20th Century in the 20s - 2021

Following on from last years post about which artists have had Top 40 hits in both the 20th century and 2020s, here's a look at what has happened since.

It was the first week of 2021 when we had out next addition to the list. Jose Feliciano had 2 Top 40 hits to his name prior to this year which both came in the 60s, but neither were his festive hit "Feliz Navidad". It just scraped into the Top 40 amongst many other old Christmas records and returned the the Top 40 again at the end of the year.

Next up was the Nightcrawlers who received a credit on the track "Friday" which was an EDM remake by other DJs of "Push The Feelin On". It's a similar story for ATB who has credit on "Your Love (9pm)" which is a remake of "9pm (Till I Come)". Then Boney M received credit on an EDM remake of "Rasputin".

During the Euro's the fans started singing "Whole Again" by Atomic Kitten with different lyrics written for England manager Gareth Southgate. This was subsequently re-recorded by Atomic Kitten with these new lyrics so technically counts as a new record.

It had looked like we'd seen the last of Elton John in the Top 40, but then thanks to an EDM remake of "Sacrifice" and "Rocket Man" combined on a record called "Cold Heart" not only was Elton John back in the Top 40 he was topping the charts too.

In September we had the first 20th century act to hit the Top 40 in 2021 with completely new material and without the help of any modern artist. This was Abba who scored 2 Top 40 hits with their comeback.

Craig David added another Top 40 hit to his name with "Who You Are". As mentioned previously he only just qualifies as a 20th century artist but it can also be said that it was with the aid of a more modern artist as it was a collaboration with MNEK.

Then we had Elton John back again with another two chart toppers which were both collaborations with Ed Sheeran with the latter also featuring Ladbaby.

Finally we had the return of Frank Sinatra with a Christmas song that never made the Top 40 before. 

Here's the list in full: