Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 51,000 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.
20003,813239,535
20013,809221,100
20023,908216,170
20034,245189,106
20044,149214,352
20054,475196,916
20064,594177,556
20074,781254,228
20084,830148,266
20095,019148,040
Total43,6232,005,268

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Muse, Animal Collective and Kanye West.
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2005
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238
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237
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 101 10%
2001 102 10%
2002 105 11%
2003 110 11%
2004 88 9%
2005 109 11%
2006 97 10%
2007 99 10%
2008 90 9%
2009 99 10%
Country Albums %


United States 559 56%
United Kingdom 216 22%
Canada 55 6%
Mixed Nationality 33 3%
Sweden 22 2%
Australia 22 2%
France 22 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%
Best Artists of the 1990s
1. Radiohead
2. Nirvana (US)
3. Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The Smashing Pumpkins
5. My Bloody Valentine
6. Oasis
7. Pearl Jam
8. Weezer
9. R.E.M.
10. Richard David James
11. Nick Cave
12. Björk
13. Pavement
14. Jeff Buckley
15. Nas
16. Elliott Smith
17. Blur
18. Portishead
19. Sigur Rós
20. Massive Attack
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