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29.7.03
Chig’s dotmusic chart commentary correction section

This week, James writes;

"Daniel Bedingfield is the third British male singer to have had three chart-toppers since the year 2000."
No, that’s not true. There had already been three, so if we’re going to count Daniel as a Brit, when he’s actually a New Zealander, he’s the fourth.

"Robbie Williams and Gareth Gates are the other two."
They are certainly two of the other three since 2000, but Gareth Gates has already clocked up four number ones, not three, and James has completely ignored Will Young, who has also had three. Methinks James has forgotten about The Long And Winding Road, the duet which would account for both of these omissions.

"For the females, Christina Aguilera has also hit the top three times in the same period…"
That bit’s correct, at least. Her second, third and fourth number ones were in this period. Genie In A Bottle was outside of it, in 1999.

"…but since the turn of the millennium the only act to have managed more than three are, perhaps inevitably, Westlife who have done it no less than seven times."
Huh? Now he’s getting really confused! Westlife have had eleven #1s so far. Seven of them were in the last millennium, and only four of them (Uptown Girl, Queen Of My Heart, World Of Our Own and Unbreakable) were in this one.

Don’t believe what you read!

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