Best Albums of the 2000s

« View best albums of the 1990sView best albums of the 2010s »

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

2000s decade summary

Year	Albums 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.
2000	4,458	227,696	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,383	213,716	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,385	207,969	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,710	183,652	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,701	203,114	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,912	190,205	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,083	170,847	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,307	240,000	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,345	144,739	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,415	142,024	Merriweather Post Pavilion (141st)by Animal Collective
Total	48,699	1,923,963

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Animal Collective, Wilco and The White Stripes.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 112) (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from 2005. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,631 charts

Rank Score:

22,307

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (1,882 votes)

Comments:

167

19.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,087 charts

Rank Score:

10,616

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

137

Average Rating:

82 (1,638 votes)

Comments:

41.

Late Registration

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

731 charts

Rank Score:

6,175

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

279

Average Rating:

82 (1,186 votes)

Comments:

58.

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

666 charts

Rank Score:

4,957

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

359

Average Rating:

77 (843 votes)

Comments:

62.

Takk...

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

579 charts

Rank Score:

4,685

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

379

Average Rating:

82 (832 votes)

Comments:

69.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

555 charts

Rank Score:

4,212

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

420

Average Rating:

78 (747 votes)

Comments:

75.

Alligator

The National

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

501 charts

Rank Score:

3,891

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

455

Average Rating:

80 (718 votes)

Comments:

87.

X&Y

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

536 charts

Rank Score:

3,320

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

539

Average Rating:

72 (1,180 votes)

Comments:

90.

Feels

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

395 charts

Rank Score:

3,218

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

553

Average Rating:

79 (586 votes)

Comments:

102.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

315 charts

Rank Score:

2,699

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

102

Overall Rank:

656

Average Rating:

81 (442 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
11
12
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 112. Page 1 of 12

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

« View best albums of the 1990sView best albums of the 2010s »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Email Address
Forgotten passwords and other site notifications are sent to the email address saved on your profile. If you've changed your email address recently, please remember to update it on your profile page. (If you can't remember your password, and your email address is out of date, please contact us for assistance getting back into your account).