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21 January – Statistics released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of unemployed people in the UK has risen to more than 1.9 million, the highest level since late 1996. [24] 22 January – The Disasters Emergency Committee of UK charities launches its Gaza Crisis Appeal following the recent conflict in the region. The ...
Forty-three artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2009. Emeli Sandé, Lady Gaga, Jason Derulo, Michael Bublé, Pixie Lott, Taylor Swift and Tinchy Stryder were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2009. The 2008 Christmas number-one, " Hallelujah " by X Factor series 5 winner Alexandra Burke ...
Prior to the 2009 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-one times. [1] Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 ...
March. 1 March – Manchester United F.C. win the 2009 Carling Cup, beating Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 4–1 on penalties in the final. The scores stood level at 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. [22] 4 March – ITV announces it is cutting 600 jobs after it reported a loss of £2.6 billion for 2008.
This is a summary of the year 2009 in British music charts. 31 singles have occupied the number-one spot including 15 new entries.Due to the increase in downloads over physical sales, singles now tend to enter the chart at a lower position, before climbing to the top a few weeks later: a trend which was previously rarely seen in the later half of the 1990s and most of the 2000s.
24 October – Lock Up play their final show. 25 October – Cheryl 's début solo single "Fight For This Love" reaches number one. 13 December – Joe McElderry wins the sixth series of The X Factor UK. Olly Murs is named runner-up, while Stacey Solomon and Danyl Johnson finish in third and fourth place respectively.
On 13 September 2009 (19 September 2009, week ending), Vera Lynn, known as "The Forces Sweetheart", made chart history when, at 92 years and 6 months old, she became the oldest living artist to achieve a UK number-one album when her compilation We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, topped the UK Albums Chart, having entered the top 10 at number two the previous week. [4]
2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package. A second bank rescue package totalling at least £ 50 billion was announced by the British government on 12 January 2009, as a response to the then-ongoing Financial crisis of 2007–2008. The package was designed to increase the amount of money that banks could lend to businesses and private individuals.