Colourblind (Darius Campbell song) Colourblind (Darius Campbell song) "Colourblind" is the debut single by Scottish singer and "Pop Idol" runner-up Darius Campbell. It is the first song taken from his debut solo album "Dive In". It was released on 29 July 2002 and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. The song has sold 325,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company. It also peaked at Number 13 in the Irish Charts. After turning down an offer of a multimillion-dollar record deal by "Pop Idol" judge Simon Cowell to sign with his record label, Darius
2001 in British music charts 2001 in British music charts This is a summary of 2001 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The year saw the tradition of UK acts dominating the top of the charts carried on from 2000. Songs were starting to spend 2–3 weeks at the summit improving on the large amounts of one week number ones from the previous year. CD sales also improved slightly with 3 million selling singles being issued this year. Overall, 30 songs topped the charts over the course of this year. The first new No. 1 of the year