page_title: List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s
section_title: By artist
hierarchical_section_title: List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s / Number ones / By artist
caption_attribution_description: English: Coldplay taking a bow after performing in support of their 2008 tour. From left to right: Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Chris Martin, and Will Champion
context_page_description: The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom; during the 2000s, a total of 274 different albums by 170 artists reached number one. The chart was compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company on behalf of the British music industry—it listed only physical album sales until 2007, after which it also included albums sold digitally. The OCC defined an "album" to be any music release that featured more than four tracks or lasted longer than 25 minutes. Each week's new number one was first announced on Sunday evenings by BBC Radio 1 on their weekly chart show.
  The most successful albums during the 2000s were Life for Rent by Dido and Back to Bedlam by James Blunt. Released in 2003 and 2004 respectively, each spent ten weeks at number one—Back to Bedlam was also the biggest-selling album of the decade. Dido and Blunt also topped the chart with one other album each. Irish boy band Westlife reached number one with seven different releases, the most of any act.
context_section_description: Eight artists spent 10 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 2000s.
caption: Coldplay topped the chart with four different albums this decade.
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