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The following albums were all number one in the United Kingdom in the 2000s. The charts are announced every Sunday.
2000
Robbie Williams' Sing When You're Winning was the biggest selling album of 2000
Travis - The Man Who
15 January for 5 weeks
Gabrielle - Rise
19 February for 3 weeks
Oasis - Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
11 March for 1 week
Travis - The Man Who
18 March for 2 weeks
Santana - Supernatural
1 April for 2 weeks
Moby - Play
15 April for 5 weeks
Tom Jones - Reload
20 May for 1 week
Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits
27 May for 2 weeks
Bon Jovi - Crush
10 June for 1 week
Tom Jones - Reload
17 June for 1 week
S Club 7 - 7
24 June for 1 week
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
1 July for 1 week
Richard Ashcroft - Alone with Everybody
8 July for 1 week
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
15 July for 1 week
Coldplay - Parachutes
22 July for 1 week
The Corrs - In Blue
29 July for 2 week
Ronan Keating - Ronan
12 August for 2 weeks
Craig David - Born to Do It
26 August for 2 weeks
Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning
16 September for 3 weeks
Madonna - Music
30 September for 2 weeks
Radiohead - Kid A
14 October for 2 weeks
All Saints - Saints & Sinners
28 October for 1 week
Texas - The Greatest Hits
4 November for 1 week
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
11 November for 1 week
Westlife - Coast to Coast
18 November for 1 week
The Beatles - 1
25 November for 9 weeks
2001
Texas - The Greatest Hits
27 January for 1 week
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water
3 February for 1 week
Dido - No Angel
10 February for 6 weeks
Eva Cassidy - Songbird
24 March for 2 weeks
Hear'Say - Popstars
7 April for 2 weeks
Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform
21 April for 2 weeks
Ash - Free All Angels
5 May for 1 week
Destiny's Child - Survivor
12 May for 2 weeks
R.E.M. - Reveal
26 May for 2 weeks
Shaggy - Hot Shot
9 June for 1 week
Radiohead - Amnesiac
16 June for 1 week
Travis - The Invisible Band
23 June for 4 weeks
Usher - 8701
21 July for 1 week
Destiny's Child - Survivor
28 July for 2 weeks
David Gray - White Ladder
11 August for 1 week
Atomic Kitten - Right Now
18 August for 1 week
David Gray - White Ladder
25 August for 1 week
Staind - Break the Cycle
1 September for 1 week
Slipknot - Iowa
8 September for 1 week
Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey
15 September for 2 weeks
Macy Gray - The Id
29 September for 1 week
Dido - No Angel
6 October for 1 week
Kylie Minogue - Fever
13 October for 2 weeks
Steps - Gold - The Greatest Hits
27 October for 2 weeks
Michael Jackson - Invincible
10 November for 1 week
Steps - Gold - The Greatest Hits
17 November for 1 week
Westlife - World of Our Own
24 November for 1 week
Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning
1 December for 7 weeks
2002
Stereophonics - Just Enough Education to Perform
19 January for 3 weeks
The Chemical Brothers - Come with Us
9 February for 1 week
Enrique Iglesias - Escape
16 February for 2 weeks
Sting & The Police - The Very Best of Sting & The Police
2 March for 2 weeks
Barbra Streisand - The Essential Barbra Streisand
16 March for 1 week
Nickelback - Silver Side Up
23 March for 2 weeks
Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come
6 April for 4 weeks
Blue - All Rise
4 May for 1 week
Doves - The Last Broadcast
11 May for 2 weeks
Moby - 18
25 May for 1 week
Ronan Keating - Destination
1 June for 1 week
Eminem - The Eminem Show
8 June for 5 weeks
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
13 July for 1 week
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
20 July for 3 weeks
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
10 August for 1 week
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
17 August for 2 weeks
Eva Cassidy - Imagine
31 August for 1 week
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
7 September for 2 weeks
Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good
21 September for 1 week
Paul Weller - Illumination
28 September for 1 week
Elvis Presley - ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits
5 October for 2 weeks
Will Young - From Now On
19 October for 2 weeks
Foo Fighters - One by One
2 November for 1 week
David Gray - A New Day at Midnight
9 November for 1 week
Blue - One Love
16 November for 1 week
Westlife - Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
23 November for 1 week
Robbie Williams - Escapology
30 November for 6 weeks
2003
Avril Lavigne - Let Go
11 January for 3 weeks
Justin Timberlake - Justified
1 February for 2 weeks
Kelly Rowland - Simply Deep
15 February for 1 week
Massive Attack - 100th Window
22 February for 1 week
Justin Timberlake - Justified
1 March for 1 week
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
8 March for 4 weeks
Linkin Park - Meteora
5 April for 1 week
The White Stripes - Elephant
12 April for 2 weeks
