Take Travis-style soul-searching everyman balladry, replace the "soul" with some tacky midi synth sounds, and what does it equal? Millions upon millions of record sales, of course. We may blame the US for humourless monoliths such as Creed and Nickelback, but the UK is far superior at creating pop stars out of the most unspeakably droll and boring people on the planet. Take a bow anyone over 25 with ten or less albums to your name, you made this guy the biggest seller of 2000. Tom Edwards