2000

1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2. The Beatles - 1
3. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
4. Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue
5. Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again
6. NSYNC - No Strings Attached
7. Coldplay - Parachutes
8. Enya - A Day Without Rain
9. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
10. Nelly - Country Grammar

2001

1. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
2. Dido - No Angel
3. Destiny's Child - Survivor
4. Shaggy - Hot Shot
5. Enya - A Day Without Rain
6. Jennifer Lopez - JLo
7. Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
8. Staind - Break The Cycle
9. Michael Jackson - Invincible
10. Hikaru Utada - Distance

2002

1. Eminem - The Eminem Show
2. Avril Lavigne - Let Go
3. Elvis Presley - Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
4. Shania Twain - Up!
5. Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come
6. Nelly - Nellyville
7. Shakira - Laundry Service
8. Pink - M!ssundaztood
9. 8 Mile Soundtrack
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way

2003

1. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
2. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
3. Linkin Park - Meteora
4. Dido - Life For
5. Beyoncé - Dangerously in Love
6. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
7. Evanescence - Fallen
8. Britney Spears - In The Zone
9. Avril Lavigne - Let Go
10. Celine Dion - One Heart

2004

1. Usher - Confessions
2. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
3. Eminem - Encore
4. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
5. Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
6. Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits
7. Shania Twain - Greatest Hits
8. Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled
9. Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits
10. Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane

2005

1. Coldplay - X&Y
2. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi
3. 50 Cent - The Massacre
4. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business
5. Green Day - American Idiot
6. Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor
7. Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
8. Eminem - Curtain Call
9. James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
10. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care

2006

1. High School Musical 2 Soundtrack
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
3. The Beatles - Love
4. James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
5. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
6. Beyoncé - B'Day
7. U2 - U218 Singles
8. Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang
9. Il Divo - Siempre
10. Andrea Bocelli - Amore

2007

1. High School Musical 2 Soundtrack
2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3. Josh Groban - Noel
4. Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing
5. Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
6. Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
7. Alicia Keys - As I Am
8. Michael Bublé - Call Me Irresponsible
9. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
10. Norah Jones - Not Too Late

2008

1. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
2. AC/DC - Black Ice
3. Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
4. Duffy - Rockferry
5. Metallica - Death Magnetic
6. Leona Lewis - Spirit
7. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
8. High School Musical 3 Soundtrack
9. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
10. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

2009

1. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream
2. Lady Gaga - The Fame (Monster)
3. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
4. Taylor Swift - Fearless
5. Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary Reissue)
6. Michael Jackson - Number Ones
7. U2 - No Line On The Horizon
8. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
9. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love
10. Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce

Source: IFPI

2007 shocked the s*** out of me with the omission of Graduation until I realized this was talking about worldwide sales and not national sales.

12. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
13. Nelly Furtado - Loose
14. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
15. Timbaland - Shock Value
17. Kanye West - Graduation
20. Fergie - The Dutchess

all the 2007 bops are in the top 20

HSM soundtrack

metallica death magnetic one of the first albums i bought s***s ass but i was like 11

No cap. I learned the dance moves to "We're all in this together" at my old school lol.

best selling album in the world for two consecutive years

linkin park

loose 🤤

coldplay and beyoncé legends

Invincible released October 30th 2001

@op did any album in the list that year release around the same time/later?

Just checked, most of those 2001 sellers released no later than Feb/March 2001 (some even released the year before)

I know the media tried to pretend Invincible was a flop, but #9th best seller with 2~ months sales and upon release shipping faster than Thriller in an era rife with illegal downloads etc is pretty impressive

Coldplay is one of the few acts that performed massively in every era, pure sales, digital and now streaming

the eagles won

when you think about it... they might be the biggest act of this century

yes, bigger than adele and justin

Em

Norah and Amy Winehouse really paved Adele's lane

Nah, Eminem is bigger. Unless you’re factoring in touring numbers, their last tour grossed over half a billion and the current one is shaping up to be massive too.

updated with the year 2000

High School Musical 2 Soundtrack sweep

2000 has 6 RIAA Diamond albums in the top 10
It’s crazy how much the industry changed in 20 years.

no gwen stefani anywhere, interesting

back then when rap wasnt all that mainstream

Susan boyle