Statistics from the time show that less than two percent of the Top 100 US albums in 2000 and 2001 came from UK artists and April 2002 saw no British acts on the Hot 100 for the first time since October 1963, just before The Beatles (https://www.reddit.com/r/ToddintheShadow/comments/1ac2mgg/comment/kjv3rlw/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). Between Elton John’s "Candle In The Wind 1997" (https://www.stereogum.com/2187134/the-number-ones-elton-johns-candle-in-the-wind-1997/columns/the-number-ones/) and James Blunt’s "You’re Beautiful" (https://www.stereogum.com/2210727/the-number-ones-james-blunts-youre-beautiful/columns/the-number-ones/) in 2006, no British act hit #1 on the Hot 100. Some big UK names did manage to cross over (https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/u-k-hits-artists-dont-crossover-to-the-u-s-anymore-what-happened.94730/) in this time like Coldplay (https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsTalkMusic/comments/y5uef2/whats_your_opinion_on_2000s_era_coldplay/), Dido, Daniel and Natasha Bedingfield, and Craig David (https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/06/30/after-almost-20-years-away-craig-david-is-determined-to-make-it-big-in-america-once-more/), but for the most part it seemed like the US walled itself off hard from the UK music scene.