List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2001

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales.^[1] Unusually, the top-selling album of 2001 (Hybrid Theory) did not get to number one.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 2001

Issue Date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Sales	Reference(s)
January 6	1	The Beatles	Apple	1,258,667	[2][3]
January 13				451,253	[4][5]
January 20				268,551	[6][7]
January 27				260,179	[8][9]
February 3				215,534	[10][11]
February 10	J. Lo	Jennifer Lopez	Epic	272,262	[12][13]
February 17	Hot Shot	Shaggy	MCA	245,678	[14][15]
February 24				245,778	[16][17]
March 3				293,979	[18][19]
March 10				271,652	[20][21]
March 17	Everyday	Dave Matthews Band	RCA	732,720	[22][23]
March 24				280,081	[24][25]
March 31	Hot Shot	Shaggy	MCA	209,767	[26][27]
April 7				188,838	[28][29]
April 14	Until the End of Time	2Pac	Amaru	426,870	[30][31]
April 21	Now 6	Various Artists	Epic	525,005	[32][33]
April 28				546,778	[34][35]
May 5				248,811	[36][37]
May 12	All for You	Janet Jackson	Virgin	605,128	[38][39]
May 19	Survivor	Destiny's Child	Columbia	663,280	[40][41]
May 26				358,959	[42][43]
June 2	Lateralus	Tool	Tool Dissectional/Volcano	555,222	[44][45]
June 9	Break the Cycle	Staind	Flip	716,003	[46][47]
June 16				326,299	[48][49]
June 23				244,698	[50][51]
June 30	Take Off Your Pants and Jacket	Blink-182	MCA	349,846	[52][53]
July 7	Devil's Night	D12	Shady	371,881	[54][55]
July 14	Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys	J	235,816	[56][57]
July 21	Devil's Night	D12	Shady	173,956	[58][59]
July 28	Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys	J	221,813	[60][61]
August 4				221,749	[62][63]
August 11	Celebrity	NSYNC	Jive	1,879,955	[64][65]
August 18	Now 7	Various Artists	Virgin	621,419	[66][67]
August 25				394,483	[68][69]
September 1				278,538	[70][71]
September 8	Now	Maxwell	Columbia	296,388	[72][73]
September 15	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	Blackground	305,911	[74][75]
September 22	Toxicity	System of a Down	American	222,038	[76]
September 29	The Blueprint	Jay-Z	Roc-A-Fella	426,550	[77][78]
October 6				270,814	[79][80]
October 13				173,663	[81][82]
October 20	Pain Is Love	Ja Rule	Murder, Inc.	360,712	[83][84]
October 27				220,793	[85][86]
November 3	God Bless America: For the Benefit of the Twin Towers Fund	Various Artists	Columbia	180,894	[87]
November 10	The Great Depression	DMX	Ruff Ryders	439,957	[88][89]
November 17	Invincible	Michael Jackson	Epic	366,272	[90][91]
November 24	Britney	Britney Spears	Jive	745,744	[92][93]
December 1	Scarecrow	Garth Brooks	Capitol	465,523	[94]
December 8	Weathered	Creed	Wind-Up	887,229	[95]
December 15				417,462	[96]
December 22				458,033	[97]
December 29				555,092	[98]

See also

• 2001 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

References