Reaching number 3 in the charts in 1998, 'The Bartender And The Thief' was the first UK top ten hit forwhich group?
"four times. The Chemical Brothers topped the album and download charts with ""Push the Button"" and ""Galvanize"", respectively, with the single reaching the top ten. Keane returned to the top of the chart in the second week of February due to their success at the BRIT Awards, while on 6 February, Eminem got his sixth number one with ""Like Toy Soldiers"", making him the most successful rap artist in the UK singles chart. On 6 March, Stereophonics earned their first number-one single with ""Dakota"", the first single to be taken from their new album, ""Language. Sex. Violence. Other?"", which topped"
"band released their first studio album, ""Word Gets Around"" in 1997 which reached number six in the UK Albums Chart. With the release of ""The Bartender and the Thief"" and its album ""Performance and Cocktails"", the band achieved mainstream success within the UK. The album was certified 5× platinum and is one of the band's best-selling albums. In 2001 the group released their best-selling album ""Just Enough Education to Perform"" which was certified 5× platinum in the UK, having sold over 1,750,000 copies, and 2× platinum in Europe. It contains one of the band's signature songs ""Have a Nice Day"""
"""The Bartender and the Thief"" (the first single from the album ""Performance and Cocktails"") was released, eventually reaching number three on the UK charts. ""Just Looking"" was released next and reached number four in March 1999. In that same month, the album was released, entering at number one and going platinum within three weeks. Later that year, the band played in front of 50,000 people at Morfa Stadium in Swansea. The concert was filmed and released on DVD the following year. They also collaborated with Tom Jones on a cover of the Randy Newman song ""Mama Told Me Not To"
"Their first single ""5, 6, 7, 8"" was a techno line dance song. Though not typical of what became their style, it was their first hit both in the UK and internationally. Despite only peaking at number 14, the single achieved considerable longevity in the fast-paced singles climate of 1997-1998, racking up over four months on the UK chart. The track remains one of the highest selling singles never to reach the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart. Its release in Australia gave the group their first number one in 1998. Tim Byrne then founded a management & production"
"16 November 1997, and peaked at number 14 in its eighth week on 10 January 1998. It spent a further nine weeks on the chart from January through to March, and re-entered the chart for one week at number 100 on 18 April 1998. Altogether, ""5,6,7,8"" spent 18 non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart, 10 of which were in the top 20. Their first top 40 hit, ""5,6,7,8"" was the only song of their following fourteen singles (prior to their split in 2001) not to chart within the top 10. It is Steps third-highest selling song in their career"
"http://www.joboxers.net Like Gangbusters Like Gangbusters is the first studio album by British new wave band JoBoxers, first released in 1983 and featuring five chart singles. The first single ""Boxerbeat"", the group's anthem, worked its way up the UK charts while the group were the opening act on the Madness 'Rise and Fall' tour, reaching number three. It was kept off the top slot by David Bowie's ""Let's Dance"" and Duran Duran. Their next single, ""Just Got Lucky"", became an international hit. This single sold over 250,000 copies, made the UK top 10, and cracked the U.S. top 40, reaching #36"
"chart position to date (alongside ""The Bartender and the Thief""), peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart in July 2003; it was their highest-charting song until ""Dakota"" reached number one in 2005. In 2015 the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) awarded the song a Silver certification for sales exceeding 200,000 copies. Outside the United Kingdom, the song reached number 17 in the Netherlands, number 18 in Ireland, and number 33 in Italy. In the United States, the song became the second of three Stereophonics singles to appear on a ""Billboard"" chart, peaking at number five on the Adult Alternative"
