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| 2 | HMV's Poll of Polls - Number-one albums |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Year | Artist | Album | Top five albums | Ref. |
| 4 | 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 | - |
| 5 | 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 | - |
| 6 | 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 | - |
| 7 | 2001 | Daft Punk | Discovery | 2nd: The Avalanches – Since I Left You 3rd: Basement Jaxx – Rooty 4th: Radiohead – Amnesiac 5th: Röyksopp – Melody A.M. | - |
| 8 | 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 | - |
| 9 | 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 | - |
| 10 | 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 | - |
| 11 | 2005 | Arcade Fire | Funeral | 2nd: Gorillaz – Demon Days 3rd: Kanye West – Late Registration 4th: Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise 5th: Elbow – Leaders of the Free World | - |
| 12 | 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 | - |
| 13 | 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 | - |
| 14 | 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 | - |
| 15 | 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 | - |
| 16 | 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 | - |
| 17 | 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 | - |
| 18 | 2012 | Ocean, FrankFrank Ocean | Channel Orange | 2nd: Jack White – Blunderbuss 3rd: Tame Impala – Lonerism 4th: Grimes – Visions 5th: Grizzly Bear – Shields | - |

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.