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=== List of 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s === #[[The Beatles]] β ''[[1 (The Beatles album)|1]]'' β 31 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-beatles8-2009apr08,0,242705.story|title=Beatles' catalog will be reissued September 9 in remastered versions|last=Lewis|first=Randy|date=April 8, 2009|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2009-05-02}}</ref> β 2000 #[[Norah Jones]] β ''[[Come Away with Me]]'' β 26 million<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/9229594/Norah-Jones-Little-Broken-Hearts-CD-review.html |title=Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts CD review|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=April 23, 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2012-04-27}}</ref> β 2002 #[[Backstreet Boys]] β ''[[Black & Blue (Backstreet Boys album)|Black & Blue]]'' β 24 million<ref name="Backstreet Windsor">{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/10/143_17992.html |title=The boys are back |date=August 7, 2008|newspaper=Windsor Star|access-date=2008-08-21}}</ref><ref name="BSB sales updated!">{{cite news|url=http://hwww.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2007/10/26/taking-it-back-86908-20012113/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420025430/http://hwww.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2007/10/26/taking-it-back-86908-20012113/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |title=Taking It Back |date=October 26, 2007 |newspaper=Daily Record |access-date=November 21, 2008 }}</ref> β 2000 #[[Linkin Park]] β ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' β 24 million<ref name="Live earth Linkin">{{cite web|url=http://liveearth.org/sv/press/pressrelease/linkin-park-headlines-live-earth-tokyo |title=Linkin Park headlines Live Earth Tokyo |date=May 25, 2007 |publisher=Live Earth, LLC |access-date=2008-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306081521/http://liveearth.org/sv/press/pressrelease/linkin-park-headlines-live-earth-tokyo |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> β 2000 #[[Britney Spears]] β ''[[Oops!... I Did It Again (album)|Oops!... I Did It Again]] '' β 20 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=28788021&page=5 |title=The Evolution of Britney Spears: 2000 β Oops... she did it again |publisher=[[MSN]] |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925003058/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=28788021&page=5 |archive-date=September 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> β 2000 #[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] β ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' β 20 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bet.com/video/music/u/usher/confessions-part-ii.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707205543/http://www.bet.com/video/music/u/usher/confessions-part-ii.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2011|title=Usher Confessions part II Video|publisher=Black Entertainment Television|access-date=June 23, 2012}}</ref> β 2004 #[[Eminem]] β ''[[The Eminem Show]]'' β 19 million<ref name="independent 2">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-real-slim-shady-stands-up-the-fans-on-his-european-tour-503319.html|archive-date=May 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514042111/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-real-slim-shady-stands-up-the-fans-on-his-european-tour-503319.html|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|title=The real Slim Shady stands up the fans on his European tour|first=Ciar|last=Byrne|date=August 18, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> β 2002 #[[Eminem]] β ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]'' β 19 million<ref name="independent 2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/eminem-fast-rising-rapper-8607941.html?cat=9 |work=The Independent |location=London |title=Eminem β the Fast Rising Rapper |first=Stephanie |last=Raide |date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022081505/http://voices.yahoo.com/eminem-fast-rising-rapper-8607941.html?cat=9 |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> β 2000 #[[Avril Lavigne]] β ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'' β 17 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=45518&cat=16|title=Avril Lavigne Ends North American Run of Shows with Two Dates in Washington Beginning May 9|date=May 4, 2008|publisher=transworldnews.com|access-date=May 29, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205061155/http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=45518&cat=16|archive-date=December 5, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> β 2002 #[[Evanescence]] β ''[[Fallen (Evanescence album)|Fallen]]'' β 17 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/evanescence/2515781|title=Evanescence Biography|publisher=[[Artistdirect]]|access-date=2012-09-23|archive-date=February 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205094357/http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/evanescence/2515781|url-status=dead}}</ref> β 2003
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