The First 100 FEMALE SOLOISTS AT No. 1 in THE UK: 1990s. More Sunday.

Caffè  Lattè looks back on:

 

THE FIRST 100 FEMALE SOLOISTS

AT No. 1 ON THE

UK CHARTS

 

While men have fared better overall on the music charts, this is a tribute to the first 100 female soloists to reach number one in Britain in their own right. Excludes collaborations. A chart was compiled from 1952 with the first female reaching #1 the following year.

1990

            SINEAD O’CONNOR Nothing Compares 2 U

            MARIA McKEE Show Me Heaven

1991

            CHER The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)

1992

            TASMIN ARCHER Sleeping Satellite

1993

             GABRIELLE Dreams

1994

            MARIAH CAREY Without You

            WHIGFIELD Saturday Night

1995

            CELINE DION Think Twice

1996

            GINA G Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit

1997

            TORI AMOS Professional Widow (It’s Got To Be Big)

1998

                

            BILLIE PIPER Because We Want To

            MEL B I Want You Back

                    [ftg. Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott]

1999

           BRITNEY SPEARS …Baby One More Time

           MARTINE McCUTCHEON Perfect Moment

           GERI HALLIWELL Mi Chico Latino

           CHRISTINA AGUILERA Genie in A Bottle