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This is a summary of the current year in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts.
Summary
The first number one of the year, displacing Band Aid 20's Do They Know It's Christmas?, was Steve Brookstein with his cover version of Phil Collins' Against All Odds.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, one of Elvis Presley's eighteen Number One singles will be released each week for most of the year. The first, Jailhouse Rock, entered at Number One in early January. The second, One Night, was the 1000th number one single in the UK charts, and also set the record for being the lowest-selling weekly sale ever to reach the top spot. The run did not extend to a third week with A Fool Such As I only making number two, having been beaten by the debut release by Ciara. Elvis returned to the top stop in the fourth week, with It's Now Or Never.
The Scissor Sisters topped the album chart in the second week of 2005 having had a very successful 2004. Their eponymous album Scissor Sisters first charted on 4 July 2004 and went on to sell 1,594,259 by the end of that year.
On January 14 pop band Busted announced that they were to split. The band had released two albums and topped the singles chart four times.
Charts
Singles
See also List of Top 40 singles in 2005 (UK)
Albums
Downloads
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