Official Chart Flashback 2004: Usher's Burn beats Girls Aloud's The Show to Number 1

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Everybody loves a chart battle, right? Especially when it's between two artists who may have a past rivalry or similar fanbases.

Sometimes, though, races to Number 1 are even more interesting when the competitors couldn't be more different. And this week in 2004, the prince of US R&B took on the princesses of cheeky British pop – and, as with most contests, there could be only one winner.

Usher was no new kid on the block when it came to chart success. He scored his first Number 1 back in 1998 with U Make Me Wanna and six years later landed his second with Yeah feat.

Lil' Jon and Ludacris. Could he make it a third - and two in a row - with Burn? Originally planned to be the first single from his Confessions album before Yeah!