UK Singles Chart: 2009

After a chart career spanning 51 years, Cliff Richard had his 124th and final hit this year equalling Elvis Presley who also had a chart career spanning 51 years. Several other acts had their final hit this year with those highlighted in blue being the ones who would have hits beyond 2009. Joining the 30+ UK Top 40 hits club were Robbie Williams and Jay-Z:

	Artist	No of Hits	New Hits
1	Elvis Presley	124
=	Cliff Richard	124	Singing The Blues
3	Elton John	69	Tiny Dancer
4	Madonna	66	Celebration
5	David Bowie	57
6	Status Quo	56
7	Queen	53	Bohemian Rhapsody
8	Michael Jackson	49
9	Paul McCartney	47
10	Rod Stewart	45
11	Pet Shop Boys	44	Love Etc, Did You See Me Coming?, It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas
12	Diana Ross	43
=	Rolling Stones	43
=	Kylie Minogue	43
=	Depeche Mode	43	Wrong
16	Stevie Wonder	41
=	U2	39	Get On Your Boots, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy
18	UB40	40
19	Prince	38
=	Mariah Carey	38	I Want To Know What Love Is
21	Janet Jackson	37
22	Tom Jones	36	(Barry) Islands In The Stream
=	Bon Jovi	36	We Weren't Born To Follow
24	R Kelly	35
25	Erasure	34
=	George Michael	34	December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)
273	Frank Sinatra	33
=	Shakin Stevens	33
=	Manic Street Preachers	33
=	Morrissey	33	I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
31	Iron Maiden	32
=	Simply Red	32
=	Whitney Houston	32	Million Dollar Bill
34	Roy Orbison	31
=	Bee Gees	31
=	REM	31
37	Lonnie Donegan	30
=	Beatles	30
=	Tina Turner	30
=	Duran Duran	30
=	Jay-Z	30	Run This Town, Empire State Of Mind, Young Forever
=	Robbie Williams	30	Bodies, You Know Me

None of the acts with 6+ number ones had a hit this year so it's as you were:

	Artist	No of #1s	New #1s
1	Elvis Presley	21
2	Beatles	17
3	Cliff Richard	14
=	Westlife	14
5	Madonna	13
6	Take That	11
7	Abba	9
=	Spice Girls	9
9	Rolling Stones	8
=	Oasis	8
11	George Michael	7
=	Michael Jackson	7
=	Kylie Minogue	7
=	U2	7
=	Elton John	7
=	Eminem	7
=	McFly	7
18	Slade	6
=	Rod Stewart	6
=	Boyzone	6
=	Blondie	6
=	Queen	6
=	Robbie Williams	6
=	Sugababes	6

Only four acts had over 6 consecutive years of hits and Westlife and the Sugababes were the only acts to have a hit every year in the 00s, though none of the original members of the Sugababes were still in the group by the end of the year:

	Artist	Hits Every Year Since
1	Westlife	1999
2	Sugababes	2000
3	Cliff Richard	2001
4	Girls Aloud	2002

For the first time since 2004 the X Factor winner wasn't Christmas Number One. This was due to a campaign to prevent the X Factor winner getting Christmas Number One by getting everyone to download "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine on Christmas week and enough people did this to make it Christmas Number One. X Factor winner Joe McElderry was number two with "The Climb". The X Factor finalists however did have a number one in November with "You Are Not Alone".

The winner of the previous series, Alexandra Burke, scored her second number one this year with "Bad Boys" which featured Flo Rida and also scored a top ten hit with "Broken Heels". The runners up of the previous series, JLS, debuted this year with "Beat Again" and followed up with "Everybody In Love" which both made number one. There was also the only hit for the previous series finalist Laura White with "You Should Have Known".

X Factor series 3 winner didn't manage a number one this year but had a number two with "Happy" but only made number 29 with her other hit "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" which was the first time she didn't make the top five.

Britain's Got Talent winner Susan Boyle made her chart debut with the top ten hit "Wild Horses" and also had a hit with "I Dreamed A Dream". Escala who were contestants on the previous series made number 39 with their only hit "Palladio".

A performance of "Ain't No Sunshine" on Britain's Got Talent meant it became a Top 40 hit for original singer Bill Withers for the first time. We also had "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey make the Top 40 for the first time which would be their only hit. Following the death of Michael Jackson, "Who's Lovin You" by the Jackson 5 made the Top 40 for the first time.

Despite the successful debut of boyband JLS and Westlife keeping their streak of hits every year since 1999 going it was a pretty quiet year for boybands, the only other boyband to have a hit this year were Take That, though some would argue they were a manband rather than boyband since their comeback.

