Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 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.
20004,485225,916
20014,408212,551
20024,409206,390
20034,749183,280
20044,725201,992
20054,939189,024
20065,122170,090
20075,342239,015
20085,437144,612
20095,526142,026
Total49,1421,914,897

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Animal Collective, Wilco and The White Stripes.
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2007
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48,028
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2000
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47,332
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2004
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38,156
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2001
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30,882
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2005
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22,010
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2002
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18,835
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2006
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17,098
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2004
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15,455
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2002
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14,061
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2000
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 100 10%
2001 101 10%
2002 112 11%
2003 108 11%
2004 85 9%
2005 110 11%
2006 98 10%
2007 93 9%
2008 90 9%
2009 103 10%
Country Albums %


United States 555 56%
United Kingdom 215 22%
Canada 54 5%
Mixed Nationality 34 3%
Sweden 24 2%
France 23 2%
Australia 19 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 986 99%
Yes 14 1%
Live? Albums %
No 989 99%
Yes 11 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
5. The Bends by Radiohead
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
9. In Utero by Nirvana
10. Grace by Jeff Buckley
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Dummy by Portishead
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
19. Spiderland by Slint
20. Violator by Depeche Mode
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