Canadian pop-punk upstarts Sum 41 also kicked up a fuss upon arrival, peaking at Number 8 with Fat Lip. Linkin Park had released their first album Hybrid Theory a year prior, but would gain their first UK Top 10 single when torch song In The End hit Number 8.
Famously, the song took its name from the allotted time each member of the group had to spit their verse on the track.įor rock fans, 2001 would also prove to be revelatory. So Solid Crew's 21 Seconds became the first-ever UK garage track to top the Official Singles Chart. Steps also broke up dramatically on Boxing Day 2001, but they did score one last Top 10 hit with their cover of Diana Ross' Chain Reaction peaking at Number 2.Ģ001 was also a benchmark year for the homegrown rap and hip-hop scene in the UK. Sophie Ellis-Bextor may have held discos in her kitchen in 2020, but in 2001, she was murdering people on the dancefloor, with her signature hit reaching Number 2 this year.
Two Spice Girls scored solo Number 1s in 2001 - Emma Bunton gained her first with the wistful What Took You So Long?, while Geri Halliwell scored her fourth consecutive chart-topper with It's Raining Men setting a record at the time for the most Number 1s collected by a British female solo artist. Some of our best-loved pop stars also scored some of their best-known hits this year too. Another would follow the same year (The Way To Your Love) before the group's dramatic fall from grace and eventual split just one year later. Britain got its first (but certainly not its last) pop group created by committee as Hear'Say became winners of Popstars and sold over half a million copies in a week with their debut single Pure and Simple. The fledgling years of reality TV were in full effect, too.
Reigning supreme at Number 1 for a solid month in November of that year, it sold over 300,000 copies in its first week alone and is now considered the Aussie pop icon's signature song. MORE: Classic albums turning 20 years old in 2021 Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head submerged her head-first into a world of electronica-influenced synth-pop that would influence a generation of artists to come, from Lady Gaga to La Roux. As 2001 kicked off with a Number 1 single by a fictional character made of playdough - Can We Fix It? by Bob The Builder - it was a year that continued to be full of surprises.įor the Official Singles Chart, it was a busy year, too with 31 Number 1 singles in total, although this was admittedly less than the record of 43 separate chart-toppers from the previous year.Ĭhief among them is a song that defined the early aughts with its futuristic soundscape and innovative visuals.
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