Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 51,000 greatest album charts.

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2000s decade summary
YearAlbums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
20003,982237,451
20013,917219,234
20024,002214,062
20034,343188,489
20044,274211,770
20054,555195,868
20064,704176,892
20074,866252,722
20084,890147,563
20095,074146,694
Total44,6071,990,747

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Muse, Animal Collective and The White Stripes.
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2000
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53,918
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2007
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53,295
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2004
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43,546
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2001
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34,352
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2005
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23,660
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2002
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21,488
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2006
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19,293
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2004
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16,816
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2000
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15,431
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2002
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15,182
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 102 10%
2001 101 10%
2002 107 11%
2003 112 11%
2004 88 9%
2005 108 11%
2006 97 10%
2007 102 10%
2008 88 9%
2009 101 10%
Country Albums %


United States 561 56%
United Kingdom 217 22%
Canada 55 5%
Mixed Nationality 34 3%
Sweden 22 2%
France 22 2%
Australia 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 990 98%
Yes 16 2%
Live? Albums %
No 992 99%
Yes 14 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 996 99%
Yes 10 1%
Best Albums of the 2010s
1. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
3. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
4. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
5. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
6. A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
7. Lonerism by Tame Impala
8. Blonde by Frank Ocean
9. ★ (Blackstar) by David Bowie
10. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend
11. High Violet by The National
12. Teen Dream by Beach House
13. Currents by Tame Impala
14. Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
15. Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
16. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
17. Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
18. AM by Arctic Monkeys
19. This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem
20. Yeezus by Kanye West
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