Aaliyah scores posthumous UK Number1 hit
Aaliyah scored a posthumous UK Number 1 single with a song which was released as a memorial.
The 22-year-old soul singer, who was killed in a plane crash last summer, took the top spot for the first time with her track More Than A Woman.
In the first big chart battle of 2002, she beat the catchy Addicted To Bass by Puretone into the second spot.
The best UK chart position Aaliyah achieved during her short life was a No 5 with Try Again, a month before her Cessna crashed in the Bahamas.
The extent of her loss to the music world was highlighted when she won the best soul album title and favourite female soul/R&B artist at the 29th American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
But next week Aaliyah's hit could be knocked off the top spot by another deceased artist - George Harrison.
My Sweet Lord is re-released next Monday and is widely expected to become George's second solo chart-topper.
After a month of moving back and forth from the number one spot, previously unknown newcomer Daniel Bedingfield slipped to third position.
Dr Dre went into the chart at No 4 with his collaboration with Knoc-turn'al, taken from the soundtrack to Dre's upcoming movie The Wash.
Snapping at his heels in No 5 spot was surprise dance hit The Whistle Song by DJ Alligator.
Five other new entries were in the top ten, including Goldtrix's It's Love (Trippin'), So Solid Crew's Haters, Lange's Drifting Away, and Jay-Z's Girls Girls Girls.
Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman's duet Somethin' Stupid, which took the coveted Christmas number one position, slipped down to number 12.
Stereophonics climbed from number two to the top spot in the album charts this week with Just Enough Education to Perform.
