Billboard AC Chart Flashback: June 23, 2001

[johnm1120]

June 23, 2001

TW LW WC Artist - Title (Current Peak)

01 02 31 Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance (1)
02 01 15 Dido - Thank You (1)
03 04 04 Faith Hill - There You'll Be (From "Pearl Harbor") (3)
04 03 27 Matchbox Twenty - If You're Gone (2)
05 06 19 Enya - Only Time (From "Sweet November") (5)
06 05 17 Lionel Richie - Angel (4)
07 07 38 'N Sync - This I Promise You (1)
08 08 20 Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera - Nobody Wants To Be Lonely (3)
09 12 08 Diamond Rio - One More Day (9)
10 09 36 Backstreet Boys - Shape On My Heart (2)

11 11 89 Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You (1)
12 10 42 Faith Hill - The Way You Love Me (3)
13 17 39 Huey Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow - Cruisin' (From "Duets") (1)
14 18 37 The Corrs - Breathless (14)
15 15 46 BBMak - Back Here (1)
16 13 64 LeAnn Rimes - I Need You (From "Jesus") (2)
17 16 59 Don Henley - Taking You Home (1)
18 20 06 Backstreet Boys - More Than That (18)
19 19 09 Stevie Nicks - Everyday (18)
20 21 07 BBMak - Ghost of You And Me (20)

21 23 05 Uncle Kracker - Follow Me (21)
22 24 10 Tamara Walker - Didn't We Love (22)
23 22 19 98º - My Everything (13)
24 25 07 Sophie B. Hawkins - Walking In My Blue Jeans (24)
25 26 12 Journey - All The Way (22)
26 29 02 Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird (26)
27 28 02 Madonna - What it Feels Like For A Girl (27)
28 DEBUT Jo Dee Messina - Burn (28)
29 30 02 S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True (29)
30 DEBUT Edwin McCain - Hearts Fall (30)


10 years ago this week Lee Ann Womack and Dido were flip flopping at the top spot with their respective hits. Faith Hill was skyrocketing up the chart, at this point had moved 15-7-4-3 (and would hit #1 3 weeks later). Although originally used in "Sweet November" released in 2000, Enya gained momentum in the summer of 2001 after NBC used "Only Time" to promote their hit series "Friends" which ended that season on a cliffhanger (the one when Chandler & Monica got married). This week the song resulted in her first top 5 on the format.

The pop wave of the early 2000s was also making its mark with hits from the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, BBMak, 98º and S Club 7 charting. There's also some "Bad Lyrics on AC" (shoutout to the old school R&R board members ) AC staples and 80s hitmakers such as Lionel Richie, Huey Lewis and Journey were also enjoying love in the 2000s.

[Verisimilitude]

20 21 07 BBMak - Ghost of You And Me

Is it wrong that I can't remember this yet I can remember the two singles before this?

[johnm1120]

Jun 20, 2011 11:44:43 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

20 21 07 BBMak - Ghost of You And Me

Is it wrong that I can't remember this yet I can remember the two singles before this?

Considering this was the lesser of the 3 hits, I'd say it's ok if you forgot this one.

[Verisimilitude]

If it did have a video, I definitely saw it less than I saw either video for "Back Here" or "Still On Your Side" in late 2000 / early 2001.

[johnm1120]

I remember it made TRL a couple of times.

[Verisimilitude]

Oh yeah, now I remember this! I think it's more of a chance where the video was more memorable than the song. Now it's coming back into my mind because I watched TRL religiously in 2001.

Thanks, John! And I thought the song was a bigger hit at the time because I wasn't checking the radio charts back then. If one only watched the video channels in 2001, you would have thought songs like J-Lo's "Play", Britney's "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know", and Mandy's "In My Pocket" were much bigger hits than they were!

[esoteric76]

It's so weird seeing Jo Dee Messina hit the AC chart with her cover of Tina Arena's "Burn" when Tina's version never got a chance here (and it was a tailor-made AC #1 if there EVER was one). I know that Messina's "Burn" did score very well at Country, so I guess it got some crossover action following in the footsteps of what was hot at the time (Faith Hill, Leann Womack, Leann Rimes, etc...)