2009 in British music charts summer festival season and being covered on the ITV1 talent show The X Factor. On the albums chart the Arctic Monkeys spent a second week at #1, while Dame Vera Lynn's greatest hits album "We'll Meet Again" climbed to number 2. It was the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, when her career flourished, and at the age of 92, this made her the oldest ever living person to have an album chart that high. Kings of Leon repeated their success from the singles chart with their album Only By The Night climbing from outside the top
2000 in British music charts charted in more than 18 countries (No.5 in the UK). 2000 was an incredibly successful return to the charts for U2, who were back with a new album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind", which met with great critical acclaim, the likes of which they hadn't seen since "Achtung Baby". The first single, "Beautiful Day" became their fourth UK chart topper and their album quickly topped the chart in the following weeks. Folk-rock band The Corrs followed up their massive success from the previous year with a new album release, "In Blue" which topped the UK albums chart for four