List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s

UK Singles Chart number ones
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Rihanna had a 10-week run at the top of the UK Singles Chart, along with Jay-Z, with "Umbrella".

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. In the 2000s the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday, and the top 40 singles were revealed each Sunday on BBC Radio 1. Before the advent of music downloads, it was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets, but since 2005 permanent downloads have been included in the chart compilation.^[1]^[2]

During the 2000s, 275 singles reached the number-one position on the chart. Over this period, Westlife were the most successful group at reaching the top spot, with 11 number-one singles. Rihanna and Jay-Z's song "Umbrella" spent 10 weeks at number one in 2007, the longest spell at the top of the charts since Wet Wet Wet's 1994 hit "Love Is All Around", which topped the charts for 15 weeks. The Internet allowed music to be heard by vast numbers of people on social networking sites such as YouTube and Myspace; it also increased piracy. This and the introduction of the UK Singles Downloads Chart in 2004^[3] led to a decrease in record sales and a reduction in the number of copies sold of a number-one record on the singles chart.^[4] Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" became the first song to reach the top of the charts based on downloads alone in 2006, remaining at number one for nine consecutive weeks.^[5] Physical single sales had been falling for more than a decade but digital single sales finally turned the trend around in 2008 with combined physical and digital single sales growing 33% over the previous year.^[6] Lily Allen made herself known on the Internet through her Myspace page, and following this exposure, her debut single "Smile" peaked at number one. Three years later, her single "The Fear" topped the chart for four consecutive weeks, being the longest running number one single of 2009.

Reality television shows played an important, influential role on the charts during the decade. Hear'Say won the original series of Popstars in 2000 and topped the charts with their debut single "Pure and Simple". A trend developed as this feat was replicated by Pop Idol winners Will Young (2002) and Michelle McManus (2003), and runners-up Gareth Gates and Sam & Mark; 2002 Fame Academy winner David Sneddon, and the winner of the first series of The X Factor, Steve Brookstein, in 2005. Reality television winners did especially well during the Christmas season; every Christmas number one from 2005 to 2008 came from an X Factor winner. Shayne Ward reached number one in 2005 with "That's My Goal", and he was followed by Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson and Alexandra Burke. Girls Aloud, the Popstars: The Rivals winners, also had the Christmas number one in 2002 with "Sound of the Underground." Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the first series of American Idol achieved her first UK number-one single, "My Life Would Suck Without You", in 2009.

The first number one of the decade, the double-A side "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" by Westlife, was a holdover from the end of 1999. "The Climb" by Joe McElderry was the final number one of the decade.

In January 2005 a landmark was reached as Elvis Presley's "One Night" became the 1,000th song to reach number one in the singles chart.^[7]

Chart history

In 2000, 42 songs (not including Westlife's "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" which first reached number one at the end of 1999) hit the top spot, a UK charts record for most number ones in a calendar year. The year 2000 also holds the record for most consecutive weeks with a new number one, with a different single hitting the number-one spot every week from 24 June to 16 September.^[8]

Six songs returned to the top of the charts for two separate spells. These were; "Don't Stop Movin'" by S Club 7 (2001), "Gotta Get thru This" by Daniel Bedingfield (2001–2002), "Call on Me" by Eric Prydz (2004), "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (2006) and "Boom Boom Pow" (2009) and "I Gotta Feeling" (2009) by The Black Eyed Peas. In addition, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" was number one in December 2009 and climbed back to the top in January 2010.

Number-one singles

Key: † – Best-selling single of the year^[9]; ‡ – Best-selling single of the decade^[9]

Arctic Monkeys scored two number-ones this decade with their debut single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down", and are one of the first acts to come to the public attention via the Internet.

Britney Spears hit the top spot with "Oops!... I Did It Again" and "Born to Make You Happy" in 2000, and with "Toxic" and "Everytime" in 2004.

American rock band Evanescence debuted at number one with their single "Bring Me To Life" and their album "Fallen" in 2003 and started their massive international success.

Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" became the first song to reach number one on downloads alone in 2006 and the first song since 1994 to spend longer than two months at number 1.

Leona Lewis saw her debut single, "A Moment Like This", reach number one in 2006. Two more chart-toppers followed, including "Bleeding Love" which had a 7-week reign at number one in 2007 and "Run" in 2008.

American group The Black Eyed Peas spent six weeks at number one with "Where Is the Love?" in 2003. In 2009, "Boom Boom Pow", "I Gotta Feeling" and "Meet Me Halfway" also reached the number-one spot.

Geri Halliwell scored two number-ones this decade with "Bag It Up" and "It's Raining Men", taking her total to four, after "Mi Chico Latino" and "Lift Me Up"

Westlife had 11 number-one singles between 2000 and 2009, including "Against All Odds", a duet with Mariah Carey in 2000.

