THE BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF 2000

rank

ARTIST
Title, LABEL

MILLIONS OF UNITS SOLD AT SOUNDSCAN STORES during 2000

1

The Best Selling Album of 2000'N SYNC
No Strings Attached, Jive

9.94

2

EMINEM
The Marshall Mathers LP, Aftermath/Interscope

7.92

3

BRITNEY SPEARS
Oops!...I Did It Again, Jive

7.89

4

CREED
Human Clay, Wind-Up

6.59

5

SANTANA
Supernatural, Arista

5.86

6

THE BEATLES
1, Capitol

5.07

7

NELLY
Country Grammar, Fo' Real/Universal

5.07

8

BACKSTREET BOYS
Black & Blue, Jive

4.29

9

DR. DRE
Dr. Dre 2001, Aftermath/Interscope

3.99

10

DESTINY'S CHILD
The Writing's on the Wall, Columbia

3.80

11

3 DOORS DOWN
The Better Life, Republic/Universal

3.80

12

CHRISTINA AGUILERA
Christina Aguilera

3.77

13

LIMP BIZKIT
Chocolate Starfish & The Hotdog Flavored Water, Flip/Interscope

3.74

14

DIXIE CHICKS
Fly, Monument

3.52

15

SISQO
Unleash the Dragon, Def Soul

3.49

16

FAITH HILL
Breathe, Warner Bros.

3.37

17

VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 5, Sony/Zomba/UME/EMI

3.16

18

DMX
...And Then There Was X, Ruff Ryders/Def Jam

3.09

19

KID ROCK
Devil Without a Cause, Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic

2.80

20

PAPA ROACH
Infest, DreamWorks/Interscope

2.71

21

CELINE DION
All the Way...A Decade of Song, 550/Epic

2.70

22

MACY GRAY
On How Life Is, Epic

2.67

23

matchbox twenty
Mad Season, Lava/Atlantic

2.53

24

BAHA MEN
Who Let the Dogs Out, S-Curve/Artemis

2.40

25

VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 4, Sony/Zomba/UME/EMI

2.38

As published in the January 19, 2001 issue of Entertainment Weekly. Based on sales at stores who report to SoundScan. Actual United States sales are obviously higher. Send your questions to the neosoul group on yahoo! Sales for albums released in 1999 only include year 2000 sales.

The Best Selling Albums of 1999