List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom
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The UK Singles Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2005, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital singles, originally on the condition that the single was available in both formats. In 2007, the rules were changed so that legal downloads of all songs, irrespective of whether a physical copy was available, were eligible to chart.[2]
Between 2000 and 2009, ten singles that reached the top of the singles chart sold more than 1 million copies in the United Kingdom.
The chart is significantly skewed towards singles released at the beginning (2000–2002) and end (2007–2009) of the decade. Digital downloads were included in the charts for the first time in 2005, but it took several years before the download figures made up for the loss of physical single sales. The song eventually reached number 35 on the best-sellers list.
One other notable omission from the chart is "Toca's Miracle" by Fragma. According to the OCC, then known as the Chart Information Network (CIN), the single was the seventh best-selling single of 2000, selling 530,742 copies.[14] However, it was not included in the chart of the best-selling singles of the 2000s, despite the inclusion of several of the singles immediately below it in the 2000 best-sellers list, and it is also missing from the official list of the 150 best-selling singles of the 21st century to date that was announced in 2012.[15]
Most appearances in the chart goes to the Black Eyed Peas and
Chart
These are the top 40 biggest-selling songs of the 2000s, according to the Official Charts Company.[13]
No. | Title | Artist | Peak position |
Year | Sales |
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1 | "Evergreen"/"Anything Is Possible" | Will Young | 1 | 2002 | 1,790,000[13] |
2 | "Unchained Melody" | Gareth Gates | 1 | 2002 | 1,340,000[13] |
3 | "It Wasn't Me" | Rikrok
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1 | 2001 | |
4 | " (Is This the Way to) Amarillo "
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Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay | 1 | 2005 | |
5 | "Hallelujah" | Alexandra Burke | 1 | 2008 | |
6 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid 20 | 1 | 2004 | |
7 | "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Kylie Minogue | 1 | 2001 | |
8 | "That's My Goal" | Shayne Ward | 1 | 2005 | |
9 | "Pure and Simple" | Hear'Say | 1 | 2001 | |
10 | "Can We Fix It?" | Bob the Builder | 1 | 2000 | |
11 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | 1 | 2007 | |
12 | "Crazy" | Gnarls Barkley | 1 | 2006 | 970,000[13] |
13 | "Whole Again" | Atomic Kitten | 1 | 2001 | |
14 | "Sex on Fire" | Kings of Leon | 1 | 2008 | |
15 | " Poker Face "
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Lady Gaga | 1 | 2009 | 882,059[16] |
16 | "A Moment Like This" | Leona Lewis | 1 | 2006 | |
17 | "I Gotta Feeling" | The Black Eyed Peas
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1 | 2009 | 848,648[16] |
18 | "Hero" | Enrique Iglesias | 1 | 2002 | |
19 | "Hero" | The X Factor finalists 2008
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1 | 2008 | |
20 | "Stan" | Eminem | 1 | 2000 | |
21 | "Just Dance" | Lady Gaga | 1 | 2009 | 767,558[16] |
22 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland | 1 | 2002 | |
23 | " Hey Baby (Uhh, Ahh) "
|
DJ Ötzi | 1 | 2001 | |
24 | "Uptown Girl" | Westlife | 1 | 2001 | |
25 | "Where Is the Love?" | The Black Eyed Peas | 1 | 2003 | |
26 | "Don't Stop Movin'" | S Club 7
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1 | 2001 | |
27 | "Fight for This Love" | Cheryl Cole
|
1 | 2009 | |
28 | "A Little Less Conversation" | Elvis vs JXL | 1 | 2002 | |
29 | "Pure Shores" | All Saints | 1 | 2000 | |
30 | " Who Let the Dogs Out? "
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Baha Men | 2 | 2000 | |
31 | " The Climb "
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Joe McElderry | 1 | 2009 | |
32 | " Rule the World "
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Take That | 2 | 2007 | |
33 | "Use Somebody" | Kings of Leon | 2 | 2008 | |
34 | "Umbrella" | Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | 1 | 2007 | 677,600[13] |
35 | "In for the Kill" | La Roux | 2 | 2009 | 670,390[16] |
36 | "It Feels So Good" (remix) | Sonique | 1 | 2000 | |
37 | "Killing in the Name" | Rage Against the Machine | 1 | 2009[a] | |
38 | "Whenever, Wherever" | Shakira | 2 | 2002 | |
39 | "You're Beautiful" | James Blunt | 1 | 2005 | |
40 | "Sound of the Underground" | Girls Aloud | 1 | 2002 |
- A "Killing in the Name" was originally released in 1993 but it reached the Christmas number-one position in the United Kingdom in 2009.
References
- ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Swash, Rosie (8 January 2007). "Old songs return to brave new singles chart". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ a b Sexton, Paul (31 December 2009). "Will Young tops U.K. singles of decade". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 January 2010.[dead link]
- America Online (AOL). Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Will Young and James Blunt win biggest-selling single and album of the Noughties". NME. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ISBN 978-1-90499-410-7.
- Newsround. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Reality TV stars top decade chart". Daily Mirror. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- The Official Charts Company. Archived from the originalon December 30, 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "New Digital Rules Shake Up U.K. Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts". British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties". Press Office. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Myers, Justin (24 September 2019). "Official Charts announces The Noughties definitive chart books". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-8511-2156-7.
- ^ Lane, Dan (8 May 2012). "The Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century revealed!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d Jones, Alan (16 January 2010). "The Lady Is the Champ". Music Week. p. 14.