Sugababes had more number-one singles than any other female act in the 2000s, with six. Their first number-one was "Freak Like Me" in 2002.

Kylie Minogue scored her second number one of the decade with "Can't Get You Out of My Head" in 2001, selling more than 1.1 million copies. It was the biggest-selling single by a female of the 21st century until 2011, when it was surpassed by Adele's "Someone like You".

Madonna holds the record for the most number-one singles by a female artist during the decade. She topped the chart for a fifth time in 2008 with "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.

Lady Gaga became the first female artist to score three number ones in a single year, with "Just Dance", "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance" all topping the chart in 2009.

Christina Aguilera gained three number-one singles in the 2000s and one in 1999.

Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire" became one of the biggest hits of 2008, spending 68 weeks in the UK chart. It sold over 840,000 copies, making it the biggest single by an American act in the 2000s.

Rapper Eminem scored 7 number-one hits in 2000s, putting him second behind Westlife for the most number-ones during the decade.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" was one of the best-selling singles in 2008.

Beyoncé scored 6 number ones in the 2000s—two with Destiny's Child and four solo.

Cheryl Cole scored 5 Number-ones since the middle of decade; four as a Girls Aloud member and one solo.

Rapper Jay-Z was 15 weeks at the top spot, the most in this decade.

Irish band U2 scored four number-ones in this decade.

Rapper Nelly scored four number-ones this decade.

Mancunian rockers Oasis scored 4 number-ones this decade.

Lily Allen scored two number one singles this decade: "Smile" in 2006 and "The Fear" in 2009, which stayed for four consecutive weeks at the top, being the longest running number one in 2009.

Rap metal band Rage Against the Machine scored the last Christmas number one of the decade and their first UK number one with "Killing in the Name" after a successful Facebook campaign by DJ Jon Morter to stop another The X Factor winner's single dominating the Christmas charts.

Elvis Presley scored four posthumous number ones, in 2002 on Junkie XL's remix of "A Little Less Conversation", and then in 2005 with "Jailhouse Rock", "I Got Stung" and "It's Now or Never" when all his number one singles were reissued and re-released to celebrate fifty years of his music.

