These are the Oricon number one albums of 2000, per the Oricon Albums Chart. 
  Chart history
  Key   | †  |  Indicates best-selling album of 2000  | 
    | Issue Date[1]  |  Album  |  Sales  |  Artist(s)  | 
  | January 3 |  Carry On My Way |  567,190 |  Speed  | 
  | January 17 |  Love Is The Message |  1,349,650 |  Misia  | 
  | January 24 |  173,870  | 
  | January 31 |  Fresh Brash Old Man |  161,780 |  Snail Ramp  | 
  | February 7 |  Genius 2000 |  536,940 |  Namie Amuro  | 
  | February 14 |  141,070  | 
  | February 21 |  Infinity Eighteen Vol. 1 |  825,130 |  Ami Suzuki  | 
  | February 28 |  Greatest Hits "The Soul" |  446,450 |  Dreams Come True  | 
  | March 6 |  B'z The "Mixture" |  1,101,440 |  B'z  | 
  | March 13 |  Best: Psychommunity |  407,600 |  Hide  | 
  | March 20 |  Sakura no Ki no Shita |  168,300 |  aiko  | 
  | March 27 |  Eternity |  554,570 |  Every Little Thing  | 
  | April 3 |  Fresh |  767,300 |  Judy and Mary  | 
  | April 10 |  Shouso Strip |  904,380 |  Ringo Sheena  | 
  | April 17 |  724,060  | 
  | April 24 |  189,710  | 
  | May 1 |  Misia Remix 2000 Little Tokyo |  234,190 |  Misia  | 
  | May 8 |  Petit Best: Ki Ao Aka |  385,680 |  Various Artists  | 
  | May 15 |  211,300  | 
  | May 22 |  Tubest III |  250,650 |  Tube  | 
  | May 29 |  KinKi Single Selection |  712,340 |  KinKi Kids  | 
  | June 5 |  Koyanagi the Covers Product 1 |  233,480 |  Yuki Koyanagi  | 
  | June 12 |  Mayo Okamoto Best Rise I  |  233,480 |  Mayo Okamoto  | 
  | June 19 |  Babylon |  207,860 |  Sads  | 
  | June 26 |  Rapunzel |  185,590 |  Cocco  | 
  | July 3 |  The Changing Same |  381,180 |  Ken Hirai  | 
  | July 10 |  Delicious Way † |  2,218,640 |  Mai Kuraki  | 
  | July 17 |  528,780  | 
  | July 24 |  Yuzuman no Natsu |  368,270 |  Yuzu  | 
  | July 31 |  Beat Ball |  182,310 |  Da Pump  | 
  | August 7 |  Mugendai |  402,170 |  19  | 
  | August 14 |  Super Eurobeat Vol.110 Millennium Anniversary Non-Stop Mega Mix |  157,360 |  Various Artists  | 
  | August 21 |  "Happy" Coming Century, 20th Century Forever |  141,060 |  V6  | 
  | August 28 |  Super Eurobeat Vol.110 Millennium Anniversary Non-Stop Mega Mix |  104,180 |  Various Artists  | 
  | September 4 |  Expansion |  621,730 |  Yuki Koyanagi  | 
  | September 11 |  Real |  811,260 |  L'Arc-en-Ciel  | 
  | September 18 |  153,710  | 
  | September 25 |  Zecchōshū |  275,920 |  Ringo Sheena  | 
  | October 2 |  Image |  88,190 |  Various Artists  | 
  | October 9 |  Duty |  1,682,760 |  Ayumi Hamasaki  | 
  | October 16 |  339,810  | 
  | October 23 |  205,180  | 
  | October 30[2] |  116,970  | 
  | November 6 |  Daiya-monde |  274,150 |  Hitomi Yaida  | 
  | November 13 |  Tobira |  508,930 |  Yuzu  | 
  | November 20[3] |  The History of Shogo Hamada "Since 1975" |  424,600 |  Shōgo Hamada  | 
  | November 27 |  1 |  469,220 |  The Beatles  | 
  | December 4[4] |  Ballad 3 ~The Album of Love~ |  1,368,650 |  Southern All Stars  | 
  | December 11[5] |  Drive~GLAY Complete Best~ |  1,726,780 |  Glay  | 
  | December 18 |  Eleven |  756,910 |  B'z  | 
  | December 25 |  D Album |  354,830 |  KinKi Kids  | 
 
 Annual
  See also
  References
   - ^ See weekly issues of Oricon magazine with these dates. See also Youtaiju. 
  - ^ CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 30 October 2000. 
  - ^ CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 20 November 2000. 
  - ^ CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 4 December 2000. 
  - ^ CDアルバム BEST50. Weekly Ranking. Entertainment Site. Oricon. 11 December  2000.