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.
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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
2001
, as well as albums which peaked in
2000
and
2002
but were in the top 10 in 2001. 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).
One-hundred and thirty-one albums were in the top ten this year. One album from 1999 and sixteen albums from 2000 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while
All Rise
by
Blue
,
Read My Lips
by
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
and
Songs in A Minor
by
Alicia Keys
were all released in 2001 but did not reach their peak until 2002.
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
by
Limp Bizkit
,
Onka's Big Moka
by
Toploader
and
White Ladder
by
David Gray
were the albums from 2000 to reach their peak in 2001. Thirteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2001.
Alicia Keys
,
Destiny's Child
,
Gorillaz
,
Muse
and
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2001.
The 2000
Christmas number-one
album,
1
by
The Beatles
, remained at the top spot for the first two weeks of 2001.
The Greatest Hits
by
Texas
replaced it at number-one for a single week to add to its other week at number-one from October 2000. The first new number-one album of the year was
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
by
Limp Bizkit
. Overall, twenty-five different albums peaked at number-one in 2001, with twenty-five unique artists hitting that position.
Background
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Multiple entries
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One-hundred and thirty-one albums charted in the top 10 in 2001, with one-hundred and fourteen albums reaching their peak this year (including,
Songbird
which charted previously but reached a peak on its latest chart run).
Thirteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2001.
Westlife
had the most entries this year with three.
Bee Gees
,
Bob Dylan
,
David Gray
,
Destiny's Child
,
Five
,
Gabrielle
,
Limp Bizkit
,
Madonna
,
Paul McCartney
,
Robbie Williams
,
Rod Stewart
, and
S Club 7
were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Bee Gees, Bob Dylan, Destiny's Child, Five and Rod Stewart's two entries were both released this year.
Chart debuts
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Thirty-six artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2001 as a lead artist.
Destiny's Child
had one other entry in their breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
- Notes
Emma Bunton
's debut solo album,
A Girl Like Me
peaked at number four this year. As part of the
Spice Girls
she had recorded two chart topping albums to date (
Spice
and
Spiceworld
) and a third album,
Forever
, which reached number two. Her former bandmate
Victoria Beckham
also reached the top 10 for the first time as a solo artist with her
self-titled collection
.
Wet Wet Wet
frontman
Marti Pellow
scored a top 10 album with his debut solo, peaking at number 7 with
Smile
.
Soundtracks
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The only film soundtrack album to reach the top 10 this year was
Glitter
by
Mariah Carey
, from the
film of the same name
.
Best-selling albums
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Dido
had the best-selling album of the year with
No Angel
. The album spent fifty-three weeks in the top 10 (including seven weeks at number one), sold over 1.92 million copies and was certified 7× platinum by the
BPI
.
Swing When You're Winning
by
Robbie Williams
came in second place.
David Gray
's
White Ladder
,
Just Enough Education to Perform
from
Stereophonics
and
Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1
by
Gabrielle
made up the top five. Albums by
Steps
,
Travis
,
Eva Cassidy
,
Destiny's Child
and
Kylie Minogue
were also in the
top ten best-selling albums
of the year.
Top-ten albums
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- Key
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Meaning
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‡
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Album peaked in 1999 or 2000 but still in chart in 2001.
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?
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Album released in 2001 but peaked in 2002.
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(#)
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Year-end
top-ten album position
and rank
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Entered
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The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
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Peak
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Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
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Entries by artist
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The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2001, including albums that reached their peak in 2000. 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 2001 is also shown.
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- Read My Lips
reached its peak of number two on 29 June 2002 (week ending).
- Songs in A Minor
reached its peak of number six on 30 March 2002 (week ending).
- All Rise
reached its peak of number one on 4 May 2002 (week ending).
- Westlife
re-entered the top 10 at number 3 on 20 January 2001 (week ending).
- Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog
re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 20 January 2001 (week ending) for 7 weeks.
- Born to Do It
re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 27 January 2001 (week ending) and at number 8 on 10 March 2001 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
- Onka's Big Moka
re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 13 January 2001 (week ending) for 10 weeks.
- Not That Kind
re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 12 May 2001 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 10 on 9 June 2001 (week ending).
- All That You Can't Leave Behind
re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 10 February 2001 (week ending) for 7 weeks.
- 2001
re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 10 February 2001 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
- Songbird
originally peaked outside the top 10 at number 78 upon its initial release in 1999. It re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 25 August 2001 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
- Wheatus
re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 21 July 2001 (week ending).
- White Ladder
re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 10 March 2001 (week ending) for 7 weeks and at number 8 on 21 July 2001 (week ending) for 12 weeks.
- All Rise
re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 30 March 2002 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
- Just Enough Education to Perform
re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 5 January 2002 (week ending) for 10 weeks.
- Sunshine
re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 2 March 2002 (week ending).
- World of Our Own
re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 23 February 2002 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
- No Angel
re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 5 January 2002 (week ending) for 6 weeks, at number 9 on 23 February 2002 (week ending) for 5 weeks and at number 8 on 6 July 2002 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
- Gold - The Greatest Hits
re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 5 January 2002 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
- Their Greatest Hits - The Record
re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 29 December 2001 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
- Read My Lips
re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 12 January 2002 (week ending) for 5 weeks and at number 2 on 29 June 2002 (week ending) for 5 weeks.
- Songs in A Minor
re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 19 January 2002 (week ending) for 2 weeks and at number 8 on 23 March 2002 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
- Whoa, Nelly!
re-entered the top 10 at number 6 on 26 January 2002 (week ending).
- The Ultimate Collection
re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 19 May 2001 (week ending) and at number 8 on 23 June 2001 (week ending).
- The Greatest Hits
re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 31 March 2001 (week ending).
- Fever
re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 23 February 2002 (week ending) for 5 weeks, at number 10 on 6 April 2002 (week ending), at number 10 on 18 May 2002 (week ending) for 3 weeks and at number 9 on 22 June 2002 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
- A Funk Odyssey
re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 16 March 2002 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
- Britney
re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 27 April 2002 (week ending).
- Lickin' on Both Sides
re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 6 July 2002 (week ending).
- Figure includes album that peaked in 2000.
- Figure includes album that first charted in 2000 but peaked in 2001.
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