Girls Aloud called it a day in 2009 after failing to reach the top ten for the first time with "Untouchable". Cheryl from Girls Aloud scored a number one with her solo debut with "Fight For This Love" and followed up with a number four "3 Words" which featured Will I Am. The other members were yet to start their solo careers.

It was also the end for the Pussycat Dolls who's final hit was "Hush Hush Hush Hush". The Saturdays had two number twos with "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Forever Is Over" and also had a top ten with "Ego" but only made number 22 with "Work". We also had a Girl Group few remember debut this year, Girls Can't Catch, who made number 26 with "Keep Your Head Up".

The most successful group of the year from a chart perspective were Black Eyed Peas who had 3 hits and 3 number ones with "Boom Boom Pow", "I Gotta Feeling" and "Meet Me Halfway". This came after 3 years away from the charts and they had abandoned their Hip Hip sound for one that would prove to be very big in 2009, Electropop.

Another big act of the year from this Electropop genre was debutant Lady Gaga who also scored 3 number ones with here debut "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance". She had a total of 7 hits in 2009.

Other Electropop artists making number one with their debuts were Kesha who featured on "Right Round" by Flo Rida, Pixie Lott with "Mama Do (Uh Oh Uh Oh)" and La Roux with "Bulletproof".

It was also a successful year for Dizzee Rascal who had two number ones with "Bonkers" and "Holiday" which both carried on the Electro/Grime crossover sound. Also successfully adopting this sound were debutants Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk who both scored number ones this year, Tinchy Stryder with "Number 1" and "Never Leave You" and Chipmunk with "Oopsy Daisy".

Electro was also mixing in with Hip Hop and we had debuts for Kid Cudi with "Day n Nite" and Pitbull with "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" which he followed up with "Hotel Room Service".

We were also getting a lot of R&B/Electropop crossover music such as the number one hit "Break Your Heart" by Taio Cruz. R&B was also crossing over with Indie Music with hits such as "Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)" by the Noisettes and "Shark In The Water" by VV Brown.

There was far less Indie Music in the charts than previous years, although there was still no shortage of it with bands like Franz Ferdinand, Kings Of Leon, Killers, Kasabian, Muse, Arctic Monkeys and Snow Patrol all having hits. It was also the last time we'd see Oasis in the charts having debuted in 1994 with their final hit being "Falling Down".

There was another 1994 debutant having their final hit this year, this time from the Punk world with Green Day having their final hit with "21 Guns".

The Prodigy were back with their first new material in 5 years with "Omen". They followed this up with "Warriors Dance" and "Take Me To the Hospital" which would be their final Top 40 hit.

Other 90s debutants from the Dance Music world making their final Top 40 appearances this year were Basement Jaxx with "Raindrops" and Chicane with "Poppiholla". There was also the only number one and final appearance for Cascada with "Evacuate The Dancefloor".

In the Drum & Bass world we had debuts for Sub Focus with "Rock It / Follow The Light" and Chase & Status with "End Credits".

The big thing in the Dance Music world in 2009 though was what would go on to be known as EDM. Arguably the 2 biggest names of EDM, David Guetta and Calvin Harris, both had number ones this year, David Guetta with "When Love Takes Over" and "Sexy Bitch" and Calvin Harris with "I'm Not Alone".

We also had the only chart appearances of Deadmau5 with "I Remember" and "Ghosts n Stuff". Swedish House Mafia member Steve Angello made his chart debut collaborating with Laidback Luke and Robin S with an EDM remake of "Show Me Love".

We had the first act from Suriname to have a UK Top 40 hit this year with Chuckie collaborating with LMFAO on "Let The Bass Kick In Miami Girl" which is his only hit to date.

It was a successful year in general for female solo artists. Aside from the ones already mentioned we also had number ones for Lily Allen with "The Fear" and Kelly Clarkson with "My Life Would Suck Without You". We also had chart debuts for Taylor Swift with "Love Story" which made number 2 and Paloma Faith with "Stone Cold Sober".

Now we've reached the end of the 00s, the only acts to have had a hit every decade of the charts so far is Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard. In addition to these two, the only acts to have had a hit in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s are Rolling Stones, Cher, Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder, Bee Gees, David Bowie and Eric Clapton.

Generally speaking when the 00s became the 10s nobody really noticed unlike when the 90s became the 00s or the 80s became the 90s. In music terms, many still consider anything 21st century to be the modern era.

However, in chart terms there was quite a significant change in music. Of the 42 acts who had scored more than 30 hits by this point, only 5 of them had finished their chart career in the 20th century but only 13 of them would have hits beyond the 00s

At the beginning of the decade the only crossover music we really had was Rap and R&B but by the end of the decade there were crossovers between many genres plus we are seeing Electro being a big part of most genres. Dance music as we knew it fizzled out in the charts and made way for EDM.

It seems like the 10s had already began in 2009, will we see anything different in 2010?