List of UK top-ten albums in 2000
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. 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 2000, as well as albums which peaked in 1999 and 2001 but were in the top 10 in 2000. 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). Two albums from 1998 and eighteen albums from 1999 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit, "Onka's Big Moka" by Toploader and "White Ladder" by David Gray were all released in 2000 but did not reach their peak until 2001. "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears, "Northern Star" by Melanie C and Unplugged by The Corrs were the albums from  1999 to reach their peak in 2000. artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2000. Coldplay and Craig David were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2000. The first new number-one album of the year was by "Rise" by Gabrielle. Overall, twenty-four different albums peaked at number one in 2000, with twenty-four unique artists hitting that position. Background. Best-selling albums. The Beatles had the best-selling album of the year with "1". "Sing When You're Winning" by Robbie Williams came in second place. Eminem's  The Marshall Mathers LP, "Coast to Coast" from Westlife and "Play" by Moby made up the top five. Albums by Craig David, Texas, Coldplay, Whitney Houston and Madonna were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year. Entries by artist. The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2000, including albums that reached their peak in 1999. 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 2000  is also shown. References. General Specific