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
26 April for 1 week
Madonna - American Life
3 May for 1 week
Justin Timberlake - Justified
10 May for 1 week
Blur - Think Tank
17 May for 1 week
Justin Timberlake - Justified
24 May for 3 weeks
Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There to Come Back
14 June for 1 week
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
21 June for 1 week
Evanescence - Fallen
28 June for 1 week
Beyoncé - Dangerously in Love
5 July for 5 weeks
The Coral - Magic and Medicine
9 August for 1 week
Robbie Williams - Escapology
16 August for 1 week
Eva Cassidy - American Tune
23 August for 2 weeks
The Darkness - Permission to Land
6 September for 4 weeks
Muse - Absolution
4 October for 1 week
Dido - Life for Rent
11 October for 4 weeks
R.E.M. - In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003
8 November for 1 week
Blue - Guilty
15 November for 1 week
Dido - Life for Rent
22 November for 1 week
Michael Jackson - Number Ones
29 November for 1 week
Westlife - Turnaround
6 December for 1 week
Will Young - Friday's Child
13 December for 1 week
Dido - Life for Rent
20 December for 3 weeks
2004
2004 is notable for having the most number one albums of the decade
Will Young - Friday's Child
10 January for 1 week
Dido - Life for Rent
17 January for 2 weeks
Katie Melua - Call Off the Search
31 January for 3 weeks
Norah Jones - Feels like Home
21 February for 2 weeks
Katie Melua - Call Off the Search
6 March for 3 weeks
George Michael - Patience
27 March for 1 week
Usher - Confessions
3 April for 1 week
Anastacia - Anastacia
10 April for 2 weeks
Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits
24 April for 2 weeks
D12 - D12 World
8 May for 1 week
Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits
15 May for 1 week
Keane - Hopes and Fears
22 May for 2 weeks
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
5 June for 1 week
Keane - Hopes and Fears
12 June for 1 week
Faithless - No Roots
19 June for 1 week
Keane - Hopes and Fears
26 June for 1 week
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
3 July for 1 week
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
10 July for 1 week
McFly - Room on the 3rd Floor
17 July for 1 week
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
24 July for 1 week
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
31 July for 1 week
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Hyde Park
7 August for 2 weeks
Anastacia - Anastacia
21 August for 1 week
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
28 August for 1 week
The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
4 September for 1 week
The Libertines - The Libertines
September 11 for 1 week
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
18 September for 1 week
Embrace - Out of Nothing
25 September for 1 week
Green Day - American Idiot
2 October for 1 week
Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul
9 October for 1 week
R.E.M. - Around the Sun
16 October for 1 week
Ronan Keating - 10 Years of Hits
23 October for 1 week
Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits
30 October for 2 weeks
Il Divo - Il Divo
13 November for 1 week
Eminem - Encore
20 November for 2 weeks
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
4 December for 3 weeks
Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits
25 December for 3 weeks
2005
Green Day - American Idiot
9 January for 1 week
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
16 January for 1 week
The Killers - Hot Fuss
23 January for 2 weeks
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
6 February for 1 week
Athlete - Tourist
13 February for 1 week
Keane - Hopes and Fears
20 February for 1 week
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
27 February for 1 week
Doves - Some Cities
6 March for 1 week
G4 - G4
13 March for 1 week
50 Cent - The Massacre
20 March for 1 week
Stereophonics - Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
27 March for 1 week
Tony Christie - The Definitive Collection
3 April for 2 weeks
Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down the Days
17 April for 1 week
Basement Jaxx - The Singles
24 April for 1 week
Akon - Trouble
1 May for 1 week
Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
8 May for 1 week
Akon - Trouble
15 May for 1 week
Steve Brookstein - Heart and Soul
22 May for 1 week
Faithless - Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits
29 May for 1 week
Gorillaz - Demon Days
5 June for 1 week
Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
12 June for 1 week
Coldplay - X&Y
19 June for 4 weeks
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
17 July for 8 weeks
McFly - Wonderland
4 September for 1 week
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
12 September for 1 week
David Gray - Life in Slow Motion
19 September for 2 weeks
Katie Melua - Piece by Piece
2 October for 1 week
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
9 October for 1 week
