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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2001
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11,397
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2000
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10,984
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2007
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10,851
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2007
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10,696
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2004
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10,562
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2004
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9,833
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2003
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9,784
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2001
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9,569
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2006
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9,542
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2000
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9,431
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100

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%
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