THE OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS CHART TOP 75.

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ARTIST A-Z 
 
ABBA                       72 
ALL SAINTS                 23 
ANASTACIA                   6 
ARTFUL DODGER              47 
BADLY DRAWN BOY            27 
BEATLES, The                7 
BLUR                       42 
BON JOVI                   73 
CARPENTERS, The            46 
CHAPMAN, Tracy             61 
CORRS, The              41,69 
COLDPLAY                    5 
CREED                      29 
DAVID, Craig               13 
DEATH IN VEGAS             71 
DESTINY'S CHILD            20 
DR DRE                     16 
DIDO                        9 
EMINEM                   8,40 
ENYA                       26 
FATBOY SLIM             54,65 
FRAGMA                     34 
GABRIELLE                  51 
GRAY, David                15 
GREEN DAY               62,75 
HARRISON, George           68 
HOUSTON, Whitney           35 
JJ72                       37 
JOHN, Elton                63 
KEATING, Ronan             32 
LIMP BIZKIT              1,67 
LOPEZ, Jennifer             2 
LINKIN PARK                18 
MADONNA                    11 
MARLIN, Lene               33 
MARTIN, Ricky              70 
MELANIE C                  66 
MINOGUE, Kylie             60 
MOBY                       24 
MORCHEEBA               56,64 
McCUTCHEON, Martine        58 
NELLY                      74 
OFFSPRING, The             55 
OUTKAST                    14 
PINK                       25 
PRESLEY, Elvis             39 
PAPA ROACH                 19 
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS      31 
S CLUB 7                   17 
SADE                       53 
SAVAGE GARDEN              30 
SINATRA, Frank             45 
SPEARS, Britney            48 
STEPS                      21 
STEREOPHONICS              57 
SONIQUE                    36 
SUGABABES                  50 
TEXAS                       3 
TOPLOADER                   4 
TEMPTATIONS                28 
U2                         12 
UB40                       59 
WATSON, Russell            49 
WESTLIFE                22,44 
WHITE, Barry               43 
WILLIAMS, Andy             38 
WILLIAMS, Robbie           10 
WU-TANG CLAN               52 

CHART COMMENTARY

by ALAN JONES

ALBUMS FACTFILE

Although unable to emulate the number one position earned last month by her current single Love Don't Cost A Thing, Jennifer Lopez's second album, J.Lo debuts at number two, after selling more than 27,500 copies. After two days on release it was the nation's best-selling album but it could not maintain that position, eventually falling some 45% behind Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water. Lopez's debut album On The 6 -- which contains the hits If You Had My Love, Waiting For Tonight and Feelin' So Good -- debuted at number 14 in July 1999, selling 10,000 copies in its first week. It never climbed any higher but has so far sold a grand total of 203,000 copies. In America, where Love Don't Cost A Thing surprisingly slips 4.5 after climbing 10-4 last week, J.Lo is expected to debut at number one when the new album chart is announced on Wednesday.

While their record Rollin' continues to be the number one single, Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water surges to the top of the album chart, making the act the first to simultaneously lead both lists since August 1999, when Ronan Keating topped the singles chart with When You Say Nothing At All and the albums chart as a member of Boyzone with By Request.