4

Artists by total number of weeks at number one

Artist Weeks at number-one
Sugababes15[E]
Jay-Z15[A]
Westlife14[B]
Rihanna13
Leona Lewis13
Peter Kay12[F]
Will Young12[E]
Alexandra Burke11[G]
Black Eyed Peas, TheThe Black Eyed Peas11
Dizzee Rascal11[E]
Gareth Gates11
Robbie Williams10
Madonna10
Atomic Kitten9
Gnarls Barkley9
Beyoncé8
Girls Aloud8
Shakira8
McFly8
Lady Gaga7
Eminem 7

Songs by total number of weeks at number one

Song Weeks at number-one
"Umbrella"10
"Crazy"9
"Bleeding Love"7
"Is This the Way to Amarillo"7
"Where Is the Love?"6
"Call on Me"5
"Grace Kelly"5
"Hips Don't Lie"5
"I Kissed a Girl"5
"Mercy"5
"Now You're Gone"5
"You're Beautiful"5

Million-selling and Platinum records

In April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) began classifying singles and albums by the number of units shipped. The highest threshold is "Platinum" which, since 1989, is awarded to singles with over 600,000 units.[20][21][nb 2]

In July 2013, the BPI started a process of automatic certification regardless of original release dates,[23] and since July 2014 audio streaming is included in the calculation of units at 100 streams equivalent to 1 sale or shipment.[24] Hence, many of the singles released in the 2000s have been awarded certification in the 2010s.

For singles selling 1 million copies during the 2000s see List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom

For a full list of singles which were released during the 2000s and have sold 1 million copies see List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom and sort the table by release date

For Platinum singles released during the 2000s see List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The artist, song name, date of number-one and duration are those given by the Official Charts Company.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
  2. The number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver discs was dropped in 1989 from the former thresholds of Silver (250,000 units), Gold (500,000 units), and Platinum (1,000,000 units) to the current thresholds of Silver (200,000 units), Gold (400,000 units), and Platinum (600,000 units)[20][22]

References

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  4. Davies, Rob (18 May 2008). "Legal downloads fail to revive record sales". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
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  11. "All the Number One Singles: 2001". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  12. "All the Number One Singles: 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  13. "All the Number One Singles: 2003". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  14. "All the Number One Singles: 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  15. "All the Number One Singles: 2005". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  16. "All the Number One Singles: 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  17. "All the Number One Singles: 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  18. "All the Number One Singles: 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  19. "All the Number One Singles: 2009". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  20. 1 2 "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  21. "International Certification Award levels" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. March 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
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  23. "Certified Awards – A Timeline" (PDF). BPI. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  24. "BPI Certified Awards for Singles Now Include Streams". BPI. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

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