These are the Oricon number one albums of 2000, per the Oricon Albums Chart.
Chart history +KeyIndicates best-selling album of 2000
Issue DateSee weekly issues of Oricon magazine with these dates. See also Youtaiju. Album Sales Artist(s) January 3 Carry On My Way 567,190 Speed January 17 Love Is The Message 1,349,650 Misia January 24 173,870 January 31 Fresh Brash Old Man 161,780 Snail Ramp February 7 Genius 2000 536,940 Namie Amuro February 14 141,070 February 21 Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1 825,130 Ami Suzuki February 28 Greatest Hits "The Soul" 446,450 Dreams Come True March 6 B'z The "Mixture" 1,101,440 B'z March 13 Best: Psychommunity 407,600 Hide March 20 Sakura no Ki no Shita 168,300 aiko March 27 Eternity 554,570 Every Little Thing April 3 Fresh 767,300 Judy and Mary April 10 Shouso Strip 904,380 Ringo Sheena April 17 724,060 April 24 189,710 May 1 Misia Remix 2000 Little Tokyo 234,190 Misia May 8 Petit Best: Ki Ao Aka 385,680 Various Artists May 15 211,300 May 22 Tubest III 250,650 Tube May 29 KinKi Single Selection 712,340 KinKi Kids June 5 Koyanagi the Covers Product 1 233,480 Yuki Koyanagi June 12 Mayo Okamoto Best Rise I 233,480 Mayo Okamoto June 19 Babylon 207,860 Sads June 26 Rapunzel 185,590 Cocco July 3 The Changing Same 381,180 Ken Hirai July 10 Delicious Way 2,218,640 Mai Kuraki July 17 528,780 July 24 Yuzuman no Natsu 368,270 Yuzu July 31 Beat Ball 182,310 Da Pump August 7 Mugendai 402,170 19 August 14 Super Eurobeat Vol.110 Millennium Anniversary Non-Stop Mega Mix 157,360 Various Artists August 21 "Happy" Coming Century, 20th Century Forever 141,060 V6 August 28 Super Eurobeat Vol.110 Millennium Anniversary Non-Stop Mega Mix 104,180 Various Artists September 4 Expansion 621,730 Yuki Koyanagi September 11 Real 811,260 L'Arc-en-Ciel September 18 153,710 September 25 Zecchōshū 275,920 Ringo Sheena October 2 Image 88,190 Various Artists October 9 Duty 1,682,760 Ayumi Hamasaki October 16 339,810 October 23 205,180 October 30CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 30 October 2000. 116,970 November 6 Daiya-monde 274,150 Hitomi Yaida November 13 Tobira 508,930 Yuzu November 20CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 20 November 2000. The History of Shogo Hamada "Since 1975" 424,600 Shōgo Hamada November 27 1 469,220 The Beatles December 4CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 4 December 2000. Ballad 3 ~The Album of Love~ 1,368,650 Southern All Stars December 11CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 11 December 2000. Drive~GLAY Complete Best~ 1,726,780 Glay December 18 Eleven 756,910 B'z December 25 D Album 354,830 KinKi Kids
Annual Number-one album of 2000: Declicious Way by Mai Kuraki. Most weeks at number-one: Ayumi Hamasaki and Ringo Sheena both with a total of 4 weeks.
See also 2000 in music
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