The First 100 FEMALE SOLOISTS AT No. 1 in THE UK: 2000s. (Conclusion).

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.

2000

            MELANIE C Never Been The Same Again

                       [ftg. Lisa ‘Left-Eye’ Lopes]

            SONIQUE It Feels So Good

            LEANN RIMES Can’t Fight The Moonlight

 

2001

           JENNIFER LOPEZ Love Don’t Cost A Thing

           EMMA BUNTON What Took You So Long? 

2002

            AALIYAH More Than A Woman

            HOLLY VALANCE Kiss Kiss

            PINK Just Like A Pill

2003

            BEYONCÉ Crazy In Love [ftg. Jay-Z]

            BLU CANTRELL Breathe [ftg. Sean Paul]

2004

            MICHELLE All This Time

            FRANKEE F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)

            NATASHA BEDINGFIELD These Words

2005

            CIARA Goodies [ftg. Petey Pablo]

2006

            SANDI THOM I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker

                   (With Flowers In My Hair)

            NELLY FURTADO Maneater

            SHAKIRA Hips Don’t Lie [ftg. Wyclef Jean]

            LILY ALLEN Smile

            LEONA LEWIS A Moment Like This

2007

            RIHANNA Umbrella [ftg. Jay-Z]

2008

            DUFFY Mercy

            ESTELLE American Bot [ftg. Kanye West]

            KATY PERRY I Kissed A Girl

            ALEXANDRA BURKE Hallelujah

2009

            LADY GAGA Just Dance

            KELLY CLARKSON

                 My Life Would Suck Without You

            PIXIE LOTT Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)