Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 50,000 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.
20003,704242,989
20013,724224,315
20023,824218,824
20034,141191,394
20044,045217,580
20054,331199,074
20064,462178,672
20074,647257,805
20084,695149,469
20094,802149,188
Total42,3752,029,311

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Muse, Animal Collective and Kanye West.
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2002
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22,468
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2004
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2,365
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2007
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1,922
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2009
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330
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2005
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285
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 101 10%
2001 103 10%
2002 101 10%
2003 113 11%
2004 87 9%
2005 107 11%
2006 97 10%
2007 101 10%
2008 92 9%
2009 98 10%
Country Albums %


United States 558 56%
United Kingdom 220 22%
Canada 55 6%
Mixed Nationality 28 3%
France 22 2%
Sweden 21 2%
Australia 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 986 99%
Yes 14 1%
Live? Albums %
No 988 99%
Yes 12 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Popular  Charts
1. The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)
2. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (2013)
3. 200 Greatest Albums of All Time by Uncut (2016)
4. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2020)
5. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
6. Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin (2000)
7. Top 100 Albums by ABC (2006)
8. The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time by Consequence of Sound (2022)
9. The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time by Absolute Radio (2012)
10. Mojo Readers: The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made by Mojo (1996)
11. Greatest 100 Albums of All Time by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME (2006)
12. The Greatest Rock Albums by uDiscoverMusic (2015)
13. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Melody Maker (2000)
14. Die 20 besten Alben der Geschichte by Musikexpress.de (2011)
15. 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2006)
16. Top 90.3 Listener Voted Albums by KEXP (2008)
17. All Time Top 100 Albums by Sounds (1985)
18. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Channel 4 (2005)
19. The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever by The Guardian (1997)
20. Os 100 Melhores Discos de Todos Os Tempos by Sinewave (2012)
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