Continuing our weekly revisitation of the sights and sounds of the UK singles chart as it looked two whole decades ago, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: we go back to school for the debut of one of British pop music's biggest bands of the 00s... Artist: Busted Song: What I Go … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 38)
Revisiting more chart hits from two decades ago than you could shake a stick at, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. And we're back with the Pop Idol stars once again for this week's featured hit... Artist: Sarah Whatmore Song: When I Lost You Released: 09/09/2002 Writers / Producers: Richard "Biff" Stannard Highest UK … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 37)
Revisiting the hits from the year that two new music channels - The Hits and TMF - were launched, and when tennis champ Emma Raducanu was born, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: a third and final chart topper from a purr-fect girl group... Artist: Atomic Kitten Song: The Tide Is High … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 36)
This is The Story of Pop: 2002, your weekly revisitation of all the top turns and hits of the UK charts as they looked twenty years ago. And with this year's Mercury Prize due to be handed out next week, it's a former winner that we revisit for this week's featured hit... Artist: Ms. DynamiteSong: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 35)
Always revisiting the UK chart movers and shakers of two decades ago every Thursday at 9am, we bring you this week's instalment of The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: how ten Walthamstow schoolboys landed a number one debut with a cover of an old 90s hip hop track... Artist: Blazin' SquadSong: CrossroadsReleased: 19/08/2002Writers / … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 34)
The Story of Pop: 2002. The weekly series on this here corner of the web that revisits some of the biggest sounds and toppermost turns of the UK charts as they sounded two whole decades ago. This week: a second chart topper on the trot for one of the 21st Century's biggest girl groups... Artist: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 33)
Revisiting all the biggest sights and sounds of the UK charts twenty years ago every Thursday, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: one of the biggest British rock bands of the last two decades take their leap to global domination with their highly anticipated second album... Artist: ColdplaySong: In My PlaceReleased: 05/08/2002Writers … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 32)
Time as always to turn back the clock to the sights, sounds and hits of the UK charts as we continue The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: our third Pop Idol star of the series makes his debut - and what a story he has to tell... UPDATE: Tuesday 16th August 2022, 18:30pm In … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 31)
With the big hits from the year that saw the outrageous antics of Footballers' Wives hit our TV screens, and when Keira Knightley starred in the Brit flick Bend It Like Beckham, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: a song which needs introduction only by piano... Artist: Vanessa CarltonSong: A Thousand MilesReleased: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 30)
Time as always for this week's instalment of The Story of Pop: 2002, your revisitation of the sights and sounds of the UK charts and the hitmakers that were soaring to the top. This week: US R&B's hottest new talent who dominated the charts in this year... Artist: AshantiSong: FoolishReleased: 08/07/2002Writers / Producers: Ashanti Douglas … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 29)
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