Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 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.
20004,465227,545
20014,388213,807
20024,389207,814
20034,720183,757
20044,706203,068
20054,918190,096
20065,094170,828
20075,311240,134
20085,352144,325
20095,429142,090
Total48,7721,923,465

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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2005
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233
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2007
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232
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2009
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232
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2009
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2001
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230
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year Albums %


2000 99 10%
2001 101 10%
2002 111 11%
2003 110 11%
2004 85 9%
2005 112 11%
2006 97 10%
2007 94 9%
2008 89 9%
2009 102 10%
Country Albums %


United States 554 55%
United Kingdom 218 22%
Canada 52 5%
Mixed Nationality 33 3%
Sweden 24 2%
France 23 2%
Australia 19 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 987 99%
Yes 13 1%
Live? Albums %
No 989 99%
Yes 11 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Recognised  Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
3. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
4. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
5. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
6. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
7. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
8. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
9. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
10. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
11. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
12. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
13. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
14. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
15. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
16. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)
17. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
18. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
19. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)
20. Die besten Platten 2010-2019 by Spex (2019)
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