Jennifer Lopez, another petty 50 Cent feud and Atomic Kitten (26 Feb 2005)

J.Lo's back with a new single, a new husband...and a new singer singing her chorus for her. Can she get to number one, or will the self-described "greatest rapper of all time" LL Cool J beat her to it?

Also on this week's episode of the podcast where every week we relive the 40 biggest selling songs of this date 20 years ago: Why are Atomic Kitten back just a year after splitting up? Will Elvis ever release a song not based on a 19th century ballad? Who got banned from Ciara's 2005 BET Awards party? Answers to all those revealed on this week's episode, as well as the following songs:

Angel City - Sunrise

Ashanti - Only U

Ashlee Simpson - La La

Athlete - Wires

Atomic Kitten - Cradle

Biffy Clyro - Only One Word Comes to Mind

Bloc Party - So Here We Are/Positive Tension

Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem - Almost Here

Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Ciara feat. Petey Pablo - Goodies

Daniel Bedingfield - Wrap My Words Around You

Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands

Destiny’s Child - Soldier

Doves - Black and White Town

Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight

Elvis Presley - Surrender

Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart

Embrace - Looking As You Are

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers

Freefaller - Do This! Do That!

The Game feat. 50 Cent - How We Do

Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Hanson - Penny and Me

Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Jennifer Lopez - Get Right

LL Cool J feat. 7 Aurelius - Hush

The Lovefreekz - Shine

Lucie Silvas - Breathe In

Mark Joseph - Lady Lady

New Rhodes - You’ve Given Me Something That I Can’t Give Back

The Noise Next Door - Calendar Girl

Raghav - Angel Eyes

Rooster - Staring at the Sun

Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

Trick Daddy feat. Twista and Lil’ Jon - Let’s Go

U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

Uniting Nations - Out of Touch

Willy Mason - Oxygen

Xzibit - Hey Now (Mean Muggin)

But if you still want more 00s pop music fun, follow The 2000s Chart Show over at The App Formerly known as Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, and email us at [email protected] with your pop music memories.

The pop music podcast reliving the UK Top 40 singles charts of the 2000s, one week at a time.

Every week, culture writer Samuel Spencer relives the singles chart from that day 20 years ago. If you miss cutting out the posters and lyrics from Smash Hits in the 00s, this is the podcast for you.

On The 2000s Chart Show, Y2K big hitters like Britney Spears, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Robbie Williams, Shakira, Pink, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga meet forgotten icons like Lisa Scott-Lee, Delta Goodrem, Rachel Stevens, The 411, Sonique and Samantha Mumba.

If you loved '00s chart pop like S Club 7, Steps, Mis-Teeq, the solo Spice Girls, Liberty X, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Blue and Natasha Bedingfield, you'll love this hilarious and informative podcast.

Every episode has nostalgia, incredible noughties songs you haven't heard for years and tunes you forgot about for a good reason. Plus fun pop facts, forgotten moments from Top of the Pops and more!

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• No. of episodes: 108
• Latest episode: 2025-07-09
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