Number 1 today in 2000: Mel C – I Turn To You

If there’s one thing the Spice Girls were good at, it was scoring Number 1s. Solo, of course, their fortunes have varied, but today in 2000, Melanie C was in competition with her former bandmate geri Halliwell when she scored her second solo Number 1.

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Let’s look back at I Turn To You in numbers:

1

I Turn To You entered the charts straight at the top, knocking off Mel’s old mate Robbie Williams with Rock DJ. It also spent one week at Number 1.

 

121,800

I Turn To You sold over 121,800 copies in its first week on sale. 

19,500

The number of sales between I Turn To You and the song it knocked off Number 1, ahead of Robbie Williams' Rock DJ, which fell to second place.

2

I Turn To You was Mel’s second solo Number 1. The first, Never Be The Same Again, came earlier in the year, and featured TLC’s Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes, so there were two people on the track. Double-two!

34

I Turn To You’s last placing in the Top 40 before it dropped out after nine weeks.

4

The track spent four weeks in the Top 10. It also slipped to Number 4 after its week at the top.

Here's Mel looking very nice in 2000. Image: The Independent/REX

380,500

That's the magic number! I Turn To You has sold over 380,500 copies in total.

34,800

I Turn To You has been downloaded 34,800 times since the Download Chart began in 2004. Not bad to say it had already been out four years!

Mel C performs I Turn To You at the Prince's Trust Party In The Park. Image: Mark Large/Daily Mail/REX

348,000

Since we started counting streaming toward the charts in 2014, I Turn To You has racked up over 348,000 listens.

5

I Turn To You was Melanie’s fifth solo Top 40 hit, and a fifth consecutive Top 10. Her first was a duet with Bryan Adams in 1998, When You’re Gone, which reached Number 3.

10

If you count all her Spice Girls chart-toppers, I Turn To You was Melanie’s 10th Number 1. This tied her with former bandmate Geri. Spice Girls would have one more Number 1, Holler, later in 2000, putting Mel ahead. Geri wouldn’t be outdone, though; she nabbed one more Number 1 in 2001 with It’s Raining Men, so they’re equal. For now.

Say You'll Be There: Mel C and Geri before they were solo star pop rivals

The rest of the Top 10 that week

Click on the image to see the full Top 100 and feast your eyes on some #ChartFacts below…

ChartFacts

• Doesn’t Really Matter (5) was Janet Jackson’s 15th Top 10 hit. She’s had two since.
• The Real Slim Shady was Eminem’s first Number 1. It was knocked off the top by the Corrs’ Breathless (15), which was their only chart-topper.
• Six of the songs in this week's Top 10 were chart-toppers.
• I Feel For You (9) was French DJ Bob Sinclar’s first Top 10 hit. He’s had two since. The track samples Cerrone’s Look For Love. That track wasn’t a hit, but Cerrone did score three Top 40s, including the Top 10 Supernature in 1978.

This time last year…

Nico & Vinz became the first Norwegian act to reach Number 1 since A-ha back in 1986.

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