Who topped the UK charts for two weeks in 2003 with 'Be Faithful'?
"hit, but not quite as big as her debut. The album spawned 3 hit singles, two of which failed to make the Top 20, but one became her most successful single, ""White Flag"", peaking at #2. It spent 4 weeks at the top, but was to return to the top several times over the course of the next few months. New York hip hop producer, club DJ and radio DJ, Fatman Scoop combining with Crooklyn Clan were the first No. 1 November with ""Be Faithful"" which was made 5 years earlier, but only released now. It spent 2 weeks at"
"weeks. The song was particularly successful in the United Kingdom, where it debuted and peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart on August 3, 2003 – for the week ending date August 9, 2003. It spent four weeks at the summit, replacing Daniel Bedingfield's ""Never Gonna Leave Your Side"". ""Breathe"" was eventually dethroned from the top of the chart by the 2003 remix of Elton John's ""Are You Ready for Love"". It became Britain's eighth-biggest-selling single of 2003, with sales of 330,000, and has since sold over 410,000 copies there. UK CD 1 and European CD single UK"
"only took a week before Robbie Williams hit the top of the charts again when ""Escapology"" returned to the top of the charts after its 6-week stay over the Christmas season of 2002. It contained the hits, ""Feel"", ""Come Undone"", ""Something Beautiful"" and ""Sexed Up"". Taking over after a week for a 2-week run was Eva Cassidy with her 3rd UK No. 1 album, ""American Tune"". She became the second female solo artist to have 3 consecutive UK No. 1 albums, after Madonna achieved this in 2000, however it could be said that Eva holds this record solo, because one"
"as the number-one song of 1999 by ""Billboard"" on both the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and Hot Dance Club Play charts and became the biggest single in her entire career. In the United Kingdom, ""Believe"" spent seven weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Britain's biggest-selling single of 1998, and won its writers three Ivor Novello Awards (for Best Selling UK Single, for Best Song Musically and Lyrically, and for International Hit of the Year) at the 1999 ceremony. On 1 August 2014, ""Believe"" became the first female solo single to be certified Triple Platinum in the United"
"2003 in British music charts This article gives details of the official charts from 2003. Whilst weeks at number one began to increase with significant numbers achieving 4-week runs, single sales rapidly plummeted, decreasing by 34% since 2002. The year became the first in ten not to contain a million selling single. The year was particularly successful for Justin Timberlake, Busted, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, t.A.T.u. and Dido. Remaining at the top from 2002, new girl band, Girls Aloud spent the first 2 weeks of the year at the top of the charts with their debut single ""Sound of the"
"in the UK top 40 in the week of 15 April 2000. ""Fill Me In"" topped the charts in an unusual week: all top 6 positions in the top 10 were new entries, including hits by Sweet Female Attitude (""Flowers""), Richard Ashcroft and Steps. After one week at the top, Craig dropped to no.2 for two weeks, replaced at no.1 by ""Toca's Miracle"" by Fragma. Nevertheless, ""Fill Me In"" managed to clock an impressive 10 weeks inside the top 40, being the chart's longest-running hit at the time it departed on 24 June. The single had a delayed release in"
"2004 in British music charts This article gives details of the official charts from 2004. The year was special for many successful artists, including Eminem, Britney Spears, Scissor Sisters, Usher, Natasha Bedingfield, Jamelia, Franz Ferdinand, Green Day and The Streets. The year started with the 2003 Christmas number one single topping the first chart of the year. This was followed by Michelle McManus, the winner of the second British series of ""Pop Idol"" with her first single release it topped the charts for 3 weeks. Second and third place contestants Mark Rhodes and Sam Nixon formed a duo, whose debut"
"places to number one. However, it only spent one week there, and then Frankie Laine returned to number one. Muriel Smith's ""Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"" was also a hit this month, peaking at number 3. American singer Frankie Laine thus set the all-time U.K. record for weeks at Number One in a given year on the UK Singles Chart when his hit singles ""Answer Me,"" ""Hey Joe!"" and ""I Believe"" held the top slot for 27 weeks. ""I Believe"", Number One for 18 weeks, also holds the all-time record for a single. 1953 in British music This is"
"1999 in British music This is a summary of 1999 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The most successful album, ""Come on Over"" by Shania Twain, spent a cumulative total of ten weeks at the top, followed by Boyzone's ""By Request"" with nine weeks in total. In the singles chart Ricky Martin's ""Livin' La Vida Loca"", Eiffel 65's ""Blue (Da Ba Dee)"" and Cliff Richard's ""The Millennium Prayer"" all topped the singles charts for three weeks, the joint longest time at number one during 1999. This year also saw the return of American"
"""Life For Rent"". It has sold in excess of 2.2 million copies. Between 29 December 2002 and 27 December 2003. Notes: 2003 in British music charts This article gives details of the official charts from 2003. Whilst weeks at number one began to increase with significant numbers achieving 4-week runs, single sales rapidly plummeted, decreasing by 34% since 2002. The year became the first in ten not to contain a million selling single. The year was particularly successful for Justin Timberlake, Busted, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, t.A.T.u. and Dido. Remaining at the top from 2002, new girl band, Girls Aloud"
"week than its original stay. This made its total number of weeks at the top 5. This became their 2nd UK album chart topper, and a 3rd was to follow the following year. Spanish performer Enrique Iglesias was next to hit the top with what many see as his UK Breakthrough (though he had two top tens two years prior) with the single release of the ballad ""Hero"" which stayed at the top for four weeks. He made himself and his father Julio Iglesias the first father/son combination to top the charts separately and as solo artists. His father had"
"was also certified gold two years later. ""Crazy in Love"" was the fourth biggest hit of 2003 in the United States. By October 6, 2010, ""Crazy in Love"" had sold 47,000 physical units in the United States. ""Crazy In Love"" also has the distinction of being the first number-one single on ""Billboard's"" inaugural Hot Dance Airplay Chart, which debuted on August 16, 2003, where it spent seven weeks at the top spot. In the United Kingdom, Beyoncé became the third female artist to top the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart simultaneously, following Mariah Carey in 1994 and Kylie"
"on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from S Club 7's third studio album ""Sunshine"". The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart twice in the course of one month, with Geri Halliwell's ""It's Raining Men"" spending two weeks at the top position in between. becoming the year's seventh biggest-selling single. It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade. The song made it to number 3 in ""Q""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ""Guilty Pleasures"" list in August 2006. It has sold 801,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated"
"June 28, 2003. It moved six spots to number 15 the week of July 5, 2003. It entered the top ten on the week of July 12, 2003 by moving six spots to number 9. It reached the top five by moving five spots to number 4 the week of July 19, 2003. It peaked at number 2 the week of August 9, 2003 through a surge of airplay but was kept from being number one by Beyoncé's ""Crazy in Love"" and Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee's ""Shake Ya Tailfeather"" for five non-consecutive weeks. It stayed on the chart"
"which resulted in numerous TV appearances and radio broadcasts including the BBC's Top of the Pops 2. Gilmore finally made a breakthrough at 23 with the release of ""Avalanche"" in August 2003, which became her first album to break into the Official UK Album Chart, at #62, and spawned two minor hit singles, ""Juliet (Keep That in Mind)"" and ""Mainstream"", for which she garnered acclaim for producing a low-budget music video filmed in a local Virgin Megastore. The video received exposure on the BBC's flagship music show ""Top of the Pops 2"". In 2004, folk singer Joan Baez personally invited"
"countries and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. It became the best-selling recording of 1998 and 1999, respectively, in the UK and the U.S., and Cher's most successful single to date. ""Believe"" topped the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks and became the biggest-selling single of all time by a female artist in the UK, selling over 1.84 million copies in the country . It also topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart for four weeks, selling over 1.8 million units in the U.S. as of December 1999. The song earned Cher the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. On January"
"total of 42 weeks in the entire chart—fewer than half the 87 weeks spent by ""Faith"". In the UK, the album was a huge success, eclipsing sales of ""Faith"". ""Listen Without Prejudice"" debuted there at number one, where it remained for a week. It stayed at number two for the following two weeks. It spent 34 consecutive weeks in the top 20, and jumped from number 13 to number three in its 24th week. It spent a total of 88 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, and was certified platinum four times by the BPI on 2 January 1992. The"
"competed for the number one position in the Christmas week issue of the UK Singles Chart, and Girls Aloud came out on top with their song ""Sound of the Underground"". Girls Aloud later released their own version of ""Sacred Trust"" on the rarities disc of their 2006 greatest hits album ""The Sound of Girls Aloud"". ""Sacred Trust / After You're Gone"" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart on December 22, 2002, the same day that their rivals Girls Aloud reached number one with ""Sound of the Underground"". The single sold 147,000 copies compared to first week sales"
"hit the top, but only for a week were three Spanish sisters, Las Ketchup with a holiday novelty song ""The Ketchup Song (Asjere)"". What was probably considered the tune of 2002 came next and was a duet between US rapper Nelly and Kelly Rowland, a member of Destiny's Child. She was the only one out of the three from her old group experiencing success as a solo artist, but she soon would be overtaken by Beyoncé Knowles. ""Dilemma"" became a song no-one would ever forget and stayed on top of the charts for 2 weeks. It also topped the charts"
"weeks at the top in December 1988 and selling 750,000 copies in the process. In the short six-week period since its release, it became the highest-selling single of 1988. Simultaneously, it also spent four weeks at the top of the Irish Singles Chart. In December 2007 the single re-entered the UK Singles Chart by virtue of downloads, peaking at number 68. One of the record breaking statistics often cited about Cliff Richard is his achievement of number one hit singles in five consecutive decades. Richard's version of the song was also used in a British public information film about drink"
"making a mockery of rock bands in the new millennium, Busted quickly gained a huge fanbase with young audiences. Taking over after 7 days was German producer, Thomas Bruckner, renamed Tomcraft for his one and only UK single, ""Loneliness"". It became the second of 9 to spend only a week at the top during the whole of 2003. This was a very good sign for the popularity of singles, however sales were at their all-time low. Back at the top for the first time in 6 years, was soul/RNB singer, R. Kelly with a track from his new album, ""Chocolate"
"The single has been certified silver in the UK by the BPI, spending 20 weeks in the chart, over double that of her previous biggest hit, ""Money"" (2000). ""Superstar"" also saw worldwide chart success including a peak of number one in Australia and New Zealand along with top ten positions in over 15 other countries. The song earned the songwriters an Ivor Novello Award for ""Most Performed Work"", being the most performed song in the United Kingdom in 2003. According to the Performing Right Society, ""Superstar"" was the fourth most popular song of the 2000s (decade) in the UK based"
"since 1970, when Simon & Garfunkel grabbed both positions with ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" and its title track. During 1987 and 1988, ""Faith"" produced a string of hit singles for Michael, including six top-five ""Billboard"" Hot 100 hits, four of which (""Faith"", ""Father Figure"", ""One More Try"", and ""Monkey"") reached number one, making him the only British male solo artist to have four number one hits from one album on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The album stayed for 51 non-consecutive weeks inside the ""Billboard"" 200 top 10, including 12 weeks at number one. It was also the first album by"
"number three in the United Kingdom, making it the joint highest-charting Faithless single along with the 1996 re-release of ""Insomnia"". The song also reached the top three in Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Romania. UK CD1 UK CD2 UK 12"" European / Australian release We Come 1 ""We Come 1"" is a song recorded by British dance band Faithless. It was released as a single internationally on 28 May 2001 and in the UK on 4 June 2001, before the release of the group's third studio album Outrospective. The remixes by Wookie and Dave Clarke were featured on the bonus"
"served as the group's inspiration for writing the song; guitarist Boff Whaley told the ""Guardian"" that it was written about ""the resilience of ordinary people"". Upon its release, the song became an international hit. On the UK Singles Chart, it debuted at number 2 on the chart dated 23 August 1997; it spent three consecutive weeks at number 2, held off the top spot by Will Smith's ""Men in Black."" The song spent a total of 11 consecutive weeks in the top 10, and 20 consecutive weeks on the top 100. On the chart dated 24 January 1998, three weeks"
