Number-one albums on the United World Chart
This is a list of number-one album hits in the World from Media Traffic's United World Chart.
2002
Artist |
Album |
Weeks |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
By the Way |
4 |
|
Eminem |
The Eminem Show |
8 |
Most successful album of 2002 |
Coldplay |
A Rush of Blood to the Head |
2 |
|
Eminem |
The Eminem Show |
1 |
Re-entry |
Elvis Presley |
30 Number 1 Hits |
5 |
|
Faith Hill |
Cry |
2 |
|
Nirvana |
Nirvana (Best of) |
1 |
|
U2 |
The Best of 1990-2000 |
2 |
|
Shania Twain |
Up! |
4 (6) |
4 wks in '02 + 2 wks in '03 = 6 total |
2003
Artist |
Album |
Weeks |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Shania Twain |
Up! |
2 (6) |
4 wks in '02 + 2 wks in '03 = 6 total |
Avril Lavigne |
Let Go |
6 |
|
Massive Attack |
100th Window |
1 |
|
Avril Lavigne |
Let Go |
1 |
Re-entry |
Norah Jones |
Come Away with Me |
4 |
Most successful album of 2003 |
Linkin Park |
Meteora |
4 |
|
Madonna |
American Life |
2 |
|
Norah Jones |
Come Away with Me |
1 |
Re-entry |
Marylin Manson |
The Golden Age of Grotesque |
1 |
|
Evanescence |
Fallen |
2 |
|
Metallica |
St. Anger |
5 |
|
Evanescence |
Fallen |
1 |
Re-entry |
Beyoncé |
Dangerously in Love |
2 |
|
Evanescence |
Fallen |
6 |
Re-entry |
Iron Maiden |
Dance of Death |
1 |
|
DMX |
Grand Champ |
1 |
|
Limp Bizkit |
Results May Vary |
1 |
|
Dido |
Life for Rent |
4 |
|
R.E.M. |
In Time (The Best of 1988-2003) |
1 |
|
Dido |
Life for Rent |
2 |
Re-entry |
Britney Spears |
In the Zone |
2 |
|
Alicia Keys |
The Diary of Alicia Keys |
1 |
|
Dido |
Life for Rent |
1 (3) |
Re-entry |
2004
Artist |
Album |
Weeks |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Dido |
Life for Rent |
2 (3) |
1 wk in '03 + 2 wks in '04 = 3 total |
Mai Kuraki |
Wish You the Best |
1 |
|
Dido |
Life for Rent |
1 |
Re-entry |
BoA |
Love & Honesty |
1 |
|
Evanescence |
Fallen |
1 |
Re-entry |
Twista |
Kamikaze |
1 |
|
Kenny Chesney |
When the Sun Goes Down |
1 |
|
Norah Jones |
Feels like Home |
6 |
|
Usher |
Confessions |
1 |
Most successful album of 2004 |
Utada Hikaru |
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 |
1 |
|
Mr. Children |
Shifuku no Oto |
1 |
|
Usher |
Confessions |
2 |
Re-entry |
D12 |
D12 World |
1 |
|
Usher |
Confessions |
2 |
Re-entry |
Alanis Morissette |
So-Called Chaos |
1 |
|
Avril Lavigne |
Under My Skin |
2 |
|
Velvet Revolver |
Contraband |
1 |
|
Beastie Boys |
To the 5 Boroughs |
2 |
|
Lloyd Banks |
The Hunger for More |
1 |
|
Avril Lavigne |
Under My Skin |
2 |
Re-entry |
Ashlee Simpson |
Autobiography |
1 |
|
Porno Graffitti |
Best Blue's |
1 |
|
Ashlee Simpson |
Autobiography |
1 |
Re-entry |
Avril Lavigne |
Under My Skin |
2 |
Re-entry |
Tim McGraw |
Live Like You Were Dying |
1 |
|
Ray Charles |
Genius Loves Company |
1 |
|
Utada Hikaru |
Exodus |
1 |
|
Nelly |
Suit |
1 |
|
Green Day |
American Idiot |
2 |
|
Usher |
Confessions |
2 |
Re-entry |
Robbie Williams |
Greatest Hits |
3 |
|
Eminem |
Encore |
2 |
|
U2 |
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb |
1 |
|
Orange Range |
MusiQ |
1 |
|
U2 |
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb |
2 (3) |
Re-entry |
2005
Artist |
Album |
Weeks |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
U2 |
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb |
1 (3) |
2 wks in '04 + 1 wk in '05 = 3 total |
Eminem |
Encore |
1 |
Re-entry |
Exile |
Perfect Best |
1 |
|
Green Day |
American Idiot |
1 |
Re-entry |
The Game |
The Documentary |
2 |
|
BoA |
Best of Soul |
1 |
|
Green Day |
American Idiot |
3 |
Re-entry |
50 Cent |
The Massacre |
5 |
|
B'z |
The Circle |
1 |
|
Mariah Carey |
The Emancipation of Mimi |
2 |
|
Bruce Springsteen |
Devils & Dust |
1 |
|
Nine Inch Nails |
With Teeth |
1 |
|
Dave Matthews Band |
Stand Up |
1 |
|
System of a Down |
Mezmerize |
1 |
|
Audioslave |
Out of Exile |
1 |
|
Oasis |
Don't Believe the Truth |
1 |
|
Coldplay |
X&Y |
3 |
Most successful album of 2005 |
Ketsumeishi |
