Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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.
20004,147232,427
20014,069216,239
20024,143211,659
20034,453185,932
20044,450208,437
20054,659193,202
20064,838173,405
20074,999246,605
20085,040145,879
20095,218144,319
Total46,0161,958,105

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Animal Collective, Muse and The White Stripes.
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294
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Total albums: 103. Page 9 of 11

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 102 10%
2001 103 10%
2002 105 11%
2003 114 11%
2004 85 9%
2005 107 11%
2006 97 10%
2007 97 10%
2008 90 9%
2009 101 10%
Country Albums %


United States 551 55%
United Kingdom 218 22%
Canada 57 6%
Mixed Nationality 35 3%
Sweden 23 2%
France 22 2%
Australia 19 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 986 99%
Yes 15 1%
Live? Albums %
No 988 99%
Yes 13 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 991 99%
Yes 10 1%
Best Artists of 1964
1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Stan Getz & João Gilberto
4. Eric Dolphy
5. The Ronettes
6. The Rolling Stones
7. Sam Cooke
8. The Supremes
9. Herbie Hancock
10. The Kinks
11. Lee Morgan
12. The Beach Boys
13. The Animals
14. Charles Mingus
15. Muddy Waters
16. Horace Silver
17. Horace Silver Quintet
18. John Coltrane
19. Jerry Lee Lewis
20. Simon & Garfunkel
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