Sugababes - Taller in More Ways
16 October for 1 week
The Prodigy - Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005
23 October for 1 week
Robbie Williams - Intensive Care
30 October for 1 week
Westlife - Face to Face
5 November for 1 week
Il Divo - Ancora
12 November for 1 week
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor
19 November for 2 weeks
Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
3 December for 4 weeks
2006
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
8 January for 1 week
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
15 January for 1 week
Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
22 January for 1 week
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
29 January for 4 weeks
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
26 February for 1 week
Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae
5 March for 1 week
David Gilmour - On an Island
12 March for 1 week
Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae
19 March for 1 week
Journey South - Journey South
26 March for 1 week
Embrace - This New Day
2 April for 1 week
Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
9 April for 1 week
The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
16 April for 1 week
Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
23 April for 1 week
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
30 April for 1 week
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
7 May for 1 week
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
14 May for 3 weeks
Orson - Bright Idea
4 June for 1 week
Sandi Thom - Smile... It Confuses People
11 June for 1 week
Keane - Under the Iron Sea
18 June for 2 weeks
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
2 July for 1 week
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
9 July for 2 weeks
Razorlight - Razorlight
23 July for 2 weeks
James Morrison - Undiscovered
6 August for 2 weeks
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics
20 August for 1 week
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
27 August for 1 week
Kasabian - Empire
3 September for 1 week
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
10 September for 1 week
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
17 September for 1 week
Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah
24 September for 2 weeks
The Killers - Sam's Town
8 October for 3 weeks
Robbie Williams - Rudebox
29 October for 1 week
Girls Aloud - The Sound of Girls Aloud
5 November for 1 week
Jamiroquai - High Times: Singles 1992-2006
12 November for 1 week
George Michael - Twenty Five
19 November for 1 week
Westlife - The Love Album
26 November for 1 week
Take That - Beautiful World
3 December for 6 weeks
2007
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
14 January for 2 weeks
The View - Hats Off to the Buskers
28 January for 1 week
Norah Jones - Not Too Late
4 February for 1 week
Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion
11 February for 2 weeks
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
25 February for 1 week
Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
4 March for 2 weeks
Ray Quinn - Ray Quinn
18 March for 1 week
Take That - Beautiful World
25 March for 2 weeks
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
8 April for 2 weeks
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing
22 April for 1 week
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
29 April for 3 weeks
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
20 May for 1 week
Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
27 May for 2 weeks
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
10 June for 1 week
Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys Collection
17 June for 1 week
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
24 June for 1 week
Editors - An End Has a Start
1 July for 1 week
The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night
8 July for 1 week
The Enemy - We'll Live and Die in These Towns
15 July for 1 week
Paul Potts - One Chance
22 July for 3 weeks
Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
12 August for 1 week
Elvis Presley - The King
19 August for 1 week
Newton Faulkner - Hand Built by Robots
26 August for 2 weeks
Hard-Fi - Once Upon A Time In The West
9 September for 1 week
Kanye West - Graduation
16 September for 1 week
James Blunt - All The Lost Souls
23 September for 1 week
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
30 September for 1 week
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
7 October for 1 week
Sugababes - Change
14 October for 1 week
Stereophonics - Pull the Pin
21 October for 1 week
The Hoosiers - The Trick to Life
28 October for 1 week
Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
4 November for 1 week
Westlife - Back Home
11 November for 1 week
Leona Lewis - Spirit
18 November for 7 weeks
2008
File:Duffy Rockferry.jpg Duffy's Rockferry was the biggest selling album of 2008, shifting 1,684,944 copies.
