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Franz Ferdinand in concert in 2004. Like many American alternative rock bands, during the late 1990s and early 2000s, several British indie bands emerged, including Franz Ferdinand, the Libertines and Bloc Party, that drew primary inspiration from new wave and post-punk groups such as Joy Division, Wire, and Gang of Four, establishing the post-punk revival movement. [5]
[10] [11] The song eventually reached number 35 on the best-sellers list. BBC Radio 1 announced the chart across three programmes, presented by DJ Nihal, between 29 December and 31 December 2009. [12] The list of best-selling albums of the decade in the UK was also announced in a show on 28 December 2009. [12]
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.
22 April 2000: 1 Various artists Now That's What I Call Music! 45: EMI/Virgin/Universal: 29 April 2000: 6 Various artists Clubber's Guide to Ibiza: Summer 2000: Ministry of Sound: 10 June 2000: 1 Various artists Top of the Pops 2000: Vol 2: Universal Music TV: 17 June 2000: 1 Various artists Club Mix Ibiza 2000: Universal Music TV: 17 June 2000 ...
2000 48 The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I, II, III) Queen: 2 2000 49 Whitney: The Greatest Hits: Whitney Houston: 1 2000 50 In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003: R.E.M. 1 2003 51 Eye to the Telescope: KT Tunstall: 3 2004 52 I Dreamed a Dream: Susan Boyle: 1 2009 1,632,732 [11] 53 Gotta Get Thru This: Daniel Bedingfield: 2 2002 54 ...
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom; during the 2000s, a total of 274 different albums by 170 artists reached number one. The chart was compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British music industry—it listed only physical album sales ...
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) This is a list of notable bands/musicians from England, UK .
The first UK record label devoted to releasing UK hip hop acts was Simon Harris' Music of Life label, founded in 1986. It was home to Derek B, the first UK rapper to achieve chart success. Music of Life went on to sign groups such as Hijack, the Demon Boyz, Hardnoise (later Son of Noise) and MC Duke. [citation needed]