The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2000, as well as albums which peaked in 1999 and 2001 but were in the top 10 in 2000. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Two albums from 1998 and eighteen albums from 1999 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit, Onka's Big Moka by Toploader and White Ladder by David Gray were all released in 2000 but did not reach their peak until 2001. ...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears, Northern Star by Melanie C and Unplugged by The Corrs were the albums from 1999 to reach their peak in 2000. artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2000. Coldplay and Craig David were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2000.
The first new number-one album of the year was by Rise by Gabrielle. Overall, twenty-four different albums peaked at number one in 2000, with twenty-four unique artists hitting that position.
Background Best-selling albums The Beatles had the best-selling album of the year with 1. Sing When You're Winning by Robbie Williams came in second place. Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, Coast to Coast from Westlife and Play by Moby made up the top five. Albums by Craig David, Texas, Coldplay, Whitney Houston and Madonna were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 1998 or 1999 but still in chart in 2000.♦Album released in 2000 but peaked in 2001.(#)Year-end top-ten album position and rankEnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 1998 22You've Come a Long Way, Baby ‡Fatboy Slim 1 4 31I've Been Expecting You ‡Robbie Williams 1 3Albums in 1999 18Forgiven, Not Forgotten ‡The Corrs 2 1 29Performance and Cocktails ‡Stereophonics 1 1 17...Baby One More TimeBritney Spears 2 1 29ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ‡ABBA 1 5 51Come On Over ‡Shania Twain 1 11 48The Man Who ‡Travis 1 9 20By Request ‡Boyzone 1 9 2Schizophonic ‡Geri Halliwell 4 1 4Californication ‡Red Hot Chili Peppers 5 1 25Reload ‡Tom Jones 1 3 11S Club ‡S Club 7 2 1 27On How Life Is ‡Macy Gray 3 3 8Northern StarMelanie C 4 1 11Steptacular ‡Steps 1 4 23Westlife ‡Westlife 2 1 10All the Way... A Decade of Song ‡Celine Dion 1 1 2The Corrs UnpluggedThe Corrs 7 1 3Songs from the Last Century ‡George Michael 2 1Albums in 2000 4Pieces in a Modern StyleWilliam Orbit 2 1 2The Screen Behind the MirrorEnigma 7 1 22RiseGabrielle 1 3 3Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & GarfunkelSimon & Garfunkel 8 1 2XTRMNTRPrimal Scream 3 1 3The CollectionBarry White 6 2 2Marvin Gaye: The Love SongsMarvin Gaye 8 2 2Word Gets AroundStereophonics 9 2 17SupernaturalSantana 1 2 30Play (#5)Moby 1 5 3Standing on the Shoulder of GiantsOasis 1 1 1Machina/The Machines of GodThe Smashing Pumpkins 7 1 1Daisies of the GalaxyEels 8 1 6The Woman in MeShania Twain 7 1 1The Platinum AlbumVengaboys 9 1 1Drawn from MemoryEmbrace 8 1 1Behind the SunChicane 10 1 7Engelbert At His Very BestEngelbert Humperdinck 5 1 2HeliocentricPaul Weller 2 1 4Things to Make and DoMoloko 3 1 3The HeatToni Braxton 3 1 1Skull & BonesCypress Hill 6 1 1Silver & GoldNeil Young 10 1 72001Dr. Dre 4 1 1Mystery White Boy: Live '95–'96Jeff Buckley 8 1 17Whitney: The Greatest Hits (#9)Whitney Houston 1 2 8Oops!... I Did It AgainBritney Spears 2 1 1BinauralPearl Jam 5 1 2Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National GuitarPaul Simon 6 1 1Science & NatureThe Bluetones 7 1 41The Marshall Mathers LP (#3)Eminem 1 2 14Onka's Big Moka ♦Toploader 4 3 4CrushBon Jovi 1 1 1Brave New WorldIron Maiden 7 1 1Greatest HitsSimply Red 10 1 2InspirationJane McDonald 6 1 1Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a PeasantBelle & Sebastian 10 1 137S Club 7 1 1 1Classic Sinatra: His Greatest Performances 1953–1960Frank Sinatra 10 1 40White Ladder ♦David Gray 1 2 1New BeginningStephen Gately 9 1 3Alone with EverybodyRichard Ashcroft 1 1 32Parachutes (#8)Coldplay 1 1 3Fragments of FreedomMorcheeba 6 1 9In BlueThe Corrs 1 2 1Who Needs Guitars Anyway?Alice Deejay 8 1 1The Slim Shady LPEminem 10 1 10RonanRonan Keating 1 2 5AffirmationSavage Garden 7 2 23Born to Do It (#6)Craig David 1 2 20Sing When You're Winning (#2)Robbie Williams 1 3 3Gold: The Best of Spandau BalletSpandau Ballet 7 2 1The Best of The DoorsThe Doors 9 1 1Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix 10 1 13Music (#10)Madonna 1 2 1Hear My CrySonique 6 1 1The Immaculate CollectionMadonna 8 1 2Light YearsKylie Minogue 2 1 2Sailing to PhiladelphiaMark Knopfler 4 1 1Bowie at the BeebDavid Bowie 7 1 1Abandoned Shopping Trolley HotlineGomez 10 1 2Kid ARadiohead 1 2 1WarningGreen Day 4 1 3The VoiceRussell Watson 5 1 1Painting It RedThe Beautiful South 2 1 1Black Market MusicPlacebo 6 1 2The Whole Story: His Greatest HitsCliff Richard 6 1 3Saints & SinnersAll Saints 1 1 9Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water ♦Limp Bizkit 1 1 1Faith & InspirationDaniel O'Donnell 4 1 18The Greatest Hits (#7)Texas 1 2 1The Very Best of UB40 1980–2000UB40 7 1 10All That You Can't Leave BehindU2 1 1 2Blur: The Best OfBlur 3 1 4BuzzSteps 4 2 10Coast to Coast (#4)Westlife 1 1 1ForeverSpice Girls 2 1 1Halfway Between the Gutter and the StarsFatboy Slim 8 1 111 (#1) 1 9 1Familiar to MillionsOasis 5 1 1Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest HitsElton John 7 1 2A Day Without RainEnya 6 1 4The 50 Greatest HitsElvis Presley 8 1
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2000, including albums that reached their peak in 1999. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2000 is also shown.
Entries Artist Weeks Albums3The Corrs11Forgiven, Not Forgotten, In Blue, Unplugged2Eminem31The Marshall Mathers LP, The Slim Shady LPMadonna11Music, The Immaculate CollectionOasis4Familiar to Millions, Standing on the Shoulder of GiantsPaul Simon5Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar, Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & GarfunkelWestlife22Coast to Coast, Westlife
See also 2000 in British music List of number-one albums from the 2000s (UK)
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External links 2000 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)