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Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Westlife	"I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun"	000000001999-12-25-000025 December 1999	4
Manic Street Preachers	"The Masses Against the Classes"	000000002000-01-22-000022 January 2000	1
Britney Spears	"Born to Make You Happy"	000000002000-01-29-000029 January 2000	1
Gabrielle	"Rise"	000000002000-02-05-00005 February 2000	2
Oasis	"Go Let It Out"	000000002000-02-19-000019 February 2000	1
All Saints	"Pure Shores"	000000002000-02-26-000026 February 2000	2
Madonna	"American Pie"	000000002000-03-11-000011 March 2000	1
Chicane with Bryan Adams	"Don't Give Up"	000000002000-03-18-000018 March 2000	1
Geri Halliwell	"Bag It Up"	000000002000-03-25-000025 March 2000	1
Melanie C featuring Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes	"Never Be The Same Again"	000000002000-04-01-00001 April 2000	1
Westlife	"Fool Again"	000000002000-04-08-00008 April 2000	1
Craig David	"Fill Me In"	000000002000-04-15-000015 April 2000	1
Fragma	"Toca's Miracle"	000000002000-04-22-000022 April 2000	2
Oxide & Neutrino	"Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)"	000000002000-05-06-00006 May 2000	1
Britney Spears	"Oops!... I Did It Again"	000000002000-05-13-000013 May 2000	1
Madison Avenue	"Don't Call Me Baby"	000000002000-05-20-000020 May 2000	1
Billie Piper	"Day & Night"	000000002000-05-27-000027 May 2000	1
Sonique	"It Feels So Good"	000000002000-06-03-00003 June 2000	3
Black Legend	"You See the Trouble with Me"	000000002000-06-24-000024 June 2000	1
Kylie Minogue	"Spinning Around"	000000002000-07-01-00001 July 2000	1
Eminem	"The Real Slim Shady"	000000002000-07-08-00008 July 2000	1
The Corrs	"Breathless"	000000002000-07-15-000015 July 2000	1
Ronan Keating	"Life Is a Rollercoaster"	000000002000-07-22-000022 July 2000	1
Five + Queen	"We Will Rock You"	000000002000-07-29-000029 July 2000	1
Craig David	"7 Days"	000000002000-08-05-00005 August 2000	1
Robbie Williams	"Rock DJ"	000000002000-08-12-000012 August 2000	1
Melanie C	"I Turn to You"	000000002000-08-19-000019 August 2000	1
Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor	"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"	000000002000-08-26-000026 August 2000	1
Madonna	"Music"	000000002000-09-02-00002 September 2000	1
A1	"Take On Me"	000000002000-09-09-00009 September 2000	1
Modjo	"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"	000000002000-09-16-000016 September 2000	2
Mariah Carey featuring Westlife	"Against All Odds"	000000002000-09-30-000030 September 2000	2
All Saints	"Black Coffee"	000000002000-10-14-000014 October 2000	1
U2	"Beautiful Day"	000000002000-10-21-000021 October 2000	1
Steps	"Stomp"	000000002000-10-28-000028 October 2000	1
Spice Girls	"Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way"	000000002000-11-04-00004 November 2000	1
Westlife	"My Love"	000000002000-11-11-000011 November 2000	1
A1	"Same Old Brand New You"	000000002000-11-18-000018 November 2000	1
LeAnn Rimes	"Can't Fight the Moonlight"	000000002000-11-25-000025 November 2000	1
Destiny's Child	"Independent Women Part I"	000000002000-12-02-00002 December 2000	1
S Club 7	"Never Had a Dream Come True"	000000002000-12-09-00009 December 2000	1
Eminem featuring Dido	"Stan"	000000002000-12-16-000016 December 2000	1
Bob the Builder	"Can We Fix It?"†	000000002000-12-23-000023 December 2000	3
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Rui da Silva	"Touch Me"	000000002001-01-13-000013 January 2001	1
Jennifer Lopez	"Love Don't Cost a Thing"	000000002001-01-20-000020 January 2001	1
Limp Bizkit	"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"	000000002001-01-27-000027 January 2001	2
Atomic Kitten	"Whole Again"	000000002001-02-10-000010 February 2001	4
Shaggy featuring Rikrok	"It Wasn't Me"†	000000002001-03-10-000010 March 2001	1
Westlife	"Uptown Girl"	000000002001-03-17-000017 March 2001	1
Hear’Say	"Pure and Simple"	000000002001-03-24-000024 March 2001	3
Emma Bunton	"What Took You So Long?"	000000002001-04-14-000014 April 2001	2
Destiny's Child	"Survivor"	000000002001-04-28-000028 April 2001	1
S Club 7	"Don't Stop Movin'"	000000002001-05-05-00005 May 2001	1
Geri Halliwell	"It's Raining Men"	000000002001-05-12-000012 May 2001	2
S Club 7	"Don't Stop Movin'"	000000002001-05-26-000026 May 2001	1
DJ Pied Piper	"Do You Really Like It?"	000000002001-06-02-00002 June 2001	1
Shaggy featuring Rayvon	"Angel"	000000002001-06-09-00009 June 2001	3
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink	"Lady Marmalade"	000000002001-06-30-000030 June 2001	1
Hear’Say	"The Way to Your Love"	000000002001-07-07-00007 July 2001	1
Roger Sanchez	"Another Chance"	000000002001-07-14-000014 July 2001	1
Robbie Williams	"Eternity/The Road to Mandalay"	000000002001-07-21-000021 July 2001	2
Atomic Kitten	"Eternal Flame"	000000002001-08-04-00004 August 2001	2
So Solid Crew	"21 Seconds"	000000002001-08-18-000018 August 2001	1
Five	"Let's Dance"	000000002001-08-25-000025 August 2001	2
Blue	"Too Close"	000000002001-09-08-00008 September 2001	1
Bob the Builder	"Mambo No. 5"	000000002001-09-15-000015 September 2001	1
DJ Ötzi	"Hey Baby"	000000002001-09-22-000022 September 2001	1
Kylie Minogue	"Can't Get You out of My Head"	000000002001-09-29-000029 September 2001	4
Afroman	"Because I Got High"	000000002001-10-27-000027 October 2001	3
Westlife	"Queen of My Heart"	000000002001-11-17-000017 November 2001	1
Blue	"If You Come Back"	000000002001-11-24-000024 November 2001	1
S Club 7	"Have You Ever"	000000002001-12-01-00001 December 2001	1
Daniel Bedingfield	"Gotta Get Thru This"	000000002001-12-08-00008 December 2001	2
Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman	"Somethin' Stupid"	000000002001-12-22-000022 December 2001	3
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Daniel Bedingfield	"Gotta Get Thru This"	000000002002-01-12-000012 January 2002	1
Aaliyah	"More Than a Woman"	000000002002-01-19-000019 January 2002	1
George Harrison	"My Sweet Lord"	000000002002-01-26-000026 January 2002	1
Enrique Iglesias	"Hero"	000000002002-02-02-00002 February 2002	4
Westlife	"World of Our Own"	000000002002-03-02-00002 March 2002	1
Will Young	"Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen"‡	000000002002-03-09-00009 March 2002	3
Gareth Gates	"Unchained Melody"	000000002002-03-30-000030 March 2002	4
Oasis	"The Hindu Times"	000000002002-04-27-000027 April 2002	1
Sugababes	"Freak Like Me"	000000002002-05-04-00004 May 2002	1
Holly Valance	"Kiss Kiss"	000000002002-05-11-000011 May 2002	1
Ronan Keating	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	000000002002-05-18-000018 May 2002	1
Liberty X	"Just a Little"	000000002002-05-25-000025 May 2002	1
Eminem	"Without Me"	000000002002-06-01-00001 June 2002	1
Will Young	"Light My Fire"	000000002002-06-08-00008 June 2002	2
Elvis Presley vs. JXL	"A Little Less Conversation"	000000002002-06-22-000022 June 2002	4
Gareth Gates	"Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)"	000000002002-07-20-000020 July 2002	3
Darius	"Colourblind"	000000002002-08-10-000010 August 2002	2
Sugababes	"Round Round"	000000002002-08-24-000024 August 2002	1
Blazin' Squad	"Crossroads"	000000002002-08-31-000031 August 2002	1
Atomic Kitten	"The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"	000000002002-09-07-00007 September 2002	3
Pink	"Just like a Pill"	000000002002-09-28-000028 September 2002	1
Will Young and Gareth Gates	"The Long and Winding Road"/"Suspicious Minds"	000000002002-10-05-00005 October 2002	2
Las Ketchup	"The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"	000000002002-10-19-000019 October 2002	1
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland	"Dilemma"	000000002002-10-26-000026 October 2002	2
DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do	"Heaven"	000000002002-11-09-00009 November 2002	1
Westlife	"Unbreakable"	000000002002-11-16-000016 November 2002	1
Christina Aguilera featuring Redman	"Dirrty"	000000002002-11-23-000023 November 2002	2
Daniel Bedingfield	"If You're Not the One"	000000002002-12-07-00007 December 2002	1
Eminem	"Lose Yourself"	000000002002-12-14-000014 December 2002	1
Blue featuring Elton John	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	000000002002-12-21-000021 December 2002	1
Girls Aloud	"Sound of the Underground"	000000002002-12-28-000028 December 2002	4
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
David Sneddon	"Stop Living the Lie"	000000002003-01-25-000025 January 2003	2
t.A.T.u.	"All the Things She Said"	000000002003-02-08-00008 February 2003	4
Christina Aguilera	"Beautiful"	000000002003-03-08-00008 March 2003	2
Gareth Gates and The Kumars	"Spirit in the Sky"	000000002003-03-22-000022 March 2003	2
Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham	"Make Luv"	000000002003-04-05-00005 April 2003	4
Busted	"You Said No"	000000002003-05-03-00003 May 2003	1
Tomcraft	"Loneliness"	000000002003-05-10-000010 May 2003	1
R. Kelly	"Ignition (Remix)"	000000002003-05-17-000017 May 2003	4
Evanescence	"Bring Me to Life"	000000002003-06-14-000014 June 2003	4
