Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 49,000 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.
20003,642244,844
20013,655225,561
20023,756219,764
20034,110192,667
20044,022218,653
20054,282199,761
20064,427179,720
20074,502259,030
20084,601150,231
20094,700150,416
Total41,6972,040,647

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Wilco, Animal Collective and Phil Elverum.
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2000
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57,864
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2007
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56,151
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2004
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46,829
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2001
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36,263
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2005
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24,550
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2002
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22,749
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2006
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20,256
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2004
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17,455
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2000
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16,582
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2002
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16,246
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 101 10%
2001 104 10%
2002 99 10%
2003 112 11%
2004 86 9%
2005 108 11%
2006 97 10%
2007 102 10%
2008 93 9%
2009 98 10%
Country Albums %


United States 559 56%
United Kingdom 220 22%
Canada 55 6%
Mixed Nationality 26 3%
France 22 2%
Australia 21 2%
Sweden 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 984 98%
Yes 16 2%
Live? Albums %
No 988 99%
Yes 12 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
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