Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned Mosely novel "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned". Despite achieving commercial success upon release, the album is among the band's lowest-sellers. As a result, XL and Maverick dropped the group after the release of the compilation album "". In 1996, The Prodigy rose to fame outside their native UK with "Firestarter", the lead single from "The Fat of the Land", which was released in 1997 and topped several charts, including the "Billboard" 200. The band ended the tour that promoted the album, taking a break from touring and recording and writing material for their fourth studio album. To coincide with the departure
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