2001 in British music charts album was not released in the UK. 2001 was a moderately successful year for film and television music, providing some memorable hit singles and albums. The Tweenies and Bob The Builder both released singles, the former of which was a Christmas release making No. 9 and the latter having his 2nd No. 1 single with a re-make of the No. 1 from 1999 by Lou Bega, "Mambo No. 5". This 2nd No. 1 made Bob the first non-human who "sung" on his recordings to hit the top more than once. Two very successful movies, "Moulin Rouge!" and "Bridget Jones's Diary",
Lists of UK Singles Chart number ones Lists of UK Singles Chart number ones The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, and from 10 July 2015 has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. , 1319 singles have reached number one. The chart was founded in 1952 by Percy Dickins of "New Musical Express" ("NME"), who telephoned 20 record stores to ask what their top 10 highest-selling singles were. Dickins aggregated the results into a top