country house was blur's first number one single in the uk.
country house was blur's first number one single in the uk.
what was blur's first number one single in the uk?
country house
blur began working on their fourth album "the great escape" at the start of 1995. building upon the band's previous two albums, albarn's lyrics for the album consisted of several third-person narratives. james reflected, "it was all more elaborate, more orchestral, more theatrical, and the lyrics were even more twisted ... it was all dysfunctional, misfit characters fucking up." the release of the album's lead single "country house" played a part in blur's public rivalry with manchester band oasis termed the "battle of britpop". partly due to increasing antagonisms between the groups, blur and oasis ultimately decided to release their new singles on the same day, an event the "nme" called "the british heavyweight championship". the debate over which band would top the british singles chart became a media phenomenon, and albarn appeared on the "news at ten". at the end of the week, "country house" ultimately outsold oasis' "roll with it" by 274,000 copies to 216,000, becoming blur's first number one single.
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in 2002, five acts earned their first u.s. number one single, either as a lead artist or featured guest. singer ashanti was the first act to achieve the feat with rapper ja rule's "always on time". she later scored her first number-one single as a lead artist with "foolish". singer kelly rowland, then-member of the girl group destiny's child, earned her first number-one solo single with "dilemma", a song by rapper nelly, who received his first number-one with "hot in herre" during this year. the ascent of "lose yourself" to number one gave rapper eminem his first chart-topping single since he began releasing albums in 1999. kelly clarkson gained her first number-one single with "a moment like this". clarkson and ashanti were the only acts to have topped the chart this year with a debut single. in 2002, ja rule, ashanti, and nelly had two number-one singles in the "billboard" hot 100.
list of billboard hot 100 number-one singles of 2002