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z	"Crazy in Love"	000000002003-07-12-000012 July 2003	3
Daniel Bedingfield	"Never Gonna Leave Your Side"	000000002003-08-02-00002 August 2003	1
Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul	"Breathe"	000000002003-08-09-00009 August 2003	4
Elton John	"Are You Ready for Love"	000000002003-09-06-00006 September 2003	1
The Black Eyed Peas	"Where Is the Love?"†	000000002003-09-13-000013 September 2003	6
Sugababes	"Hole in the Head"	000000002003-10-25-000025 October 2003	1
Fatman Scoop	"Be Faithful"	000000002003-11-01-00001 November 2003	2
Kylie Minogue	"Slow"	000000002003-11-15-000015 November 2003	1
Busted	"Crashed the Wedding"	000000002003-11-22-000022 November 2003	1
Westlife	"Mandy"	000000002003-11-29-000029 November 2003	1
Will Young	"Leave Right Now"	000000002003-12-06-00006 December 2003	2
Kelly Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne	"Changes"	000000002003-12-20-000020 December 2003	1
Michael Andrews and Gary Jules	"Mad World"	000000002003-12-27-000027 December 2003	3
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Michelle McManus	"All This Time"	000000002004-01-17-000017 January 2004	3
LMC vs. U2	"Take Me to the Clouds Above"	000000002004-02-07-00007 February 2004	2
Sam & Mark	"With a Little Help from My Friends"	000000002004-02-21-000021 February 2004	1
Busted	"Who's David?"	000000002004-02-28-000028 February 2004	1
Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx	"Mysterious Girl"	000000002004-03-06-00006 March 2004	1
Britney Spears	"Toxic"	000000002004-03-13-000013 March 2004	1
DJ Casper	"Cha Cha Slide (Part 2)"	000000002004-03-20-000020 March 2004	1
Usher featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon	"Yeah!"	000000002004-03-27-000027 March 2004	2
McFly	"Five Colours In Her Hair"	000000002004-04-10-000010 April 2004	2
Eamon	"Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)"	000000002004-04-24-000024 April 2004	4
Frankee	"F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)"	000000002004-05-22-000022 May 2004	3
Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya	"I Don't Wanna Know"	000000002004-06-12-000012 June 2004	2
Britney Spears	"Everytime"	000000002004-06-26-000026 June 2004	1
McFly	"Obviously"	000000002004-07-03-00003 July 2004	1
Usher	"Burn"	000000002004-07-10-000010 July 2004	2
Shapeshifters	"Lola's Theme"	000000002004-07-24-000024 July 2004	1
The Streets	"Dry Your Eyes"	000000002004-07-31-000031 July 2004	1
Busted	""Thunderbirds" / "3am""	000000002004-08-07-00007 August 2004	2
3 of a Kind	"Baby Cakes"	000000002004-08-21-000021 August 2004	1
Natasha Bedingfield	"These Words"	000000002004-08-28-000028 August 2004	2
Nelly	"My Place/Flap Your Wings"	000000002004-09-11-000011 September 2004	1
Brian McFadden	"Real to Me"	000000002004-09-18-000018 September 2004	1
Eric Prydz	"Call On Me"	000000002004-09-25-000025 September 2004	3
Robbie Williams	"Radio"	000000002004-10-16-000016 October 2004	1
Eric Prydz	"Call On Me"	000000002004-10-23-000023 October 2004	2
Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti	"Wonderful"	000000002004-11-06-00006 November 2004	1
Eminem	"Just Lose It"	000000002004-11-13-000013 November 2004	1
U2	"Vertigo"	000000002004-11-20-000020 November 2004	1
Girls Aloud	"I'll Stand by You"	000000002004-11-27-000027 November 2004	2
Band Aid 20	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"†	000000002004-12-11-000011 December 2004	4
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Steve Brookstein	"Against All Odds"	000000002005-01-08-00008 January 2005	1
Elvis Presley	"Jailhouse Rock"	000000002005-01-15-000015 January 2005	1
Elvis Presley	"One Night/I Got Stung"	000000002005-01-22-000022 January 2005	1
Ciara featuring Petey Pablo	"Goodies"	000000002005-01-29-000029 January 2005	1
Elvis Presley	"It's Now or Never"	000000002005-02-05-00005 February 2005	1
Eminem	"Like Toy Soldiers"	000000002005-02-12-000012 February 2005	1
U2	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"	000000002005-02-19-000019 February 2005	1
Jennifer Lopez	"Get Right"	000000002005-02-26-000026 February 2005	1
Nelly featuring Tim McGraw	"Over and Over"	000000002005-03-05-00005 March 2005	1
Stereophonics	"Dakota"	000000002005-03-12-000012 March 2005	1
McFly	"All About You/You've Got a Friend"	000000002005-03-19-000019 March 2005	1
Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay	"Is This the Way to Amarillo"†	000000002005-03-26-000026 March 2005	7
Akon	"Lonely"	000000002005-05-14-000014 May 2005	2
Oasis	"Lyla"	000000002005-05-28-000028 May 2005	1
