List of UK top-ten albums in 2000

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.[1][2][3] 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

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Best-selling albums

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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

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Key
Symbol Meaning
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 rank
Entered The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
Weeks
in
top
10
Single Artist Peak Peak
reached
(week ending)
Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 1998
31 October 1998 22 You've Come a Long Way, Baby Fatboy Slim 1 23 January 1999 4
7 November 1998 31 I've Been Expecting You Robbie Williams 1 7 November 1998 3
Albums in 1999
23 January 1999 18 Forgiven, Not Forgotten The Corrs 2 10 April 1999 1
20 March 1999 29 Performance and Cocktails Stereophonics 1 20 March 1999 1
17 ...Baby One More Time Britney Spears 2 5 February 2000 1
10 April 1999 29 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA 1 17 April 1999 5
5 June 1999 51 Come On Over Shania Twain 1 11 September 1999 11
48 The Man Who Travis 1 28 August 1999 9
12 June 1999 20 By Request Boyzone 1 12 June 1999 9
19 June 1999 2 Schizophonic Geri Halliwell 4 19 June 1999 1
4 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 5 19 June 1999 1
9 October 1999 25 Reload Tom Jones 1 9 October 1999 3
16 October 1999 11 S Club S Club 7 2 16 October 1999 1
27 On How Life Is Macy Gray 3 6 November 1999 3
30 October 1999 8 Northern Star Melanie C 4 2 September 2000 1
6 November 1999 11 Steptacular Steps 1 6 November 1999 4
13 November 1999 23 Westlife Westlife 2 13 November 1999 1
27 November 1999 10 All the Way... A Decade of Song Celine Dion 1 27 November 1999 1
2 The Corrs Unplugged The Corrs 7 1 January 2000 1
18 December 1999 3 Songs from the Last Century George Michael 2 18 December 1999 1
Albums in 2000
29 January 2000 4 Pieces in a Modern Style William Orbit 2 29 January 2000 1
2 The Screen Behind the Mirror Enigma 7 29 January 2000 1
5 February 2000 22 Rise Gabrielle 1 19 February 2000 3
3 Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel 8 12 February 2000 1
12 February 2000 2 XTRMNTR Primal Scream 3 12 February 2000 1
19 February 2000 3 The Collection Barry White 6 19 February 2000 2
2 Marvin Gaye: The Love Songs Marvin Gaye 8 19 February 2000 2
26 February 2000 2 Word Gets Around Stereophonics 9 26 February 2000 2
4 March 2000 17 Supernatural Santana 1 1 April 2000 2
30 Play (#5) Moby 1 15 April 2000 5
11 March 2000 3 Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Oasis 1 11 March 2000 1
1 Machina/The Machines of God The Smashing Pumpkins 7 11 March 2000 1
1 Daisies of the Galaxy Eels 8 11 March 2000 1
18 March 2000 6 The Woman in Me Shania Twain 7 1 April 2000 1
25 March 2000 1 The Platinum Album Vengaboys 9 25 March 2000 1
8 April 2000 1 Drawn from Memory Embrace 8 8 April 2000 1
1 Behind the Sun Chicane 10 8 April 2000 1
15 April 2000 7 Engelbert At His Very Best Engelbert Humperdinck 5 20 May 2000 1
22 April 2000 2 Heliocentric Paul Weller 2 22 April 2000 1
4 Things to Make and Do Moloko 3 22 April 2000 1
6 May 2000 3 The Heat Toni Braxton 3 6 May 2000 1
1 Skull & Bones Cypress Hill 6 6 May 2000 1
1 Silver & Gold Neil Young 10 6 May 2000 1
13 May 2000 7 2001 Dr. Dre 4 20 May 2000 1
20 May 2000 1 Mystery White Boy: Live '95–'96 Jeff Buckley 8 20 May 2000 1
27 May 2000 17 Whitney: The Greatest Hits (#9) Whitney Houston 1 27 May 2000 2
8 Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears 2 27 May 2000 1
1 Binaural Pearl Jam 5 27 May 2000 1
2 Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar Paul Simon 6 27 May 2000 1
1 Science & Nature The Bluetones 7 27 May 2000 1
3 June 2000 41 The Marshall Mathers LP (#3) Eminem 1 1 July 2000 2
14 Onka's Big Moka Toploader 4 3 February 2001 3
10 June 2000 4 Crush Bon Jovi 1 10 June 2000 1