Ketsunpolice 4 |
1 |
|
R. Kelly |
TP-3: Reloaded |
1 |
|
Coldplay |
X&Y |
2 |
Re-entry |
Smap |
Sample Bang! |
1 |
|
Faith Hill |
Fireflies |
1 |
|
Coldplay |
X&Y |
1 |
Re-entry |
Hilary Duff |
Most Wanted |
1 |
|
Coldplay |
X&Y |
1 |
Re-entry |
Kanye West |
Late Registration |
1 |
|
Rolling Stones |
A Bigger Bang |
2 |
|
Mr. Children |
I Love You |
1 |
|
Bon Jovi |
Have a Nice Day |
1 |
|
Southern All Stars |
Killerstreet |
1 |
|
Orange Range |
Natural |
1 |
|
Depeche Mode |
Playing the Angel |
1 |
|
Robbie Williams |
Intensive Care |
1 |
|
Eros Ramazzotti |
Calma Apparente |
1 |
|
Kenny Chesney |
The Road and the Radio |
1 |
|
Madonna |
Confessions on a Dance Floor |
1 |
|
Ken Hirai |
Utabaka |
1 |
|
B'z |
The Best (Pleasure II) |
1 |
|
Eminem |
Curtain Call: The Hits |
2 (4) |
2 wks in '05 + 2 wks in '06 = 4 total |
2006
Artist |
Album |
Weeks |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Eminem |
Curtain Call: The Hits |
2 (4) |
2 wks in '05 + 2 wks in '06 = 4 total |
Ayumi Hamasaki |
(miss)understood |
1 |
|
Eminem |
Curtain Call: The Hits |
1 |
Re-entry |
James Blunt |
Back To Bedlam |
1 |
Most successful album of 2006 |
Arctic Monkeys |
Whatever People Say I Am... |
1 |
|
James Blunt |
Back To Bedlam |
4 |
Re-entry |
Ne-Yo |
In My Own Words |
1 |
|
Kumi Koda |
Best ~second session~ |
2 |
|
KAT-TUN |
Best Of Kat-Tun |
1 |
|
T.I. |
King |
1 |
|
Rascal Flatts |
Me And My Gang |
2 |
|
Shayne Ward |
Shayne Ward |
1 |
|
Def Tech |
Catch The Wave |
1 |
|
Tool |
10,000 Days |
1 |
|
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Stadium Arcadium |
2 |
|
Dixie Chicks |
Taking the Long Way |
1 |
|
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Stadium Arcadium |
2 |
Re-entry |
Hikaru Utada |
Ultra Blue |
1 |
|
Nelly Furtado |
Loose |
1 |
|
B'z |
Monster |
1 |
|
Muse |
Black Holes and Revelations |
1 |
|
Thom Yorke |
The Eraser |
1 |
|
Muse |
Black Holes and Revelations |
1 |
Re-entry |
Smap |
Pop Up! Smap |
1 |
|
DMX |
Year of the Dog...Again |
1 |
|
Rick Ross |
Port of Miami |
1 |
|
Christina Aguilera |
Back to Basics |
2 |
|
Bob Dylan |
Modern Times |
1 |
|
Beyoncé |
B'Day |
1 |
|
Justin Timberlake |
FutureSex/LoveSounds |
2 |
|
Kobukuro |
All Singles Best |
1 |
|
Evanescence |
The Open Door |
3 |
|
My Chemical Romance |
The Black Parade |
1 |
|
Ayaka |
First Message |
1 |
|
Josh Groban |
Awake |
1 |
|
The Game |
Doctor's Advocate |
1 |
|
The Beatles |
Love |
2 |
|
Il Divo |
Siempre |
1 |
|
The Beatles |
Love |
1 (4) |
Re-entry |
2007
Artist |
Album |
Weeks |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
The Beatles |
Love |
3 (6) |
3 wks in '06 + 3 wks in '07 = 6 total |
U2 |
U218 Singles |
1 |
|
BoA |
Made in Twenty (20) |
1 |
|
Yuna Ito |
Heart |
1 |
|
Norah Jones |
Not Too Late |
4 |
|
Ayumi Hamasaki |
A Best 2 -White- |
1 |
|
Herbert Grönemeyer |
12 |
1 |
|
Mr. Children |
Home |
2 |
|
Joss Stone |
Introducing Joss Stone |
1 |
|
Ai Otsuka |
Ai am Best |
1 |
|
Yui |
Can't Buy My Love |
1 |
|
Nelly Furtado |
Loose |
1(2) |
Re-entry |
Avril Lavigne |
The Best [...] Thing |
2 |
|
Michael Bublé |
Call Me Irresponsible |
2 |
|
Linkin Park |
Minutes to Midnight |
1 |
|
Maroon 5 |
It Won't Be Soon Before Long |
1 |
|
Rihanna |
Good Girl Gone Bad |
1 |
|
Traveling Wilburys |
Collection |
1 |
|
Bon Jovi |
Lost Highway |
1 |
|
Kelly Clarkson |
My December |
1 |
|
T.I. |
T.I. vs. T.I.P. |
1 |
|
The Smashing Pumpkins |
Zeitgeist |
1 |
|
Kinki Kids |
39 |
1 |
|
Orange Range |
Range |
1 |
|
Sukima Switch |
Greatest Hits |
1 |
|
UGK |
Underground Kingz |
1 |
|
Soundtrack |
High School Musical 2 |
2 |
|
Ketsumeishi |
Ketsunopolice 5 |
1 |
|
Soundtrack |
High School Musical 2 |
1(3) |
Re-entry |
Kanye West |
Graduation |
1 |
|
James Blunt |
All The Lost Souls |
1 |
|
Rascal Flatts |
Still Feels Good |
1 |
|
Bruce Springsteen |
Magic |
3 |
|
Carrie Underwood |
Carnival Ride |
1 |
|
Eagles |
Long Road Out Of Eden |
2 |
|
Alicia Keys |
As I Am |
2 |
|
Josh Groban |
Noël |
3 |