Listed below are the greatest albums of 2001 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 1,800 greatest album charts.

The best bands of 2001 were The Strokes, Radiohead, Muse, Tool, The White Stripes, System Of A Down, Daft Punk, Jay-Z, Björk and The Shins.

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Rank	Album	Band
1.	Is This It	The Strokes
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 223 charts Rank in 2001: 1 Total Rank Score: 11,080 Rank in 2000s: 4 Overall Rank: 33 Download / Buy Is This It on MP3:
2.	Origin Of Symmetry	Muse
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 76 charts Rank in 2001: 2 Total Rank Score: 4,345 Rank in 2000s: 15 Overall Rank: 99 Download / Buy Origin Of Symmetry on MP3:
3.	Amnesiac	Radiohead
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 85 charts Rank in 2001: 3 Total Rank Score: 4,332 Rank in 2000s: 16 Overall Rank: 101 Download / Buy Amnesiac on MP3:
4.	Lateralus	Tool
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 50 charts Rank in 2001: 4 Total Rank Score: 3,214 Rank in 2000s: 26 Overall Rank: 138 Download / Buy Lateralus on MP3: No MP3 preview.
5.	White Blood Cells	The White Stripes
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 76 charts Rank in 2001: 5 Total Rank Score: 3,092 Rank in 2000s: 28 Overall Rank: 143 Download / Buy White Blood Cells on MP3:
6.	Toxicity	System Of A Down
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 54 charts Rank in 2001: 6 Total Rank Score: 2,316 Rank in 2000s: 36 Overall Rank: 193 Download / Buy Toxicity on MP3:
7.	Discovery	Daft Punk
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 47 charts Rank in 2001: 7 Total Rank Score: 2,276 Rank in 2000s: 37 Overall Rank: 197 Download / Buy Discovery on MP3:
8.	The Blueprint	Jay-Z
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 36 charts Rank in 2001: 8 Total Rank Score: 1,591 Rank in 2000s: 53 Overall Rank: 257 Download / Buy The Blueprint on MP3:
9.	Vespertine	Björk
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 24 charts Rank in 2001: 9 Total Rank Score: 1,290 Rank in 2000s: 74 Overall Rank: 313 Download / Buy Vespertine on MP3:
10.	Oh, Inverted World	The Shins
	Year of Release: 2001 Appears in: 23 charts Rank in 2001: 10 Total Rank Score: 905 Rank in 2000s: 105 Overall Rank: 422 Download / Buy Oh, Inverted World on MP3: