Scores Best-Selling Album Of The Year

Yahoo! Music, Jan 4, 2001 12:00 pm PST
(1/4/01, 12 p.m. ET) - 'N Sync's No Strings Attached, which solid 9.9 million copies, was the best-selling album of 2000, according to SoundScan, the company responsible for monitoring album sales at the point of purchase.

The boy band topped its nearest competitor, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, by more than 2 million copies. Coming in a close third to Eminem was Britney Spears, whose Oops!...I Did It Again sold more than 7.8 million copies.

Aside from the teen poppers and hip-hoppers, veteran rock acts also fared well, as Santana and the Beatles placed fifth and sixth, respectively, with their recent releases. The lone contemporary rock act to make the list was Creed, coming in at number four with 6.5 million copies sold of Human Clay.

In total, music sales were up four percent in 2000 over 1999 numbers. In addition, the holiday shopping period from December 18 through December 24, 2000, represented the single biggest album selling week in the history of SoundScan. Following is a list of the top 10 albums of 2000, and the amount each sold:

No Strings Attached - 'N Sync - 9,936,104

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem - 7,921,107

Oops!...I Did It Again - Britney Spears - 7,893,544

Human Clay - Creed - 6,587,834

Supernatural - Santana - 5,857,824

1 - Beatles - 5,068,300

Country Grammar - Nelly - 5,067,529

Black & Blue - Backstreet Boys - 4,289,865

Dr. Dre 2001 - Dr. Dre - 3,992,311

The Writing's On The Wall - Destiny's Child - 3,802,165

-- Chad Dougatz, New York

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