chart run - Can't Stop The Pop

08 JAN

Britney Spears – Womanizer

‘Womanizer’ aimed to put Britney Spears back at the top of the charts after a tumultuous year. And it did…but at what price?

11 DEC

The Spice Girls being Christmas #1 in 1996 was a given, but there’s a reason why ‘2 Become 1’ is their biggest-selling, best-known ballad.

04 DEC

‘Ugly’ proved the Sugababes were taller in more ways and stronger than ever…until everything changed a few weeks after it was released.

27 NOV

‘Please Stay’ was the fourth – and final – single from ‘Light Years’ in the UK…but it came at the expense of a fan-favourite.

06 NOV

‘The Music’s No Good Without You’ is a beautiful, melancholic masterpiece, even if it was always destined to exist in the shadow of ‘Believe’.

16 OCT

If everything Avril Lavigne represented with her debut album could be syphoned down into a single song, ‘Sk8er Boi’ would probably be it.

14 NOV

With Christmas fast approaching, ’90s pop music tradition dictated that it was finally time for Steps to release a ballad.

27 JUN

In just under three minutes, the Spice Girls changed the face of pop music forever with their debut single.

14 MAR

At first glance, ‘Crash and Burn’ is another polished ballad from Savage Garden. But there’s a really important message behind this one.

21 FEB

‘How Do I Live’ saw LeAnn Rimes enter into an epic chart battle with…another artist singing exactly the same song?!

24 JAN

As a new era for the charts dawned, ‘Say It Right’ was every inch the look and sound of a global superstar at the height of her powers.

13 SEP

‘I Want You Back’ was a watershed moment for the Spice Girls as Melanie B became the first to break rank and release a solo single.