"Tip"" (1992), ""CrazySexyCool"" (1994), ""FanMail"" (1999), and ""3D"" (2002), and ""Now & Forever: The Hits"" (2003), which were all recorded from 1991 to 2003. Their 1993 cover of The Time's ""Get It Up"" for the soundtrack of ""Poetic Justice"" does not appear on any of their studio albums, but still appears on the compilation along with the trio's most successful singles in England. These include ""No Scrubs"", which placed at number three on the UK Singles Chart and was awarded a Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI); ""Waterfalls"", which peaked at number four in the UK Singles Chart"
"Like Gangbusters Like Gangbusters is the first studio album by British new wave band JoBoxers, first released in 1983 and featuring five chart singles. The first single ""Boxerbeat"", the group's anthem, worked its way up the UK charts while the group were the opening act on the Madness 'Rise and Fall' tour, reaching number three. It was kept off the top slot by David Bowie's ""Let's Dance"" and Duran Duran. Their next single, ""Just Got Lucky"", became an international hit. This single sold over 250,000 copies, made the UK top 10, and cracked the U.S. top 40, reaching #36 during"
"In 1999, they were ranked sixth in ""Forbes""' inaugural Celebrity 100 Power Ranking. They produced a total of nine number one singles in the UK—tied with ABBA behind Take That (eleven), The Shadows (twelve), Madonna (thirteen), Westlife (fourteen), Cliff Richard (fourteen), The Beatles (seventeen), and Elvis Presley (twenty-one). The group had three consecutive Christmas number-one singles in the UK (""2 Become 1"", 1996; ""Too Much"", 1997; ""Goodbye"", 1998); they only share this record with The Beatles. Their first single, ""Wannabe"", is the most successful song released by an all-female group. Debuting on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at number"
"'single' for the 1990s. On 12 October 1998, they released their debut self-titled album, which reached No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It included the singles ""Save the Day"" (September 1998), ""Prisoner of Society"" (September 1999) and ""All Torn Down"". They have since received recognition abroad, playing tours and festivals such as the Warped Tour in the United States and Reading and Leeds Festivals in the United Kingdom. Cheney wrote the group's other top 20 hits ""Pictures in the Mirror"" (2000), ""Roll On"" (2001), ""One Said to the Other"" (2003), ""What's on Your Radio"" (2005) and ""Wake Up"" (2006)."
"10 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was also released in the U.S. in 1998 but had little chart success, although it was chosen as the NBA's new theme song. In 1998, Five earned their first major international hit, ""When the Lights Go Out"", which cracked the U.S. top 10 and earned Gold status there soon after. Five then went on an eight-day tour to promote their upcoming album, appearing in a concert special for the Disney Channel with Irish girl group B*Witched, in Times Square in New York City and on MTV's TRL. The debut album ""5ive"" peaked"
"group who had a number one hit in the UK with ""The Combine Harvester"" in 1976. This followed an earlier hit single with ""Drink Up Thy Zider"", an unofficial West Country anthem, especially among supporters of Bristol City Football Club. This gained notoriety when the BBC refused to play its B-side song, ""Twice Daily"", due to concern about the unseemly subject matter (a shotgun wedding). ""Combine Harvester"" itself was a reworded version of Melanie's ""Brand New Key"" and other songs borrowed the style and made fun of the themes of Country and Western and other US and British popular music."
"from the album that originally failed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart, was a huge hit, reaching no. 4 in the UK chart and no. 1 in the US Dance Chart. Their third album ""Things to Make and Do"" was released in the year 2000 and reached no. 3 in the UK album chart. The first single, ""The Time Is Now"" was their biggest hit, charting at no. 2 in the charts. Their 2003 album ""Statues"" produced two hit singles, ""Familiar Feeling"", which reached no. 10 in the UK, and ""Forever More"", which reached no. 17."
