List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s

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.

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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	Scouting For Girls	Scouting for Girls	574,630
3 February	19	Adele	479,000
10 February	Sleeping Through the Static	Jack Johnson
17 February	Sleeping Through the Static	Jack Johnson
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	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	409,000
17 August	The Script	The Script	542,000
24 August	The Script	The Script	542,000
31 August	Forth	The Verve
7 September	Forth	The Verve
14 September	Death Magnetic	Metallica
21 September	Death Magnetic	Metallica
28 September	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon	1,181,640
5 October	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon	1,181,640
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	Working on a Dream	Bruce Springsteen	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	No Line on the Horizon	U2	44,261
22 March	Songs For My Mother	Ronan Keating	87,030
29 March	Songs For My Mother	Ronan Keating	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	Together Through Life	Bob Dylan	28,425
17 May	21st Century Breakdown	Green Day	79,770
24 May	Relapse	Eminem	166,952
31 May	Relapse	Eminem	54,078
7 June	Sunny Side Up	Paolo Nutini	62,937
14 June	West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum	Kasabian	98,423
21 June	West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum	Kasabian	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

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See also