Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 49,000 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.
20003,634245,333
20013,655226,147
20023,752219,796
20034,104192,926
20044,005218,907
20054,274200,197
20064,418179,910
20074,493259,279
20084,599150,458
20094,694150,613
Total41,6282,043,565

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Wilco, Animal Collective and Phil Elverum.
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2001
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11,366
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2000
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11,237
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2007
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11,021
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2007
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10,703
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2004
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10,610
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2003
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9,991
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2004
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9,884
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2001
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9,733
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2006
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9,696
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2001
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9,532
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 102 10%
2001 104 10%
2002 99 10%
2003 112 11%
2004 86 9%
2005 108 11%
2006 97 10%
2007 101 10%
2008 93 9%
2009 98 10%
Country Albums %


United States 559 56%
United Kingdom 220 22%
Canada 55 6%
Mixed Nationality 26 3%
France 22 2%
Sweden 21 2%
Australia 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 984 98%
Yes 16 2%
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. Björk
12. Pavement
13. Jeff Buckley
14. Blur
15. Nas
16. Portishead
17. Elliott Smith
18. Sigur Rós
19. Massive Attack
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers
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