"to have ever been Christmas number one twice, in both 1975 and 1991. At the turn of the 21st century, songs associated with reality shows became a frequent source of Christmas number ones in the UK. In 2002, ""Popstars The Rivals"" produced the top three singles on the British Christmas charts. The ""rival"" groups produced by the series—the girl group Girls Aloud and the boy band One True Voice—finished first and second respectively on the charts. Failed contestants The Cheeky Girls charted with a novelty hit, ""Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)"", at third. Briton Will Young, winner of the first"
"United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands. Her concert at Wembley Arena in London, England on November 10, 2003 was featured on the DVD included on her live album ""Live at Wembley"", released on April 26, 2004. ""Crazy in Love"" was released as the lead single on May 18, 2003. It was lauded by critics who described it as ""deliriously catchy"". The single topped the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, based on heavy rotation alone. The same week the song reached number one, ""Dangerously in Love"" topped the ""Billboard"" 200 as well. The substantial airplay and later retail sales of ""Crazy in"
"""Believe"" in 1998. On its original release in 1971, the song had charted no higher than No. 18. On 29 May, Damon Albarn's Gorillaz topped the album charts with ""Demon Days"". The following week, Gorillaz were knocked off the top by Albarn's former Britpop rivals Oasis who in turn were knocked off the top by Coldplay's eagerly awaited ""X&Y"", which was met with mixed reviews itself. It was the second fastest album on first week sales only, second only to Oasis' 1997 release, Be Here Now. Headliners at the major festivals included: The Foo Fighters and Green Day at T"
"trialled for 10 weeks, with the first number one being ""Bam Thwok"" by American rock band Pixies. After this ten-week period, the UK Official Download Chart was launched on 1 September 2004, with Irish boy band Westlife achieving the first official number one. The group topped the chart with a live version of their 1999 single ""Flying Without Wings"", a move that UK chart commentator James Masterton branded a ""stunt"". Sales of downloaded singles were finally incorporated into the UK Singles Chart on 17 April 2005, initially on the condition that physical copies were available to buy at the same"
"three weeks at the top of the UK chart. ""Pure and Simple"" sold 1.07 million copies in 2001, making it that year's second best-selling single. It was beaten only by Shaggy's ""It Wasn't Me"", which sold 80,000 copies more. By the time Hear'Say split up in 2002, the song had been certified double Platinum for sales of over 1.2 million copies, making it one of the few singles to achieve that feat during the 2000s. It is also one of only 167 singles ever to sell 1 million copies in the UK, and has sold over 1.09 million as of"
"Give, their third and final single from their 1997 album Backstreet's Back. The single was big in the UK, reaching number 2. However, they had no more releases until the following year. Many American acts this year were very successful in the UK, yet were still slightly more successful back home. Cher was biggest artist of the year on the chart. When ""Believe"", the lead single of her 22nd studio album of the same name, debuted atop on 31 October, it stayed on the spot for seven consecutive weeks (the longest running #1 of the year) and became the biggest-selling"
"for You"" (16 weeks), the Wet Wet Wet version of The Troggs' ""Love Is All Around"" (15 weeks), Drake's ""One Dance"" (15 weeks), David Whitfield's ""Cara Mia"" (10 weeks), Rihanna's ""Umbrella"" (10 weeks) and Whitney Houston's version of ""I Will Always Love You"" (10 weeks). Frankie Laine's ""I Believe"" spent a total of 18 weeks at number one, but not consecutively, instead totalling 18 weeks across several runs at the top. By staying at number one until 1953 in the UK, Martino secured for himself the record of being the only performer to have a number one hit in the"
"while ""B*Witched"" peaked within the top 10 in both of these countries. The album peaked at just number 91 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" 200 albums chart, but, surprisingly, sold enough to be certified Gold in January 2000. The three singles performed reasonably, with the lead single ""Jesse Hold On"" peaking at number four and being certified Silver, and the second and third singles, ""I Shall Be There"" and ""Jump Down"" respectively both peaking within the top 20. However, these performances was a far cry from ""B*Witched""s singles, all of which topped the UK Singles Chart. Awake and Breathe Awake and"