Shaggy (pictured in 2018) had the best-selling single of 2001 with "It Wasn't Me". The song featuring Rikrok sold 1.15 million copies. Shaggy had two further top 10 entries this year, including "Angel", which also topped the chart.Kylie Minogue had another successful year, as "Can't Get You Out of My Head", which spent four weeks at number-one, became one of the biggest hits of her career, as well as the third best-selling song of this year.Austrian musician DJ Ötzi (pictured in 2016) reached number-one in the UK in September 2001 with "Hey Baby (Uhh, Ahh)", a cover version of the Bruce Channel song "Hey! Baby", which lasted ten weeks in the top 10. It went on to become the fifth best selling single of the year. DJ Ötzi had a second top 10 hit later in the year with his cover of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", which reached number nine.Irish boy band Westlife (original member Brian McFadden not pictured) were responsible for this year's Children in Need single, a reworking of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" which reached number-one in March. They had a second chart-topper in November with "Queen of My Heart".
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2001, as well as singles which peaked in 2000 but were in the top 10 in 2001. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Two hundred singles were in the top ten in 2001. Ten singles from 2000 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Seventy-three artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2001. Blue, Daniel Bedingfield, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Outkast were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2001.
Two hundred singles charted in the top 10 in 2000, with one-hundred and ninety singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entry "Set You Free" which charted in previous years but reached a peak on its latest chart run).
Seventy-three artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2001. Jennifer Lopez and the three members of Destiny’s Child (Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams) shared the record for most top 10 hits in 1986 with five hit singles each. Both of these artists totals included a guest spot on the charity single "What's Going On" by Artists Against AIDS Worldwide (also known as All Star Tribute).[7] American girl group Destiny's Child were one of two artists along with Steps to have more than three singles reach the top 10. "Independent Women"[8] and "Survivor"[9] both reached number-one in the UK. "Bootylicious" peaked at number two[10] and "Emotion" landed one place lower at number three.[11] The group were to go on hiatus the following year, with Beyonce and Kelly Rowland both launching solo careers, making this one of their last years together until they reformed.[12]
Bono and The Edge, both from the band U2, also featured on "What's Going On" and recorded three top 10 singles with their band. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" had the most chart success, peaking at number two in February.[17] "Elevation" reached number three in July[18] and their final hit of the year was "Walk On", making number five in December.[19] Finally, Usher made the top 10 on three occasions in 2001: the American singer took "Pop Ya Collar" to number 2, "U Remind Me" charted one place lower[20] and "U Got It Bad" landed at number five in October.
A number of singles recorded for charity reached the top 10 in the charts in 2001. The Comic Relief single was a cover of Billy Joel's "Uptown" by Westlife, peaking at number one on 17 March 2001.[35]
S Club 7 recorded the Children in Need single for 2001, "Have You Ever". It was their fourth number-one single, reaching the top spot on 1 December 2001. Their song "Never Had a Dream Come True" was the Children in Need single the previous year, peaking at number-one, and it remained in the chart for the early part of the year.[36]
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2001, including singles that reached their peak in 2000. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2001 is also shown.
Jennifer Lopez had five singles in the top 10 in 2001, notably reaching number-one in January with "Love Don't Cost a Thing".Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit had three top 10 entries in 2001, two of which were with his group. The most successful of his entries was Rollin', which hit number-one in January.English boy band Blue landed three entries in the top 10 this year, including the number-ones "Too Close" and "If You Come Back".French composer and electronic music producer The Supermen Lovers reached number two in the UK in September 2001 with his single "Starlight", which featured vocals from singer Mani Hoffman.English singer-songwriter Gordon Haskell, who had been an active musician since the 1960s, became a one-hit wonder in the UK Singles Chart in December of this year with his song "How Wonderful You Are", which peaked at number two.Another one-hit wonder who made the UK charts in 2001 was American county rock singer Uncle Kracker, whose single "Follow Me" peaked at number three and lasted four weeks in the top 10.US country singer Faith Hill reached number three in the UK in June of this year with her single "There You'll Be", which featured on the soundtrack of the movie Pearl Harbor.
"Angel" is a song by Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy featuring additional vocals from Barbadian singer Rayvon. Sampling the 1973 song "The Joker" by American rock band Steve Miller Band and interpolating the 1967 song "Angel of the Morning" written by Chip Taylor, it was released to radio on 9 January 2001 as the follow-up to Shaggy's international number-one hit, "It Wasn't Me". "Angel" also proved to be successful, reaching number one in 12 countries, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
"It Wasn't Me" is the first single from Jamaican-American reggae musician Shaggy's fifth studio album, Hot Shot (2000). The song features vocals from RikRok. The lyrics of the song depict one man asking his friend what to do after his girlfriend caught him cheating on her with "the girl next door". His friend/Shaggy's character's advice is to deny everything, despite clear evidence to the contrary, with the phrase "It wasn't me."
Pop Idol was a British television talent show that ran for two series, in 2001 and 2003. The show was produced for ITV in a reality television format and aimed to unearth a previously undiscovered singer who could become an international success. Will Young was the winner of the first series and was awarded with a £1 million music recording contract. Young became the most successful contestant with a series of top-five hits, including his debut single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen", which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 2002 and broke chart sales figure records. During the next seven years he recorded two further number-one singles, while two of his four albums were number-one in the UK Albums Chart. In the second series, Michelle McManus emerged victorious. Her debut single "All This Time" charted at number one in January 2003. Her second single, "The Meaning of Love", charted at a peak of number 16 and an album of the same name reached number three in the UK Albums Chart.
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