page_title: List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2001
section_title: Number-ones
hierarchical_section_title: List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2001 / Number-ones
caption_attribution_description: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2002)--Creed shows their support for the Coast Guard during a VH1 concert from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. The Coast Guard Cutter Tern escorted Creed to Alcatraz Island and Creed showed off their new Coast Guard ball caps. USCG photo by PA3 Barry Lane.
context_page_description: The Billboard 200, published in the Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the highest-selling albums in the United States. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2001, 27 albums reached the top of the chart.
  The first number-one album of the year was 1 by English rock band the Beatles, which reached the top in December 2000 and continued its run until early February 2001 for a total of eight weeks. Shaggy achieved his first number-one album with Hot Shot. It topped the chart for a total of six weeks and sold more than 5.5 million copies within the year. Staind's Break the Cycle topped the charts for three consecutive weeks in June and sold more than 4.2 million copies in 2001. NSYNC achieved the best-selling album within the first week, selling more than 1.8 million copies with Celebrity, 620,000 more than above earlier in the year. Furthermore, it was the tenth album to sell more than a million units in its first week sakes, since Nielsen SoundScan started collecting data in 1991.
caption: Creed's Weathered topped the charts for four weeks and sold more than 3.5 million copies.
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