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 2001, there were 16 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Coldplay's debut studio album Parachutes, which remained at number one for the first two weeks of the year at the end of a nine-week run which began on 4 November 2000. The final number-one album of the year was Linkin Park's debut studio album Hybrid Theory, which spent the last four weeks of the year (and the first two weeks of 2002) at number one in its fourth spell of the year at the top of the chart.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2001 was Hybrid Theory, which spent a total of 18 weeks at number one over four spells, including two separate runs of six consecutive weeks (three including the final run, which finished in 2002). Hybrid Theory was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 13th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Coldplay's Parachutes spent six weeks at number one in 2001; Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water was number one for five weeks during the year; Staind's Break the Cycle topped the chart four weeks in 2001; Muse's Origin of Symmetry and the self-titled debut album by Wheatus were number one for three weeks; and three additional albums spent two weeks each at number one.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2001 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.6 JanuaryParachutesColdplayParlophone13 January20 JanuaryChocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored WaterLimp BizkitInterscope27 January3 February10 February17 February24 FebruaryInfestPapa RoachDreamWorks3 March10 MarchParachutesColdplayParlophone17 March24 MarchJust Push PlayAerosmithColumbia31 MarchParachutesColdplayParlophone7 April14 AprilHybrid Theory Linkin ParkWarner Bros.21 April28 April5 May12 May19 May26 MayOne Wild Night: Live 1985–2001Bon JoviMercury2 June9 JuneHybrid Theory Linkin ParkWarner Bros.16 June23 JuneTake Off Your Pants and JacketBlink-182MCA30 JuneOrigin of SymmetryMuseMushroom7 July14 July21 JulyKerrang! The AlbumVarious artistsUniversal Music TV28 JulyWheatusWheatusColumbia4 August11 August18 AugustDrops of JupiterTrain25 August1 SeptemberBreak the CycleStaindEast West8 SeptemberIowaSlipknotRoadrunner15 SeptemberBreak the CycleStaindEast West22 September29 September6 OctoberNever Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsSex PistolsVirgin13 OctoberHybrid Theory Linkin ParkWarner Bros.20 October27 October3 November10 November17 November24 NovemberInternational Superhits!Green DayReprise1 DecemberRotten Apples: The Greatest HitsThe Smashing PumpkinsHut8 DecemberHybrid Theory Linkin ParkWarner Bros.15 December22 December29 December
See also 2001 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2001
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company at BBC Radio 1