Number-one albums on the United World Chart

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[edit] 2002

The most successful album of 2002, The Eminem Show.
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The most successful album of 2002, The Eminem Show.
Artist Album Weeks
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number one
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
Nirvana Nirvana (Best of) 1
U2 The Best of 1990-2000 2
Shania Twain Up! 6 (4) 4 wks in '02 + 2 wks in '03 = 6 total

[edit] 2003

The most successful album of 2003, Come Away With Me.
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The most successful album of 2003, Come Away With Me.
Artist Album Weeks
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number one
Notes
Shania Twain Up! 6 (2) 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
Most successful album in chart history
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
Beyonce 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 3 (1) Re-entry
1 wk in '03 + 2 wks in '04 = 3 total

[edit] 2004

The most successful album of 2004, Confessions.
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The most successful album of 2004, Confessions.
Artist Album Weeks
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number one
Notes
Dido Life for Rent 3 (2) 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 3 (2) Re-entry
2 wks in '04 + 1 wk in '05 = 3 total

[edit] 2005

The most successful album of 2005, American Idiot.
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The most successful album of 2005, American Idiot.
Artist Album Weeks
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number one
Notes
U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 3 (2) 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
Most successful album of 2005
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
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 (4) 2 2 wks in '05 + 2 wks in '06 = 4 total

[edit] 2006

Artist Album Weeks
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number one
Notes
Eminem Curtain Call 4 (2) 2 wks in '05 + 2 wks in '06 = 4 total
Ayumi Hamasaki (miss)understood 1
Eminem Curtain Call 1 Re-entry
James Blunt Back To Bedlam 1
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 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