Crazy Frog	"Axel F"	000000002005-06-04-00004 June 2005	4
2Pac featuring Elton John	"Ghetto Gospel"	000000002005-07-02-00002 July 2005	3
James Blunt	"You're Beautiful"	000000002005-07-23-000023 July 2005	5
McFly	"I'll Be OK"	000000002005-08-27-000027 August 2005	1
Oasis	"The Importance of Being Idle"	000000002005-09-03-00003 September 2005	1
Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder	"DARE"	000000002005-09-10-000010 September 2005	1
Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes	"Don't Cha"	000000002005-09-17-000017 September 2005	3
Sugababes	"Push the Button"	000000002005-10-08-00008 October 2005	3
Arctic Monkeys	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"	000000002005-10-29-000029 October 2005	1
Westlife	"You Raise Me Up"	000000002005-11-05-00005 November 2005	2
Madonna	"Hung Up"	000000002005-11-19-000019 November 2005	3
Pussycat Dolls	"Stickwitu"	000000002005-12-10-000010 December 2005	2
Nizlopi	"JCB"	000000002005-12-24-000024 December 2005	1
Shayne Ward	"That's My Goal"	000000002005-12-31-000031 December 2005	4
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Arctic Monkeys	"When the Sun Goes Down"	000000002006-01-28-000028 January 2006	1
The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm	"Nasty Girl"	000000002006-02-04-00004 February 2006	2
Meck featuring Leo Sayer	"Thunder in My Heart Again"	000000002006-02-18-000018 February 2006	2
Madonna	"Sorry"	000000002006-03-04-00004 March 2006	1
Chico	"It's Chico Time"	000000002006-03-11-000011 March 2006	2
Orson	"No Tomorrow"	000000002006-03-25-000025 March 2006	1
Ne-Yo	"So Sick"	000000002006-04-01-00001 April 2006	1
Gnarls Barkley	"Crazy"†	000000002006-04-08-00008 April 2006	9
Sandi Thom	"I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)"	000000002006-06-10-000010 June 2006	1
Nelly Furtado	"Maneater"	000000002006-06-17-000017 June 2006	3
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean	"Hips Don't Lie"	000000002006-07-08-00008 July 2006	1
Lily Allen	"Smile"	000000002006-07-15-000015 July 2006	2
McFly	"Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please"	000000002006-07-29-000029 July 2006	1
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean	"Hips Don't Lie"	000000002006-08-05-00005 August 2006	4
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z	"Déjà Vu"	000000002006-09-02-00002 September 2006	1
Justin Timberlake	"SexyBack"	000000002006-09-09-00009 September 2006	1
Scissor Sisters	"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"	000000002006-09-16-000016 September 2006	4
Razorlight	"America"	000000002006-10-14-000014 October 2006	1
My Chemical Romance	"Welcome to the Black Parade"	000000002006-10-21-000021 October 2006	2
McFly	"Star Girl"	000000002006-11-04-00004 November 2006	1
Fedde Le Grand	"Put Your Hands Up For Detroit"	000000002006-11-11-000011 November 2006	1
Westlife	"The Rose"	000000002006-11-18-000018 November 2006	1
Akon featuring Eminem	"Smack That"	000000002006-11-25-000025 November 2006	1
Take That	"Patience"	000000002006-12-02-00002 December 2006	4
Leona Lewis	"A Moment Like This"	000000002006-12-30-000030 December 2006	4
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Mika	"Grace Kelly"	000000002007-01-27-000027 January 2007	5
Kaiser Chiefs	"Ruby"	000000002007-03-03-00003 March 2007	1
Take That	"Shine"	000000002007-03-10-000010 March 2007	2
Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud	"Walk This Way"	000000002007-03-24-000024 March 2007	1
The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	000000002007-03-31-000031 March 2007	3
Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake	"Give It to Me"	000000002007-04-21-000021 April 2007	1
Beyoncé & Shakira	"Beautiful Liar"	000000002007-04-28-000028 April 2007	3
McFly	"Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania"	000000002007-05-19-000019 May 2007	1
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	"Umbrella"	000000002007-05-26-000026 May 2007	10
Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.	"The Way I Are"	000000002007-08-04-00004 August 2007	2
Robyn with Kleerup	"With Every Heartbeat"	000000002007-08-18-000018 August 2007	1
Kanye West	"Stronger"	000000002007-08-25-000025 August 2007	2
Sean Kingston	"Beautiful Girls"	000000002007-09-08-00008 September 2007	4
Sugababes	"About You Now"	000000002007-10-06-00006 October 2007	4
Leona Lewis	"Bleeding Love"†	000000002007-11-03-00003 November 2007	7
Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy	"What a Wonderful World"	000000002007-12-22-000022 December 2007	1