1 Brave New World Iron Maiden 7 10 June 2000 1
1 Greatest Hits Simply Red 10 10 June 2000 1
17 June 2000 2 Inspiration Jane McDonald 6 17 June 2000 1
1 Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant Belle & Sebastian 10 17 June 2000 1
24 June 2000 13 7 S Club 7 1 24 June 2000 1
1 Classic Sinatra: His Greatest Performances 1953–1960 Frank Sinatra 10 24 June 2000 1
1 July 2000 40 White Ladder David Gray 1 11 August 2001 2
1 New Beginning Stephen Gately 9 1 July 2000 1
8 July 2000 3 Alone with Everybody Richard Ashcroft 1 8 July 2000 1
22 July 2000 32 Parachutes (#8) Coldplay 1 22 July 2000 1
3 Fragments of Freedom Morcheeba 6 22 July 2000 1
29 July 2000 9 In Blue The Corrs 1 29 July 2000 2
1 Who Needs Guitars Anyway? Alice Deejay 8 29 July 2000 1
5 August 2000 1 The Slim Shady LP Eminem 10 5 August 2000 1
12 August 2000 10 Ronan Ronan Keating 1 12 August 2000 2
5 Affirmation Savage Garden 7 19 August 2000 2
26 August 2000 23 Born to Do It (#6) Craig David 1 26 August 2000 2
9 September 2000 20 Sing When You're Winning (#2) Robbie Williams 1 9 September 2000 3
16 September 2000 3 Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet Spandau Ballet 7 23 September 2000 2
23 September 2000 1 The Best of The Doors The Doors 9 23 September 2000 1
1 Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix 10 23 September 2000 1
30 September 2000 13 Music (#10) Madonna 1 30 September 2000 2
1 Hear My Cry Sonique 6 30 September 2000 1
1 The Immaculate Collection Madonna 8 30 September 2000 1
7 October 2000 2 Light Years Kylie Minogue 2 7 October 2000 1
2 Sailing to Philadelphia Mark Knopfler 4 7 October 2000 1
1 Bowie at the Beeb David Bowie 7 7 October 2000 1
1 Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline Gomez 10 7 October 2000 1
14 October 2000 2 Kid A Radiohead 1 14 October 2000 2
1 Warning Green Day 4 14 October 2000 1
3 The Voice Russell Watson 5 21 October 2000 1
21 October 2000 1 Painting It Red The Beautiful South 2 21 October 2000 1
1 Black Market Music Placebo 6 21 October 2000 1
2 The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits Cliff Richard 6 28 October 2000 1
28 October 2000 3 Saints & Sinners All Saints 1 28 October 2000 1
9 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1 3 February 2001 1
1 Faith & Inspiration Daniel O'Donnell 4 28 October 2000 1
4 November 2000 18 The Greatest Hits (#7) Texas 1 4 November 2000 2
1 The Very Best of UB40 1980–2000 UB40 7 4 November 2000 1
11 November 2000 10 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 1 11 November 2000 1
2 Blur: The Best Of Blur 3 11 November 2000 1
4 Buzz Steps 4 11 November 2000 2
18 November 2000 10 Coast to Coast (#4) Westlife 1 18 November 2000 1
1 Forever Spice Girls 2 18 November 2000 1
1 Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars Fatboy Slim 8 18 November 2000 1
25 November 2000 11 1 (#1) The Beatles 1 25 November 2000 9
1 Familiar to Millions Oasis 5 25 November 2000 1
1 Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits Elton John 7 25 November 2000 1
9 December 2000 2 A Day Without Rain Enya 6 9 December 2000 1
4 The 50 Greatest Hits Elvis Presley 8 9 December 2000 1

Entries by artist

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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 Albums
3 The Corrs 11 Forgiven, Not Forgotten, In Blue, Unplugged
2 Eminem 31 The Marshall Mathers LP, The Slim Shady LP
Madonna 11 Music, The Immaculate Collection
Oasis 4 Familiar to Millions, Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Paul Simon 5 Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar, Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
Westlife 22 Coast to Coast, Westlife

See also

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References

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General

  • "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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