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2000's - Title Pos. Entry Weeks
Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World 11 15 Dec 01 6
Let Me Be The One 29 13 Apr 02 3
Santa's List 5 14 Dec 03 5
Somethin' Is Goin' On 9 17 Oct 04 3
I Cannot Give You My Love 13 19 Dec 04 4
What Car 12 15 May 05 3
21st Century Christmas/Move It 2 17 Dec 06 3
When I Need You 38 4 Nov 07 2
Mistletoe And Wine 68 23 Dec 07 1
Thank You For A LIfetime 3 14 Sep 08 3
Singing The Blues 40 20 Sep 09 1

Did you know?...that Cliff Richard is the ONLY artist
to have hit records in six decades.

Cliff's single of Over the rainbow is the 'biggest' hit version of
the song in the British chart. Other versions and chart positions:
Matchbox (No.15), Sam Harris (No.67) and Eva Cassidy (No.42).

In 2002 Cliff performed in front of 12,000 fans and a huge
world-wide TV audience for a unique show commemorating the
Queen's Golden Jubilee in the grounds of Buckingham Palace.

Cliff was named No.56 in the 2002 list of 100 Great Britons
which was sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the public.

Cliff performed "Over the rainbow" on his Wanted world tour
(Oct.'02 -Mar.'03) which toured: the U.K., Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, Malaysia, China, Korea, Japan and Thailand.

Santa's List was Cliff's 127th hit single and his 65th Top 10 hit single.
It has the distinction of being the ONLY Cliff single
to peak at No.5 in the official U.K. singles chart!

Cliff emerges as The Ultimate Pop Star as Channel 4 show reveals that Cliff has sold more singles than any other artist in the past 50 years. Cliff has sold almost 21 million singles.

At his Summer Nights series of open-air concerts in 2004,
Cliff played to over 100,000 people.

In 2004 Cliff was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
Cliff triumphed over rival 50s greats: Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash,
Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Little Richard, Ella Fitzgerald,
Chuck Berry, Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong.

What car, No.12 in 2005, was the third single
from Cliff's No.7 hit album "Something's goin' on".
It was Cliff's 130th hit single to date.

Cliff Richard holds the record for appearing on the hit
pop show Top of the Pops (1964 - 2006) the most times with
over 160 appearances. Status Quo are second with 87.

Cliff's double A-side single 21st Century Christmas and a
brand new version of Move it hit No.2 in 2006.
It is Cliff's biggest hit of the 2000's to date.
In the Top 30 Physical singles chart (sales over the counter),
Cliff was No.1, beating Take That's "Patience" into 2nd place.
However, in the new 'combined' chart (physical and downloads),
Cliff was pipped to the post by Take That's downloads.

50 years after his first hit "Move it" hit No.2 in 1958
Thank you for a lifetime hits No.3 in September 2008.
Cliff sells more physical records than the rest of the
entire Top 75 singles chart combined.

In September 2009 Singing the blues, recorded with his former backing band The Shadows, became Cliff's 124th Top 40 hit
and his 135th hit single in total.

Cliff has had 4 Top 10 UK hit singles and
7 Top 20 UK hit singles in the 2000's to date.

Cliff Richard is the ONLY recording artist from 50 years ago
still making the charts today with brand new material.

Cliff has had Top 3 hit singles in six decades.


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