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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Billboard 200 Number-one Albums Of 2001
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. Furthermore, it was the third best-selling album of the year and was certified 5-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Following her death, Aaliyah's reached the top for one week in September with her eponymous studio album.

Jay-Z earned his fourth number-one album in the US with The Blueprint. In its third week atop the chart, the record sold about 173,000 copies, the lowest for any number-one in the year. Ja Rule eventually achieved his second and most recent chart-topping album with Pain Is Love., dethroning Jay-Z in mid-October and topping the chart for two consecutive weeks. The last album to top the chart in 2001 was Weathered by American rock band Creed. It peaked at number one for four consecutive weeks in 2001 and continued for four weeks in January 2002. The album, released in November, was the eighth best-selling record of the year, selling about 3.5 million copies; it is certified 6-times platinum by the RIAA. Unusually, the year's best-selling record, Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park, was not able to top the Billboard 200. Instead the Beatles' 1 was crowned the most successful album of the year.

Number-ones

Shaggy's (pictured in 2018) Hot Shot was the second-best-selling album in the United States, selling more than 5.5 million copies in 2001.
Creed's Weathered topped the charts for four weeks and sold more than 3.5 million copies.
Key
† Indicates the best performing album of 2001
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Sales Ref.
January 6 1 † The Beatles Apple 1,258,667
January 13 451,253
January 20 268,551
January 27 260,179
February 3 215,534
February 10 J. Lo Jennifer Lopez Epic 272,262
February 17 Hot Shot Shaggy MCA 245,678
February 24 245,778
March 3 293,979
March 10 271,652
March 17 Everyday Dave Matthews Band RCA 732,720
March 24 280,081
March 31 Hot Shot Shaggy MCA 209,767
April 7 188,838
April 14 Until the End of Time 2Pac Amaru 426,870
April 21 Now That's What I Call Music! 6 Various Artists Epic 525,005
April 28 546,778
May 5 248,811
May 12 All for You Janet Jackson Virgin 605,128
May 19 Survivor Destiny's Child Columbia 663,280
May 26 358,959
June 2 Lateralus Tool Tool Dissectional/Volcano 555,222
June 9 Break the Cycle Staind Flip 716,003
June 16 326,299
June 23 244,698
June 30 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket Blink-182 MCA 349,846
July 7 Devil's Night D12 Shady 371,881
July 14 Songs in A Minor Alicia Keys J 235,816
July 21 Devil's Night D12 Shady 173,956
July 28 Songs in A Minor Alicia Keys J 221,813
August 4 221,749
August 11 Celebrity NSYNC Jive 1,879,955
August 18 Now That's What I Call Music! 7 Various Artists Virgin 621,419
August 25 394,483
September 1 278,538
September 8 Now Maxwell Columbia 296,388
September 15 Aaliyah Aaliyah Blackground 305,911
September 22 Toxicity System of a Down American 222,038
September 29 The Blueprint Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella 426,550
October 6 270,814
October 13 173,663
October 20 Pain Is Love Ja Rule Murder, Inc. 360,712
October 27 220,793
November 3 God Bless America: For the Benefit of the Twin Towers Fund Various Artists Columbia 180,894
November 10 The Great Depression DMX Ruff Ryders 439,957
November 17 Invincible Michael Jackson Epic 366,272
November 24 Britney Britney Spears Jive 745,744
December 1 Scarecrow Garth Brooks Capitol 465,523
December 8 Weathered Creed Wind-Up 887,229
December 15 417,462
December 22 458,033
December 29 555,092

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