Best Albums of 2000

Listed below are the best albums of 2000 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

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2000 year summaryThe best artists of 2000 were Radiohead, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Modest Mouse, The Avalanches, Coldplay, Eminem, OutKast, PJ Harvey, At The Drive-In and Deftones.
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2000
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49,070
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2000
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8,407
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7,613
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6,078
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5,147
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5,052
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3,784
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Best Albums of 2000 composition

Artist Albums %


Various Artists 14 1%
King Crimson 7 1%
Songs: Ohia 3 0%
Grateful Dead 3 0%
Current 93 3 0%
John Coltrane 2 0%
Trans Am 2 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 439 44%
United Kingdom 207 21%
Mixed Nationality 39 4%
Germany 37 4%
Canada 32 3%
Japan 24 2%
Sweden 24 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 898 90%
Yes 102 10%
Live? Albums %
No 963 96%
Yes 37 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 983 98%
Yes 17 2%
Popular  Charts
1. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (2013)
2. 200 Greatest Albums of All Time by Uncut (2016)
3. The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)
4. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2020)
5. 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition by Apple Music (2024)
6. Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin (2000)
7. Top 100 Albums by ABC (2006)
8. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
9. Mojo Readers: The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made by Mojo (1996)
10. Die 100 besten Platten des Jahrhunderts by Wiener (1999)
11. Greatest 100 Albums of All Time by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME (2006)
12. The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time by Absolute Radio (2012)
13. Die 20 besten Alben der Geschichte by Musikexpress.de (2011)
14. Los 48 mejores discos de la historia by Esquire España (2022)
15. The Greatest Rock Albums by uDiscoverMusic (2015)
16. Die 100 besten Alben der Musikgeschichte by radioeins (2019)
17. 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2006)
18. The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time (1-100) by Paste (2024)
19. Die 100 Alben des Jahrhunderts by Spex (2000)
20. The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time by Consequence of Sound (2022)
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