File:VivaLaVida.jpg Coldplay had the longest run at #1, with 5 consecutive weeks and 6 altogether, with Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends . It was the 5th biggest selling album of the year, selling 1,086,962 copies.
File:Take That The Circus.JPG Take That also had one of the most successful albums in 2008, with their 5th studio album, The Circus , spending 5 weeks at #1 and selling 1,446,135 copies, making it the second biggest selling album of the year.
Issue Date
Album
Artist
Sales in 2008[ 1]
6 January
In Rainbows
Radiohead
13 January
This Is the Life
Amy Macdonald
393,000
20 January
Scouting For Girls
Scouting for Girls
574,630
27 January
3 February
19
Adele
479,000
10 February
Sleeping Through the Static
Jack Johnson
17 February
24 February
Join With Us
The Feeling
2 March
Back to Black - Deluxe Edition
Amy Winehouse
523,000
9 March
Rockferry
Duffy
1,684,944
16 March
23 March
30 March
6 April
Accelerate
R.E.M.
13 April
Rockferry
Duffy
1,684,944
20 April
Konk
The Kooks
27 April
The Age of the Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
4 May
Hard Candy
Madonna
323,000
11 May
Jumping All Over the World
Scooter
18 May
Home Before Dark
Neil Diamond
349,000
25 May
We Started Nothing
The Ting Tings
378,000
1 June
Here I Stand
Usher
8 June
22 Dreams
Paul Weller
15 June
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay
1,086,962
22 June
29 June
6 July
13 July
20 July
Now You're Gone - The Album
Basshunter
27 July
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay
1,086,962
3 August
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
ABBA
409,000
10 August
17 August
The Script
The Script
542,000
24 August
31 August
Forth
The Verve
7 September
14 September
Death Magnetic
Metallica
21 September
28 September
Only by the Night
Kings of Leon
1,181,640
5 October
12 October
Dig Out Your Soul
Oasis
500,000
19 October
Perfect Symmetry
Keane
26 October
Black Ice
AC/DC
370,500
2 November
Funhouse
P!nk
587,984
9 November
Out of Control
Girls Aloud
591,785
16 November
The Promise
Il Divo
468,000
23 November
Spirit
Leona Lewis
1,180,370
30 November
Day & Age
The Killers
703,213
7 December
The Circus
Take That
1,446,135
14 December
21 December
28 December
2009
Issue Date
Album
Artist
Sales
4 January
The Circus
Take That
46,958
11 January
Only by the Night
Kings of Leon
27,115
18 January
The Script
The Script
32,978
25 January
To Lose My Life...
White Lies
28,196
1 February
Working on a Dream
Bruce Springsteen
67,316
8 February
26,158
15 February
It's Not Me, It's You
Lily Allen
112,568
22 February
Only by the Night
Kings of Leon
67,001
1 March
Invaders Must Die
The Prodigy
97,254
8 March
No Line on the Horizon
U2
157,926
15 March
44,261
22 March
Songs For My Mother
Ronan Keating
87,030
29 March
36,847
5 April
The Fame
Lady GaGa
38,031
12 April
44,978
19 April
32,802
26 April
33,828
3 May
Together Through Life
Bob Dylan
42,839
10 May
28,425
17 May
21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
79,770
24 May
Relapse
Eminem
166,952
31 May
54,078
7 June
Sunny Side Up
Paolo Nutini
62,937
14 June
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Kasabian
98,423
21 June
57,628
28 June
Number Ones
Michael Jackson
46,403
5 July
The Essential Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
69,329
12 July
113,910
19 July
92,368
26 July
57,553
See also