Leon Jackson	"When You Believe"	000000002007-12-29-000029 December 2007	3
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz	"Now You're Gone"	000000002008-01-19-000019 January 2008	5
Duffy	"Mercy"	000000002008-02-23-000023 February 2008	5
Estelle featuring Kanye West	"American Boy"	000000002008-03-29-000029 March 2008	4
Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland	"4 Minutes"	000000002008-04-26-000026 April 2008	4
The Ting Tings	"That's Not My Name"	000000002008-05-24-000024 May 2008	1
Rihanna	"Take a Bow"	000000002008-05-31-000031 May 2008	2
Mint Royale	"Singin' in the Rain"	000000002008-06-14-000014 June 2008	2
Coldplay	"Viva la Vida"	000000002008-06-28-000028 June 2008	1
Ne-Yo	"Closer"	000000002008-07-05-00005 July 2008	1
Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome	"Dance wiv Me"	000000002008-07-12-000012 July 2008	4
Kid Rock	"All Summer Long"	000000002008-08-09-00009 August 2008	1
Katy Perry	"I Kissed a Girl"	000000002008-08-16-000016 August 2008	5
Kings of Leon	"Sex on Fire"	000000002008-09-20-000020 September 2008	3
Pink	"So What"	000000002008-10-11-000011 October 2008	3
Girls Aloud	"The Promise"	000000002008-11-01-00001 November 2008	1
The X Factor finalists 2008	"Hero"	000000002008-11-08-00008 November 2008	3
Beyoncé	"If I Were a Boy"	000000002008-11-29-000029 November 2008	1
Take That	"Greatest Day"	000000002008-12-06-00006 December 2008	1
Leona Lewis	"Run"	000000002008-12-13-000013 December 2008	2
Alexandra Burke	"Hallelujah"†	000000002008-12-27-000027 December 2008	3
Artist^{[nb 1]}	Single^{[nb 1]}	Week ending date^{[nb 1]}	Weeks at number 1^{[nb 1]}
Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis	"Just Dance"	000000002009-01-17-000017 January 2009	3
Lily Allen	"The Fear"	000000002009-02-07-00007 February 2009	4
Kelly Clarkson	"My Life Would Suck Without You"	000000002009-03-07-00007 March 2009	1
Flo Rida featuring Kesha	"Right Round"	000000002009-03-14-000014 March 2009	1
Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb	"Islands in the Stream"	000000002009-03-21-000021 March 2009	1
Lady Gaga	"Poker Face"†	000000002009-03-28-000028 March 2009	3
Calvin Harris	"I'm Not Alone"	000000002009-04-18-000018 April 2009	2
Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz	"Number 1"	000000002009-05-02-00002 May 2009	3
The Black Eyed Peas	"Boom Boom Pow"	000000002009-05-23-000023 May 2009	1
Armand Van Helden vs Dizzee Rascal	"Bonkers"	000000002009-05-30-000030 May 2009	2
The Black Eyed Peas	"Boom Boom Pow"	000000002009-06-13-000013 June 2009	1
Pixie Lott	"Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)"	000000002009-06-20-000020 June 2009	1
David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland	"When Love Takes Over"	000000002009-06-27-000027 June 2009	1
La Roux	"Bulletproof"	000000002009-07-04-00004 July 2009	1
Cascada	"Evacuate the Dancefloor"	000000002009-07-11-000011 July 2009	2
JLS	"Beat Again"	000000002009-07-25-000025 July 2009	2
The Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling"	000000002009-08-08-00008 August 2009	1
Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle	"Never Leave You"	000000002009-08-15-000015 August 2009	1
The Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling"	000000002009-08-22-000022 August 2009	1
David Guetta featuring Akon	"Sexy Bitch/Chick"	000000002009-08-29-000029 August 2009	1
Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris	"Holiday"	000000002009-09-05-00005 September 2009	1
Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West	"Run This Town"	000000002009-09-12-000012 September 2009	1
Pixie Lott	"Boys and Girls"	000000002009-09-19-000019 September 2009	1
Taio Cruz	"Break Your Heart"	000000002009-09-26-000026 September 2009	3
Chipmunk featuring Dayo Olatunji	"Oopsy Daisy"	000000002009-10-17-000017 October 2009	1
Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida	"Bad Boys"	000000002009-10-24-000024 October 2009	1
Cheryl Cole	"Fight for This Love"	000000002009-10-31-000031 October 2009	2
JLS	"Everybody in Love"	000000002009-11-14-000014 November 2009	1
The Black Eyed Peas	"Meet Me Halfway"	000000002009-11-21-000021 November 2009	1
The X Factor finalists 2009	"You Are Not Alone"	000000002009-11-28-000028 November 2009	1
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band	"The Official BBC Children in Need Medley"	000000002009-12-05-00005 December 2009	2
Lady Gaga	"Bad Romance"	000000002009-12-19-000019 December 2009	1
Rage Against the Machine	"Killing in the Name"	000000002009-12-26-000026 December 2009	1

