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Music brag NME has crowned The Strokes' debut album 'This is It' as the best album of the decade. As the naughties come to a close NME (and a long list of music experts) voted for what they thought are the best 100 albums of the decade. With the concluding list spanning artists from Jay-Z to Johnny Cash and a few unexpected ones in between. The New York rockers beat off the likes of Primal Scream's 'XTRMNR' and 'Up The Bracket' by The Libertines to take the holy grail. Mike Skinner must be [...]

So Leona Lewis has done it, and reached number one in America . And good on her. She's undoubtedly a big talent, and could hardly afford to fail with the amount of dosh invested in her success. But isn't it remarkable - nay, criminal - that she's the first UK female to achieve the feat of a number one single Stateside for 21 years (Kim Wilde was the last, in 1987)?

So Leona Lewis has done it, and reached number one in America . And good on her. She's undoubtedly a big talent, and could hardly afford to fail with the amount of dosh invested in her success. But isn't it remarkable - nay, criminal - that she's the first UK female to achieve the feat of a number one single Stateside for 21 years (Kim Wilde was the last, in 1987)?