"was ""Razzmatazz"", which reached number 80 on the UK Singles Chart. ""His 'n' Hers"" was their first charting album, peaking at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. As they became part of the Britpop music scene, the band scored their first major hits, most notably ""Common People"" and ""Disco 2000"". Their 1995 album ""Different Class"" was a commercial success, peaking at number 1 in the UK and going platinum four times. Two further albums, ""This Is Hardcore"" and ""We Love Life"", achieved moderate commercial success. Fire Records, who own the material from the band's first three albums, re-released it"
"of the band Dylan Amlot has continued to DJ, while Milroy Nadarajah turned to crime and, in 2004, was jailed for seven years for supplying cocaine to a London drug gang. The Three Amigos (band) The Three Amigos were a band in the late 1990s and early 2000s, most famous for their cover of ""Louie Louie"". The Three Amigos first single was their cover of ""Louie Louie"". Released in July 1999, it reached #15 in the UK Singles Chart. The band's logo on the single cover paid tribute to the logo of The Kingsmen, one of the first bands to"
"ten of the UK club chart in the UK in 2003. The song ""Take Me to the Clouds Above"" featured lyrics from ""How Will I Know"" from Whitney Houston's self-titled album set to a sample from ""With or Without You"" from U2's ""The Joshua Tree"" album. The track was sung by Rachel McFarlane, who had previously been a vocalist for UK outfits Loveland and N-Trance. In the late 1990s, McFarlane had a solo record deal and her song ""Lover"" was a UK hit in 1998. This song was bootlegged as ""Found an Angel"" by placing ""Lover"" over Paul van Dyk's"
"Brit Award for Best British Single. Their debut album, ""Welcome to the Pleasuredome"", reached number one in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million. After the follow-up success of ""Two Tribes"" and ""The Power of Love"", the group became only the second act in the history of the UK charts to reach number one with their first three singles; the first being fellow Liverpudlians Gerry and the Pacemakers. This record remained unbeaten until the Spice Girls achieved a six-single streak in 1996–97. In 1985 the band won the Brit Award for Best British Newcomer, and also"
"going to move on. You know, Lou Reed said whenever he played live he ended up going back to heroin music. There are old associations, associations we don't want because they don't reflect the way we feel today. ... Right now, technology is what's important, and that's what our music tries to reflect."" The band broke into the UK Singles Chart and the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at the beginning of 1983 with ""Lies"" and ""Love On Your Side"", which became the band's first UK Top 10 single. They then released their third album, ""Quick Step and Side Kick"""
"10 of the UK Albums Chart. In 1999, it received another outing, in the soundtrack of the film, ""East is East"". A follow-up single, ""Malt and Barley Blues"", was a UK No.5 hit in 1971, but the group floundered under the pressures of instant success, being required to record a second album and reproduce their recorded sound adequately on stage, which resulted in disappointing concerts, then a series of illnesses among the band members cancelled most of the concerts on their first tour. According to McGuinness, at this time the band consisted of two groups of close-knit friends, the first"
"the UK in 1980, was the first of ten UK top 10 hits, including a No. 1 single ""True"", a No. 2 single ""Gold"", and two No. 3 singles: ""Chant No. 1"" and ""Only When You Leave"". The band have had eight UK top 10 albums, including three greatest hits compilations and an album of re-recorded material. After achieving the height of their popularity with the 1983 album ""True"", in 1984 they received the Brit Award for technical excellence and were involved in Band Aid, and in 1985 they performed at Live Aid. The band split in 1990 and the"
"at 4 in the UK Albums Chart, 36 in the U.S., and 12 in Australia. Around the same time, the band headlined ""Pits and Perverts"", a concert at the Electric Ballroom in London to raise funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. This event is featured in the film ""Pride"". The third single, released before Christmas 1984, was a revival of ""It Ain't Necessarily So"", the George and Ira Gershwin classic (from ""Porgy and Bess""). The song questions the accuracy of biblical tales. It also reached the UK Top 20. In 1985, the trio joined up with"
"at number 27 in the U.S. ""Billboard"" 200 and topped the charts in other countries worldwide, including the UK. ""It's The Things You Do"" was released in late 1998 in the U.S., only to receive a lukewarm reception. The group embarked upon a U.S. tour with the American boy band NSYNC, but soon after pulled out due to exhaustion, flying back to England to rest and start work on a new album. Still from the first album, ""Got the Feelin'"", ""Everybody Get Up"", and ""Until the Time Is Through"" were all released as singles in the UK throughout 1998. Five"
"a record deal. ""Come Find Yourself"", the band's first album, was released in the summer of 1996 by Chrysalis Records and followed their single ""The Grave And The Constant"" (UK No. 72), which was released a month earlier, into the UK charts. The album also featured the UK Top 40 hits, ""Scooby Snacks"" (UK No. 22), ""The Fun Lovin' Criminal"" (UK No. 26) and ""King Of New York"" (UK No. 28). The subject of latter touched on the imprisonment of Italian-American mafioso John Gotti, the wannabe gangsters emulating his style, and his fans and followers in his community that maintained"
"June 1988 with ""Wow!"" (1987), and earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for ""Love in the First Degree"", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single ""Nathan Jones"". Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one ""Stay"" (1992). She was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. This line-up had UK top five hits with ""I Want You Back"" (1988) and The Beatles track ""Help!"" (1989), recorded with comedy duo French and Saunders for the charity Comic Relief. In 1989 they embarked on their first world tour."
