Taking you back to the chart toppers and shakers from the top of the 21st century every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And one of Ireland's biggest boybands write themselves further into the record books for this week's entry... In a year of such rapid chart turnover, there was one … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 45)
Offering up more hits from the turn of the new millennium then you could shake a stick at, every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: a ninth - and divisive - number one for the biggest girl group in the world... Anyone who's followed both this series of blogs … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 44)
If you had said to anybody this time 20 years ago that the Spice Girls would still be a bankable interest - whether in group or solo efforts - they would have laughed in your face. That's not meant in a glib way, you understand. Next week's The Story of Pop: 2000 entry will cover … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Melanie C (@MelanieCmusic) – ‘Melanie C’
Bringing you all the biggest hits from the UK charts at the dawn of the new millennium, every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And in the words of the chorus this week's classic chart topper once said, "Everybody clap your hands, get on up and dance..." Here's a question to … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 43)
Retelling the tales behind the hits of the year that American Beauty and Erin Brockovich were box office smashes, and when Anne Robinson first uttered "You are The Weakest Link, goodbye", this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: British pop's reigning prince and Australia's pop royalty team up for the year's sauciest duet... … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 42)
The Story of Pop: 2000. It's your weekly visit every Thursday at midday back to the sights and sounds of the UK singles chart exactly as it looked two whole decades ago this week. So without any ado, here comes another classic hit from 2000... Electronic ambient band Delerium had been active since 1987, but … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 41)
Continuing our weekly look back at all the big UK chart hits from twenty years ago every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And here comes another massive hit from the year they called Y2K... Now whilst it's true to say the teen queens - Britney, Christina etc - ruled the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 40)
"Listen up, we're looking for recruits / If you're with me let me see your hands / Stand up and Salute". So sang the Little Mix ladies on their massive hit single from 2014. Now, almost 10 years after they became the first ever group to win The X Factor, they are launching a brand … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Little Mix – The Search (BBC One, 26th September)
Taking you back to the hits of the UK charts from right at the very beginning of the 21st century, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And small disclaimer before this week's entry - they're not really zombies. Honest... Just ever so occasionally, the charts of the early 00s threw up a surprise, out-of-nowhere … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 39)
Offering up another classic hit from the UK singles chart of two whole decades ago, and the tale behind it, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the sensational debut of the most successful female chart act of the 21st century... If there's one thing that sits clear on the mind of many … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 38)
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