HMV's Poll of Polls
Number-one albums

Year
Artist
Album
Top five albums
Ref.
1998
Beastie Boys
Hello Nasty
2nd: Air – Moon Safari 3rd: Massive Attack – Mezzanine 4th: Gomez – Bring It On 5th: Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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1999
Basement Jaxx
Remedy
2nd: The Chemical Brothers – Surrender 3rd: Death in Vegas – The Contino Sessions 4th: The Beta Band – The Beta Band 5th: Missy Elliott – Da Real World
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2000
Eminem
Marshall Mathers LP, TheThe Marshall Mathers LP
2nd: Radiohead – Kid A 3rd: Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast 4th: Kelis – Kaleidoscope 5th: Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R
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2001
Daft Punk
Discovery
2nd: The Avalanches – Since I Left You 3rd: Basement Jaxx – Rooty 4th: Radiohead – Amnesiac 5th: Röyksopp – Melody A.M.
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2002
Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf
2nd: The Streets – Original Pirate Material 3rd: The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 4th: Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper 5th: 2 Many DJs/Soulwax – 2 Many DJs
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2003
Outkast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2nd: Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner 3rd: The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium 4th: The White Stripes – Elephant 5th: The Darkness – Permission to Land
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2004
West, KanyeKanye West
College Dropout, TheThe College Dropout
2nd: Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters 3rd: Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand 4th: The Streets – A Grand Don't Come for Free 5th: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
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2005
Arcade Fire
Funeral
2nd: Gorillaz – Demon Days 3rd: Kanye West – Late Registration 4th: Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise 5th: Elbow – Leaders of the Free World
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2006
Newsom, JoannaJoanna Newsom
Ys
2nd: Hot Chip – The Warning 3rd: Mastodon – Blood Mountain 4th: Lily Allen – Alright, Still 5th: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
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2007
LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
2nd: M.I.A. – Kala 3rd: Radiohead – In Rainbows 4th: Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future 5th: Battles – Mirrored
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2008
Elbow
Seldom Seen Kid, TheThe Seldom Seen Kid
2nd: Portishead – Third 3rd: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! 4th: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes 5th: Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
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2009
Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
2nd: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz! 3rd: The xx – xx 4th: Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca 5th: Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
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2010
Arcade Fire
Suburbs, TheThe Suburbs
2nd: The National – High Violet 3rd: LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening 4th: Beach House – Teen Dream 5th: Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
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2011
Harvey, PJPJ Harvey
Let England Shake
2nd: Bon Iver – Bon Iver 3rd: Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues 4th: Radiohead – The King of Limbs 5th: Tune-Yards – Whokill
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2012
Ocean, FrankFrank Ocean
Channel Orange
2nd: Jack White – Blunderbuss 3rd: Tame Impala – Lonerism 4th: Grimes – Visions 5th: Grizzly Bear – Shields
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Question: Did any artists have more than one number-one album?
Answer: Arcade Fire was the number-one album in both 2005 and 2010 with the albums Funeral and The Suburbs.