2002 marks the first year of the demise of the Christmas Number 1 forever where the latest TV manufactured band will take the Christmas crown.
Girls Aloud are a British girl group created by ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals and they took the Christmas Number 1 in 2002 with Sound of the Underground.
The band formed on TV just weeks before the songs release hit Number 1 in the UK charts and Cheryl Cole (nee Tweedy) of the band became a judge in an equivilent X-Factor program in 2008.
2001 saw a return of the more fmilar pop pap (instead of the terrible but funny Bob The Builder of the previous year) that we have become used to in the British pop charts…. Robbie Williams featuring Nicole Kidman – Somethin’ Stupid.
2000’s Christmas Number 1 single was Bob The Builder – Can We Fix it? Pure cheese, but a welcome break from the Spice Girls and Westlife singles that had dominated since 1995.
Can We Fix It was later voted by Channel 4 viewers as one of the 100 worst singles of all-time in 2003.
Check out the official video below: