The 2000s Chart Show: A 00s Pop Music Podcast

Which pop star's former boyfriend got 12 years in prison after getting involved with £10 million worth of heroin? Which boy band member adopted Marcel the monkey from Friends? Which R&B singer forced their mother into an intervention on TV?
Find out the answers to these questions and more on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music podcast where every week we relive the 40 biggest songs of this week 20 years ago.
This week that means the following big 2000s pop tunes:

Alkaline Trio - Time to Waste
Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
Bizarre - Rockstar
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bobby Valentino - Slow Down
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
Crazy Frog - Axel F
DJ Sammy - Why
50 Cent - Just a Lil Bit
The Faders - Jump
Feeder - Pushing the Senses
Foo Fighters - Best of You
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jem - Just a Ride
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Mario - Here I Go Again
Missy Elliott - Lose Control
MVP - Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1 2)
Nelly - N Dey Say
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Royksopp - Only This Moment
Soulwax - NY Excuse
Stereophonics - Superman
The Tears - Lovers
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
2Pac feat Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Will Smith - Switch

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February 2005 was a momentous moment in the chart, when the 1000th number one single was achieved by a very dead Elvis Presley.
As promised, we are celebrating this landmark with a 10 part series, in which I count down my absolute favourite number ones from the start of the UK top 40 in 1952 to the start of 2005. That means talking about some of the biggest acts in pop history: Beatles, Stones, Abba, Spice Girls, Madonna, Britney, Kylie, Blur, Elvis and many, many, many more. It also means talking about some of the maddest crap that ever graced the top spot of the top 40.
So what to expect from our first 10 entries? Expect animated bands, duos with weird psychosexual feelings for each other, a reality TV show single that's actually good and much much more.

Will being dead stop Tupac getting his first number one? Did Richard Hard-Fi REALLY date Scarlett Johansson? What x-rated gift did Eminem give Elton for his wedding?
Find the answers to all these questions and more on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music podcast where ever week we relive the 40 biggest selling songs from this week 20 years ago.
This week, we're discussing the following:
Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Bizarre - Rockstar
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bobby Valentino - Slow Down
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
Crazy Frog - Axel F
Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan - Unplayed Piano
DJ Sammy - Why
Erasure - Here I Go Impossible Again
50 Cent - Just a Lil Bit
Fightstar - Paint Your Target
Foo Fighters - Best of You
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Gavin Degraw - I Don’t Want to Be
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jem - Just a Ride
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Missy Elliott - Lose Control
MVP - Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1 2)
Nelly - N Dey Say
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Shakin’ Stevens  - Trouble/This Ole House
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Stereophonics - Superman
Studio B - I See Girls
Subways - Rock & Roll Queen
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
2Pac feat Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
U2 - City of Blinding Lights
Will Smith - Switch

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Let's hear it for the boys this week as James Blunt, Green Day, DJ Sammy, Nelly and (bizarrely) Shakin' Stevens battle it out to be the biggest selling song of this week in 2005.

This episode of The 2000s Chart Show features the following songs:

Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Basement Jaxx feat. Lisa Kekaula - U Don’t Know Me
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
The Coral - In the Morning
Crazy Frog - Axel F
The Cribs - Mirror Kisses
The Dead 60s - Loaded Gun
DJ Sammy - Why
Eminem - Mockingbird
Fightstar - Paint Your Target
Foo Fighters - Best of You
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Garbage - Sex is Not the Enemy
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jem - Just a Ride
Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Nelly - N Dey Say
Oasis - Lyla
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Shakin’ Stevens - Trouble/This Ole House
Slipknot - Before I Forget
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Studio B - I See Girls
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
U2 - City of Blinding Lights
UB40 - Kiss and Say Goodbye
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

Is that the ring (ding ding) of cash machines I hear? Why have one set of DJs try to shamelessly cash in on the Crazy Frog trend when you can have two - including an icon of the early episodes of The 2000s Chart Show.
Elsewhere in this week's episode of the podcast where every week we relive the 40 biggest selling songs of the week 20 years ago: We examine what went wrong with Ashanti's career, learn about a vicious feud in the band Good Charlotte and hear Jonathan Ross accuse Jay Kay of Jamiroquai of being a "sweaty man".
All that plus new releases from Ashanti, Audioslave, The Departure, Good Charlotte, Jamiroquai, John Legend, The Ordinary Boys, Pondlife, Saint Etienne, U2 and UB40. And discussion of the following tracks:
Akon - Lonely
Amerie - 1 Thing
Ashanti - Don’t Let Them
Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down
Audioslave - Be Yourself
Ben Adams - Sorry
Black Eyed Peas - Don’t Phunk with My Heart
Bodyrockers - I Like the Way
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
The Coral - In the Morning
Crazy Frog - Axel F
The Departure - All Mapped Out
Eminem - Mockingbird
50 Cent - Candy Shop
Foo Fighters - Best of You
Funeral for a Friend - Streetcar
The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Good Charlotte - The Chronicles of Life and Death
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like it Should
Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down
John Legend - Ordinary People
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World
Max Graham vs Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Mylo - In My Arms
Oasis - Lyla
The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys
Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Saint Etienne - Side Streets
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake - Signs
Studio B - I See Girls
Tony Christie - (Is This Way to) Amarillo
U2 - City of Blinding Lights
UB40 - Kiss and Say Goodbye
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Will Smith - Switch
If you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.