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    Leona Lewis was the first British woman in 20 years to top the charts in the United States. Who was the last American woman, and man, to top the UK charts?

    Question #94244. Asked by crazycube. (Apr 02 08 10:00 AM)


    triviapaul

    		The last British woman should be Kim Wilde:

    "1987 June 6 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Kim Wilde"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100_number-one_hits_of_1987_%28USA%29

    Apr 02 08, 11:05 AM
    triviapaul

    		For the last american woman and man in the UK singles charts check this list:

    Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella"
    May 20 for 10 weeks
    Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson, D.O.E. & Sebastian - "The Way I Are"
    July 29 for 2 weeks
    Robyn with Kleerup - "With Every Heartbeat"
    August 12 for 1 week
    Kanye West - "Stronger"
    August 19 for 2 weeks
    Sean Kingston - "Beautiful Girls"
    September 2 for 4 weeks
    Sugababes - "About You Now"
    September 30 for 4 weeks
    Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
    October 28 for 7 weeks
    Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua - "What a Wonderful World"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_singles_from_the_2000s_%28UK%29

    The last woman was Eva Cassidy in a duet, Rihanna solo.
    The last man was Kanye West. Sean Kingston was born in Miami but is considered a Jamaican artist.


    Apr 02 08, 11:18 AM
    billythebrit

    		Here are all the UK No 1s. The last American woman to top the charts was Eva Cassidy, in her virtual duet with British Katie Melua on 22 Dec 2007. For men, Sean Kingston came top on 8th Sep 2007 (although he is Jamican-American). 25 Aug 2007, Kanye West topped the chart.

    http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=6

    Apr 02 08, 11:21 AM
    triviapaul

    		More confirmation for Kim Wilde

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/27/bbleona127.xml

    http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/UK+News/1310964v_Singer_Leona_Lewis_Tops_US_Charts?lpos=UK+News_7&lid=VIDEO_1310964_Singer+Leona+Lewis+Tops+US+Charts&videoCategory=UK+News

    That's an excellent link Billy


    Apr 02 08, 11:32 AM

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