"in several countries as well as peaking at number-one in the United Kingdom and Australia. It sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK and was eventually certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In 1998 the group won two BRIT Awards for Best British Single and Best British Video, both for ""Never Ever"". The group released their self-titled debut album ""All Saints"" in November 1997. It reached number two in the UK and was certified five times platinum by the BPI for sales of 1.5 million. While, ""If You Want to Party (I Found Lovin')"" has been released"
"Minute"" and ""Could It Be Magic"". The band's debut album ""Take That & Party"" was released on 17 August 1992. It reached number two on the UK Album Chart. The following year saw the release of their second album, ""Everything Changes"". It went straight in at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles, as well as ""Why Can't I Wake Up with You"" and ""Love Ain't Here Anymore"" hitting number two and three respectively. Owen sang lead vocals on ""Babe"", which was released in December 1993. Their third album ""Nobody Else"" went straight to number"
"album of 2004. Their second album, ""Under the Iron Sea"", released in 2006, topped the UK album charts and debuted at number four on the US ""Billboard"" 200. Their third album, ""Perfect Symmetry"", was released in October 2008. In May 2008, both ""Hopes and Fears"" (number 13) and ""Under the Iron Sea"" (number 8) were voted by readers of ""Q"" magazine as among the best British albums ever, with Keane, The Beatles, Oasis and Radiohead the only artists having two albums in the top 20. In 2009, ""Hopes and Fears"" was listed as the ninth best-selling album of the 2000s"
"UK) and ""Ladies Night"", and a greatest hits album before announcing a break following their 2004 tour. To date the group have had three UK number-one singles: ""Whole Again"", the fourth-best-selling song of all time by a girl group in the UK; ""Eternal Flame"", a song originally recorded by The Bangles; and ""The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"", a song originally recorded by The Paragons. They have sold over 10 million records worldwide. After making sporadic appearances in 2006 and 2008, it was announced that McClarnon, Hamilton, and Katona would reunite for the ITV2 series ""The Big Reunion"", alongside"
"due to download sales alone, and climbed to No. 15 the following week. Four weeks prior to release, on 9 July 2006, the single entered the UK MTV/NME video charts at Number 9, climbing to Number 1 on 13 August 2006. The single was the BBC Radio 1 Colin and Edith show's record of the week for week commencing Monday, 10 July 2006 and entered the BBC Radio 1 daytime playlist on 12 July 2006. The band followed up with their second single ""Superstar Tradesman"", released 23 October 2006, also reaching No. 15 in the UK. ""Same Jeans"", the third"
"I would have broken that band,"" Cowell said. In August 1999, the first single of their second album, ""Invincible"", the catchy dance tune ""If Ya Gettin' Down"", was released and became a major hit worldwide but yet again failed to go to number 1 in their home country, kept out of the top spot by Ricky Martin. Finally, in October 1999, after three consecutive number-two peaks, ""Keep on Movin'"" became their first UK number 1, as well as their biggest selling single to date. The second album hit the top five shortly thereafter. ""Don't Wanna Let You Go"" was released"
"of 1998 with four consecutive top three singles. ""We Like To Party"", hit number three early on in the year, ""Boom Boom Boom Boom"" and ""We're Going To Ibiza"" both became one week chart toppers for the group and ""Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)"" became another number three hit for the group in December. Their songs filled European holiday discos throughout the year. Three of their singles made the Top 40 best-selling singles of the year list. Novelty acts found great success during 1999. Chef, a character from the popular animated television show, ""South Park"" hit number one in"
"a British group to reach number-one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 since ""Wannabe"" by the Spice Girls in 1996. Although the song was initially successful in digital sales, after being released, it went on to become the band's highest-charting single in American radio, becoming their first top-ten hit on the Hot 100 Airplay where it peaked at number eight. It had also become the band's first number-one single on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart. On the ""Billboard"" Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, the song has become the band's first number one, as well as the first single on the"