User:FraDany/List of my number-one albums of the 2000s

The Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday; during the 2000s, a total of 64 albums reached number one. The most successful artist of the 2000s was American singer Michael Jackson, who topped the Albums Chart for 50 weeks with seven different albums. 1 (2000) by English band The Beatles, was the biggest-selling album of 2001 and was also the biggest-selling album of the decade. The first number-one album of the 2000s was the compilation album The Greatest Hits by American singer and actress Cher – released in 1999, it first reached number one in December, and remained at the top for four consecutive weeks. The final number one of the 2000s was the reissue The Fame Monster by American singer Lady Gaga.

Number-one albums

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The best-selling album of the decade was 1 (2000) by English band The Beatles which spent 18 weeks at number one.
 
American rapper Eminem spent 41 weeks at the top of the Albums Chart during the 2000s, the second most. He had the fifth best-selling album of the decade with The Eminem Show (2002), which is also the best-selling studio album by a male act.
 
American Idiot (2004) by American band Green Day was the fourth biggest-selling album of the decade; it spent 16 consecutive weeks at the top of the chart.
 
Canadian singer Shania Twain had the third best-selling album of the decade with Come On Over (1997), which is also the best-selling album by a female act.
 
American singer Michael Jackson reached number one with seven different releases and spent 50 weeks at number one, the most of any act. Number Ones (2003) is also the second best-selling album of the decade. Jackson also had the most entries in the top 20 best-selling albums chart with three.
 
American singer-songwriter Madonna spent 32 weeks at number one and had the most entries in the top 10 best-selling albums chart with two, the most for a female act.
Key
Best-selling album of the year
Runner-up album of the year
Best-selling album of the decade
Runner-up album of the decade
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Artist Album Weeks at
number one
Issue date
2000
Santana Supernatural 10 23 January
NSYNC No Strings Attached 6 2 April
Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again 2 14 May
Whitney Houston Whitney: The Greatest Hits 8 28 May
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 9 23 July
Madonna Music 9 24 September
The Beatles 1(2001) 18 26 November
2001
ABBA The Definitive Collection 5 1 April
Destiny's Child Survivor 9 6 May
Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor 7 8 July
Various artists Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film 10 26 August
Michael Jackson Invincible 2 4 November
Britney Spears Britney 2 18 November
Cher Living Proof 5 2 December
2002
Anastacia Freak of Nature 6 6 January
Shakira Laundry Service 7 17 February
Céline Dion A New Day Has Come 3 7 April
Pink Missundaztood 6 28 April
Eminem The Eminem Show 17 9 June
Elvis Presley ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits 7 6 October
Elton John Greatest Hits 1970–2002 6 24 November
2003
Avril Lavigne Let Go 7 5 January
Christina Aguilera Stripped 7 23 February
Cher The Very Best of Cher 11 13 April
Evanescence Fallen 10 29 June
Beyoncé Dangerously in Love 9 7 September
Britney Spears In the Zone 3 9 November
Michael Jackson Number Ones 17 30 November
2004
George Michael Patience 10 28 March
Avril Lavigne Under My Skin 5 6 June
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 7 11 July
Maroon 5 Songs About Jane 5 29 August
Green Day American Idiot 11 3 October
Kylie Minogue Ultimate Kylie 5 19 December
2005
Gwen Stefani Love. Angel. Music. Baby. 13 23 January
Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi 8 24 April
Coldplay X&Y 6 19 June
Michael Jackson The Essential Michael Jackson 8 31 July
James Blunt Back to Bedlam 8 25 September
Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor 4 20 November
Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 11 18 December
2006
High School Musical cast High School Musical 6 5 March
Pink I'm Not Dead 9 16 April
Nelly Furtado Loose 12 18 June
Beyoncé B'Day 2 10 September
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds 9 24 September
George Michael Twenty Five 6 26 November
2007
Amy Winehouse Back to Black 9 7 January
Mika Life in Cartoon Motion 13 11 March
Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 12 10 June
High School Musical cast High School Musical 2 9 2 September
Britney Spears Blackout 3 4 November
Led Zeppelin Mothership 12 25 November
2008
Michael Jackson Thriller 25 2 17 February
Adele 19 8 2 March
Madonna Hard Candy 8 27 April
Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 7 22 June
Mamma Mia! film cast Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack 12 10 August
Pink Funhouse 3 2 November
Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 9 23 November
2009
Katy Perry One of the Boys 6 25 January
U2 No Line on the Horizon 3 8 March
Lady Gaga The Fame 14 29 March
Michael Jackson King of Pop 12 5 July
Madonna Celebration 6 27 September
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson's This Is It 3 8 November
Lady Gaga The Fame Monster 7 29 November

Albums with the most weeks at number one

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The following albums spent at least sixteen weeks at number one during the 2000s.

Artist Album Weeks at
number one
The Beatles 1 18
Michael Jackson Number Ones
Eminem The Eminem Show 17
Nelly Furtado Loose

By artist

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The following artists spent at least forty weeks at number one during the 2000s.

Artist Number-one albums Weeks at number one
Eminem 4 41
Michael Jackson 7 50

Best-selling albums

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No. Album Artist Year Weeks at number one
1 1 The Beatles 2000 18
2 Number Ones Michael Jackson 2003 18
3 Come On Over Shania Twain 1997 14
4 American Idiot Green Day 2005 16
5 The Eminem Show Eminem 2002 17
6 Loose Nelly Furtado 2006 16
7 Music Madonna 2000 9
8 Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Various artists 2001 11
9 The Very Best of Cher Cher 2003 10
10 Confessions on a Dancefloor Madonna 2005 11
11 Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani 2004 11
12 ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits Elvis Presley 2002 8
13 The Fame Lady Gaga 2008 15
14 Fallen Evanescence 2003 10
15 Stripped Christina Aguilera 2002 7
16 King of Pop Michael Jackson 2008 12
17 Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack Mamma Mia! film cast 11
18 FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake 2006 11
19 Funhouse Pink 2008 9
20 The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson 2005 8