UK Music Week
UK Music Week was a nationwide music vote held in the UK, which compiled a list of the top 40 greatest musicians of all time.
Many commercial radio stations took part in the week-long event from 24 April to 1 May 2006, consisting of special programming and a results show, which was broadcast on the last day of the week and counted down the chosen artists from number 40 to number 1.
Public voting was conducted online on the UK Music Week website, and also by texting nominations to a dedicated number.2006 Results
The following artists were selected from the votes in 2006.
- 1. Will Young
- 2. Robbie Williams
- 3. Paul McCartney
- 4. Spice Girls
- 5. Coldplay
- 6. Sugababes
- 7. Take That
- 8. Gorillaz
- 9. Oasis
- 10. Beverley Knight
- 11. Pink Floyd
- 12. Arctic Monkeys
- 13. Simply Red
- 14. Jamiroquai
- 15. George Michael
- 16. Kaiser Chiefs
- 17. James Blunt
- 18. Girls Aloud
- 19. Keane
- 20. Sir Elton John
- 21. Queen
- 22. Lemar
- 23. McFly
- 24. Eurythmics
- 25. Basement Jaxx
- 26. David Gray
- 27. KT Tunstall
- 28. David Bowie
- 29. Franz Ferdinand
- 30. Craig David
- 31. Stereophonics
- 32. Duran Duran
- 33. Texas
- 34. The Beatles
- 35. Snow Patrol
- 36. Richard Ashcroft
- 37. Charlotte Church
- 38. Sting
- 39. Blue
- 40. All Saints
2007
UK Music Week was held again in 2007, following much the same routine as in 2006.2007 Results
- 1. Will Young
- 2. Jamiroquai
- 3. Wet Wet Wet
- 4. Take That
- 5. Queen
- 6. Simply Red
- 7. The Beatles
- 8. Robbie Williams
- 9. Stereophonics
- 10. George Michael
- 11. Elton John
- 12. T. Rex
- 13. Gareth Gates
- 14. Journey South
- 15. David Bowie
- 16. The Cure
- 17. Duran Duran
- 18. G4
- 19. Snow Patrol
- 20. Annie Lennox
- 21. Rod Stewart
- 22. Oasis
- 23. Paul Weller
- 24. Amy Winehouse
- 25. John Lennon
- 26. Phil Collins
- 27. Melanie C
- 28. Rolling Stones
- 29. Ub40
- 30. Elo
- 31. Coldplay
- 32. Beautiful South
- 33. Kaiser Chiefs
- 34. Madness
- 35. Bee Gees
- 36. James Blunt
- 37. Fleetwood Mac
- 38. Eurythmics
- 39. Lily Allen
- 40. James Morrison
The event has not been held since 2007.