Statistics by decade

By artist

The following artists achieved four or more number-one hits during the 2000s. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration. Madonna, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake's song "4 Minutes", for example, is counted for all three artists because they were credited on the cover, while "Where Is the Love?" does not count for Timberlake as he did not receive artist credit on that track in order to avoid overexposure.

Artist	Number-one hits
Westlife	11
Eminem	7
McFly	7
Sugababes	6
Madonna	5
The Black Eyed Peas	4
Beyoncé	4
Busted	4
Gareth Gates	4
Girls Aloud	4
Jay-Z	4
Nelly	4
Oasis	4
Elvis Presley	4
Britney Spears	4
U2	4
Robbie Williams	4
Will Young	4

Artists by total number of weeks at number one

Artist	Weeks at number-one
Sugababes	15^[E]
Jay-Z	15^[A]
Westlife	14^[B]
Rihanna	13
Leona Lewis	13
Peter Kay	12^[F]
Will Young	12^[E]
Alexandra Burke	11^[G]
The Black Eyed Peas	11
Dizzee Rascal	11^[E]
Gareth Gates	11
Robbie Williams	10
Madonna	10
Atomic Kitten	9
Gnarls Barkley	9
Beyoncé	8
Girls Aloud	8
Shakira	8
McFly	8
Lady Gaga	7
Eminem	7

Songs by total number of weeks at number one

Song	Weeks at number-one
"Umbrella"	10
"Crazy"	9
"Bleeding Love"	7
"Is This the Way to Amarillo"	7
"Where Is the Love?"	6
"Call on Me"	5
"Grace Kelly"	5
"Hips Don't Lie"	5
"I Kissed a Girl"	5
"Mercy"	5
"Now You're Gone"	5
"You're Beautiful"	5

A. ^ Total includes appearances on Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" and "Déjà Vu".
B. ^ Total does not include two weeks spent at number one at the end of 1999 with "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun".
D. ^ Total includes collaboration with Dizzee Rascal.
E. ^ Total includes Band Aid 20.
F. ^ Total includes credit as Brian Potter.
G. ^ Total includes three weeks spent as The X Factor finalists with "Hero" and two weeks as Helping Haiti singer of "Everybody Hurts".

Million-selling and Platinum records

In April 1973, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) began classifying singles and albums by the number of units shipped. The highest threshold is "Platinum" which, since 1989, is awarded to singles with over 600,000 units.^[20]^[21]^{[nb 2]}

In July 2013, the BPI started a process of automatic certification regardless of original release dates,^[23] and since July 2014 audio streaming is included in the calculation of units at 100 streams equivalent to 1 sale or shipment.^[24] Hence, many of the singles released in the 2000s have been awarded certification in the 2010s.

For singles selling 1 million copies during the 2000s see List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom

For a full list of singles which were released during the 2000s and have sold 1 million copies see List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom and sort the table by release date

For Platinum singles released during the 2000s see List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 The artist, song name, date of number-one and duration are those given by the Official Charts Company.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
↑ The number of sales required to qualify for Platinum, Gold and Silver discs was dropped in 1989 from the former thresholds of Silver (250,000 units), Gold (500,000 units), and Platinum (1,000,000 units) to the current thresholds of Silver (200,000 units), Gold (400,000 units), and Platinum (600,000 units)^[20]^[22]

References

General

"All the number 1 singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
Roberts, David (ed.). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition).

Specific

↑ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
↑ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
↑ Youngs, Ian (12 April 2005). "How downloads will change the chart". BBC News. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
↑ Davies, Rob (18 May 2008). "Legal downloads fail to revive record sales". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 20 January 2009.
↑ Youngs, Ian (3 April 2006). "Digital hit seals chart revolution". BBC News. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
↑ "Downloads boost 2008 single sales". BBC News. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
↑ "Elvis claims 1,000th number one". BBC. 16 January 2005. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
↑ "Record Breakers and trivia". everyHit.com. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
1 2 "Chart Archive – 2000s Singles". everyHit.com. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2000". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2001". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2003". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2004". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2005". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ "All the Number One Singles: 2009". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
1 2 "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
↑ "International Certification Award levels" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. March 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
↑ Gallup (4 February 1989). "The Top of the Pops Chart" (PDF). Record Mirror: 4. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
↑ "Certified Awards – A Timeline" (PDF). BPI. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
↑ "BPI Certified Awards for Singles Now Include Streams". BPI. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

UK Music Charts

UK Singles Chart

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Number one artists Most number ones Christmas Posthumous Scottish Instrumental Simultaneous UK and US Top 10 singles

Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 1900s 2000s (century) All time Yearly Most downloaded Most streamed Million-sellers Platinum singles (pre-2000) Platinum singles (post-2000) Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders Records

UK Albums Chart

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Most number ones Christmas Posthumous Simultaneous UK and US

Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 2000s (century) All time Yearly Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders

Genre charts

Number ones	Christian & Gospel Classical (singles/albums/compilations) Dance (singles/albums) Indie (singles/albums) Indie Breakers (singles/albums) Progressive R&B (singles/albums) Rock & Metal (singles/albums) Specialist Classical

Other charts

Current	Album Downloads Albums Streaming Audio Streaming Compilations Midweeks Record Store Singles Downloads UKHOT40 Vinyl Albums Vinyl Singles The Vodafone Big Top 40

Former	1952–1969 1Xtra EPs Fab 40 Fresh 40 Hit40UK Mersey Beat The Net 40 The Network Chart Show NME Pepsi Chart Pick of the Pops Record Mirror Subscription Plays Top Pops

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