The best selling album in 2001 in Australia was MOULIN ROUGE by SOUNDTRACK .
Notes: Sales level is a number of certified units for albums released in
as of end of the year. Some albums could be under-certified. Popular albums released at the end of the year may have bigger number of shipments than real sales at that time
Rank Artist Album Sales level Released
1
SOUNDTRACK
MOULIN ROUGE
350,000
2001
2
DIDO
NO ANGEL
1999
3
CREED
HUMAN CLAY
1999
4
CRAIG DAVID
BORN TO DO IT
2000
5
KYLIE MINOGUE
FEVER
280,000
2001
6
SHAGGY
HOT SHOT
2000
7
POWDERFINGER
ODYSSEY NUMBER FIVE
2000
8
SOUNDTRACK
COYOTE UGLY
2000
9
LIMP BIZKIT
CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND THE HOT DOG FLAVORED WATER
2000
10
U2
ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
2000
11
SOUNDTRACK
BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY
140,000
2001
12
EMINEM
THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP
2000
13
COLDPLAY
PARACHUTES
2000
14
THE BEATLES
1
2000
15
LINKIN PARK
HYBRID THEORY
2000
16
NELLY FURTADO
WHOA, NELLY!
2000
17
KYLIE MINOGUE
LIGHT YEARS
2000
18
THE CORRS
THE BEST OF THE CORRS
70,000
2001
19
RONAN KEATING
RONAN
2000
20
DESTINY'S CHILD
SURVIVOR
140,000
2001
21
JENNIFER LOPEZ
J. LO
140,000
2001
22
TRAIN
DROPS OF JUPITER
140,000
2001
23
MADONNA
MUSIC
2000
24
LENNY KRAVITZ
GREATEST HITS
2000
25
BOB THE BUILDER
THE ALBUM
140,000
2001
26
SOUNDTRACK
SHREK
70,000
2001
27
NELLY
COUNTRY GRAMMAR
2000
28
BEN HARPER
LIVE FROM MARS
70,000
2001
29
THE 12TH MAN
THE FINAL DIG?
210,000
2001
30
MATCHBOX TWENTY
MAD SEASON
2000
31
ALEX LLOYD
WATCHING ANGELS MEND
70,000
2001
32
NIKKI WEBSTER
FOLLOW YOUR HEART
70,000
2001
33
FAITH HILL
BREATHE
1999
34
SOMETHING FOR KATE
ECHOLALIA
70,000
2001
35
TOOL
LATERALUS
70,000
2001
36
NICKELBACK
SILVER SIDE UP
70,000
2001
37
D12
DEVIL'S NIGHT
70,000
2001
38
THE OFFSPRING
CONSPIRACY OF ONE
2000
39
ANDREA BOCELLI
CIELI DI TOSCANA
70,000
2001
40
JAMIROQUAI
A FUNK ODYSSEY
70,000
2001
41
THE CORRS
IN BLUE
2000
42
BEE GEES
THEIR GREATEST HITS: THE RECORD
140,000
2001
43
GORILLAZ
GORILLAZ
35,000
2001
44
MICHAEL JACKSON
INVINCIBLE
140,000
2001
45
FAITH HILL
THERE YOU'LL BE: THE BEST OF FAITH HILL
70,000
2001
46
CREED
WEATHERED
140,000
2001
47
ABBA
COMPLETE GOLD COLLECTION
2000
48
SOUNDTRACK
SAVE THE LAST DANCE
35,000
2001
49
BLINK-182
TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS AND JACKET
70,000
2001
50
ANASTACIA
NOT THAT KIND
2000
51
THE AVALANCHES
SINCE I LEFT YOU
2000
52
KASEY CHAMBERS
BARRICADES & BRICKWALLS
70,000
2001
53
LIVE
V
35,000
2001
54
VANESSA AMOROSI
THE POWER
2000
55
LIFEHOUSE
NO NAME FACE
2000
56
MADONNA
GHV2
70,000
2001
57
GARBAGE
BEAUTIFUL GARBAGE
70,000
2001
58
MICHAEL CRAWFORD
THE DISNEY ALBUM
70,000
2001
59
PINK FLOYD
ECHOES - THE BEST OF PINK FLOYD
70,000
2001
60
SOUNDTRACK
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
2000
61
TRACY CHAPMAN
COLLECTION
70,000
2001
62
ENYA
A DAY WITHOUT RAIN
2000
63
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING
2000
64
VONDA SHEPARD
ALLY MCBEAL: FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE (SOUNDTRACK)
35,000
2001
65
MOBY
PLAY
1999
66
HAMPTON THE HAMPSTER
HAMPSTERDANCE THE ALBUM
2000
67
R.E.M.
REVEAL
35,000
2001
68
ST. GERMAIN
TOURIST
2000
69
SOUNDTRACK
DUETS
2000
70
U2
THE BEST OF 1980 - 1990
1998
71
SAVAGE GARDEN
AFFIRMATION
1999
72
TRAVIS
THE INVISIBLE BAND
35,000
2001
73
GREEN DAY
INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS
70,000
2001
74
3 DOORS DOWN
THE BETTER LIFE
2000
75
JANET JACKSON
ALL FOR YOU
35,000
2001
76
BRITNEY SPEARS
BRITNEY
70,000
2001
77
MACY GRAY
THE ID
35,000
2001
78
RADIOHEAD
AMNESIAC
35,000
2001
79
EAGLES
THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES (2001)
2001
80
THE STROKES
IS THIS IT
35,000
2001
81
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
TOXICITY
35,000
2001
82
HI-5
IT'S A HI-5 CHRISTMAS
70,000
2001
83
SCANDAL'US
STARTIN' SOMETHING
70,000
2001
84
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
CALIFORNICATION
1999
85
COLD CHISEL
CHISEL
1991
86
VAN MORRISON
THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON
1990
87
PJ HARVEY
STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA
2000
88
THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO
THREE
2001
89
BILLY JOEL
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
2000
90
HI-5
BOOM BOOM BEAT
70,000
2001
91
HUMAN NATURE
HERE AND NOW THE BEST OF HUMAN NATURE
70,000
2001
92
CAFE DEL MAR SERIES
CAFÉ DEL MAR VOL 8
2001
93
THE SUPERJESUS
JET AGE
2000
94
STAIND
BREAK THE CYCLE
35,000
2001
95
DIANA KRALL
THE LOOK OF LOVE
35,000
2001
96
VARIOUS ARTISTS
SHOUT! THE STAGE MUSICAL
35,000
2001
97
ALIEN ANT FARM
ANTHOLOGY
35,000
2001
98
MICHAEL CRAWFORD
THE BEST OF
70,000
2001
99
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
ROTTEN APPLES - THE GREATEST HITS
35,000
2001
100
DAFT PUNK
DISCOVERY
2001
Source: ARIA