Best Albums of 2001

Listed below are the best albums of 2001 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

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2001 year summaryThe best artists of 2001 were The Strokes, Radiohead, Daft Punk, Björk, Tool, The Microphones, Phil Elverum, Muse, System Of A Down and The White Stripes.
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2001
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Buy album United States
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2001
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116
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Buy album United States
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2001
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 19 of 100

Best Albums of 2001 composition

Country Albums %


United States 465 47%
United Kingdom 185 19%
Canada 40 4%
Germany 40 4%
Mixed Nationality 33 3%
Japan 30 3%
France 26 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 933 93%
Yes 67 7%
Live? Albums %
No 963 96%
Yes 37 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 983 98%
Yes 17 2%
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