The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2001, there were 16 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Warning" by American pop punk band Green Day, the second single from the album of the same name, which spent the first two weeks of the year at number one. The final number-one single of the year was "In Too Deep", the second single from Canadian pop punk band Sum 41's debut album All Killer No Filler, which spent the last three weeks of the year (and the first four weeks of 2002) at number one.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2001 was "Butterfly" by Crazy Town, which spent eleven weeks at number one across two different spells. Alien Ant Farm's recording of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" spent eight weeks at number one, "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit was number one for a total of seven weeks, and Train's "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" spent five weeks atop the chart. Linkin Park spent four weeks at number one in 2001 with "Papercut", as well as an additional week atop the chart with "In the End". Sum 41's "In Too Deep" was number one for three weeks, while four singles – "Warning" by Green Day, "Jaded" by Aerosmith, "Million Miles Away" by The Offspring and "It's Been Awhile" by Staind – all spent two weeks at number one during the year.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.6 January"Warning"Green DayReprise13 January20 January"With Arms Wide Open"CreedEpic27 January "Rollin'"Limp BizkitInterscope3 February 10 February 17 February"Last Resort"Papa RoachDreamWorks24 February"Rollin'"Limp BizkitInterscope3 March10 March17 March"Jaded"AerosmithColumbia24 March 31 March"Rollin'"Limp BizkitInterscope7 April"Butterfly"Crazy TownColumbia14 April21 April28 April5 May12 May19 May"One Wild Night"Bon JoviMercury26 May"Butterfly"Crazy TownColumbia2 June9 June16 June23 June30 June"Papercut"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.7 July"Million Miles Away"The OffspringColumbia14 July21 July"Papercut"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.28 July4 August11 August"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"TrainColumbia18 August 25 August 1 September8 September15 September "It's Been Awhile"StaindElektra22 September 29 September"Smooth Criminal"Alien Ant FarmDreamWorks6 October13 October20 October "In the End"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.27 October"Smooth Criminal"Alien Ant FarmDreamWorks3 November10 November17 November24 November1 December"Hyper Music/Feeling Good"MuseMushroom8 December"Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja"LostprophetsVisible Noise15 December"In Too Deep"Sum 41Mercury22 December29 December
Notes – The single was simultaneously number-one on the singles chart. - The artist was simultaneously number one on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.
See also 2001 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2001
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company at BBC Radio 1