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 51,000 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	3,816	239,524	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,812	221,314	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	3,910	216,021	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,246	189,056	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,150	214,423	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,476	196,894	Illinois (44th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,596	177,629	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (60th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,782	254,582	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,833	148,600	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,023	148,265	Merriweather Post Pavilion (135th)by Animal Collective
Total	43,644	2,006,309

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

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

11.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

14,176

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

84 (1,340 votes)

Comments:

12.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,293 charts

Rank Score:

13,914

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

79 (2,135 votes)

Comments:

181

13.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,167 charts

Rank Score:

13,545

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

14.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,443 charts

Rank Score:

13,000

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

114

Average Rating:

83 (2,081 votes)

Comments:

127

15.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,251 charts

Rank Score:

12,633

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

16.

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,284 charts

Rank Score:

12,302

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

17.

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,184 charts

Rank Score:

11,862

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

131

Average Rating:

83 (1,555 votes)

Comments:

18.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,049 charts

Rank Score:

11,730

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

82 (1,599 votes)

Comments:

19.

Songs For The Deaf

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,067 charts

Rank Score:

11,675

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

83 (1,465 votes)

Comments:

20.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,071 charts

Rank Score:

11,510

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

135

Average Rating:

82 (1,555 votes)

Comments:

156

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
99
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	88	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	99	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Radiohead	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	559	56%
	216	22%
	56	6%
	32	3%
	22	2%
	22	2%
	22	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	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).