Rihanna, Gnarls Barkley and James Morrison (16 - 22 July 2006)

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, WE HAVE A FLOP GIRLBAND ON THE SHOW!!! Rejoice as we explore the career of Nylon, Iceland’s answer to the Spice Girls but without the tunes on the latest episode of the 2000s pop music history podcast dedicated to exploring every single UK singles chart of that most nostalgic of decades.Elsewhere on this week’s UK top 40 in 2006, Gnarls Barkley have the very hard task of following up Crazy, but luckily have an amazing song to do it with, while Rihanna is trying to show she can tackle a ballad with Unfaithful. James Morrison is battling with Paolo Nutini for the new James Blunt crown, Shayne Ward is handing on for dear life, and Rooster are just trying to get literally anyone to take them seriously. Featuring the following songs:Armand Van Helden - MyMyMy The Automatic - Monster Beatfreakz - Somebody’s Watching Me Bob Sinclar feat. Steve Edwards - World Hold On (Children of the Sky) Busta Rhymes - I Love My Chick Dirty Pretty Things - Deadwood The Feeling - Fill My Little World George Michael - An Easier Affair Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces Infernal - From Paris to Berlin James Dean Bradfield - That’s No Way to Tell a Lie James Morrison - You Give Me Something Jamie T - Sheila Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends Keane - Is It Any Wonder Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway The Kooks - Naive The Kooks - She Moves in Her Own Way Lily Allen - Smile Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) Milburn - Cheshire Cat Smile Muse - Supermassive Black Hole Nelly Furtado - Maneater Ne-Yo - Sexy Love Nylon - Losing a Friend Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat Paolo Nutini - Last Request Pink - Who Knew Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg - Buttons Razorlight - In the Morning Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Richard Ashcroft - Words Just Get in the Way Rihanna - Unfaithful Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child Rooster - Home Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) Sergio Mendes & The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don’t Lie Shayne Ward - Stand By Me The Zutons - Valerie If you still want more 00s pop music fun, subscribe to our Patreon and Substack, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at the2000schartshow@gmail.com with your pop music memories. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit the2000schartshow.substack.com