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 53,000 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	4,153	232,740	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,085	216,507	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,162	211,523	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,490	186,031	Elephant (111th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,461	208,214	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,853	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,849	173,152	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,010	246,247	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,055	145,647	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,227	144,258	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,160	1,957,173

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

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

81.

X&Y

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

534 charts

Rank Score:

3,544

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

508

Average Rating:

72 (1,171 votes)

Comments:

82.

Antics

Interpol

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

476 charts

Rank Score:

3,529

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

511

Average Rating:

79 (731 votes)

Comments:

83.

The Blueprint

Jay-Z

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

512 charts

Rank Score:

3,489

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

520

Average Rating:

78 (700 votes)

Comments:

84.

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

of Montreal

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,461

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

528

Average Rating:

79 (476 votes)

Comments:

85.

Mm.. Food

MF DOOM

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

332 charts

Rank Score:

3,414

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

533

Average Rating:

82 (387 votes)

Comments:

86.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

435 charts

Rank Score:

3,377

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

536

Average Rating:

78 (569 votes)

Comments:

87.

The Magnolia Electric Co.

Songs: Ohia

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

278 charts

Rank Score:

3,318

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

543

Average Rating:

82 (270 votes)

Comments:

88.

Feels

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

388 charts

Rank Score:

3,289

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

549

Average Rating:

79 (582 votes)

Comments:

89.

Oh, Inverted World

The Shins

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

455 charts

Rank Score:

3,252

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

553

Average Rating:

79 (666 votes)

Comments:

90.

Up The Bracket

The Libertines

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

459 charts

Rank Score:

3,246

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

554

Average Rating:

77 (668 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
...
8
9
10
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 9 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	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.

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. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
14. Dummy by Portishead
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Spiderland by Slint
18. Homogenic by Björk
19. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
20. Achtung Baby by U2