The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2000, there were 18 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was the Guns N' Roses live album Live Era '87–'93, which was released the previous year and topped the chart on 11 December 1999. The album remained at the top of the chart for four weeks, including the first of 2000. The final number-one album of the year was Coldplay's debut studio album Parachutes, which spent the last nine weeks of the year (and the first two weeks of 2001) at number one.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2000 was Parachutes, which spent a total of 21 weeks at number one over three spells, including a run of eleven consecutive weeks and another of nine (eleven including the first two weeks of 2001). Parachutes was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 8th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. As of July 2016, it is the 45th best-selling album in the UK of all-time. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, the fourth studio album by Oasis, spent nine weeks at number one in 2000; Iron Maiden's Brave New World and Blink-182's Enema of the State were each number one for three weeks; and Dookie by Green Day, Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Binaural by Pearl Jam spent two weeks at number one.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2000 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.1 JanuaryLive Era '87–'93Guns N' RosesGeffen Records8 JanuaryDookieGreen DayReprise15 January22 JanuaryNevermindNirvanaGeffen29 JanuaryAmericanaThe OffspringColumbia5 FebruaryIn Concert with The London Symphony OrchestraDeep PurpleEagle12 FebruaryBlood Sugar Sex MagikRed Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.19 February26 FebruaryGarbageGarbageMushroom4 MarchAppetite for DestructionGuns N' RosesGeffen11 MarchStanding on the Shoulder of GiantsOasisBig Brother18 March25 March1 April8 AprilReinventing the SteelPanteraElektra15 AprilStanding on the Shoulder of GiantsOasisBig Brother22 April29 April6 May13 May20 MayEnema of the StateBlink-182MCA27 MayBinauralPearl JamEpic3 June10 JuneBrave New WorldIron MaidenEMI17 June24 June1 JulyMission: Impossible 2 Original SoundtrackVarious artistsHollywood8 JulyEnema of the StateBlink-182MCA15 July22 JulyParachutes ColdplayParlophone29 July5 August12 August19 August26 August2 September9 September16 September23 September30 September7 OctoberNever Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsSex PistolsVirgin14 OctoberWarningGreen DayReprise21 OctoberParachutes ColdplayParlophone28 OctoberChocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored WaterLimp BizkitInterscope4 NovemberParachutes ColdplayParlophone11 November18 November25 November2 December9 December16 December23 December30 December
See also 2000 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2000
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1