The best albums of the 2000s

The biggest albums of the 2000s, ranked by Era Score — streams normalized for how many people were on Spotify when each album dropped.

Raw stream counts can't compare a 2000s release against today's: Spotify's audience has grown every year. Contour's Era Score normalizes each album's streams against the platform's size at release, so this chart ranks the 2000s on even footing.

Top albums of the 2000s by Era Score

  1. The Eminem Show — Eminem (2002)
  2. Graduation — Kanye West (2007)
  3. Good Girl Gone Bad — Rihanna (2007)
  4. Hybrid Theory — Linkin Park (2000)
  5. Meteora — Linkin Park (2003)
  6. This Love — Maroon 5 (2002)
  7. If I Never See Your Face Again — Maroon 5, Rihanna (2008)
  8. If I Never See Your Face Again (feat. Rihanna) - Single — Maroon 5 (2008)
  9. Parachutes — Coldplay (2000)
  10. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' — 50 Cent (2003)
  11. The Fame — Lady Gaga (2008)
  12. The Fame Monster Video EP — Lady Gaga (2008)
  13. The Marshall Mathers LP — Eminem (2000)
  14. Toxicity — System Of A Down (2001)
  15. Favourite Worst Nightmare — Arctic Monkeys (2007)
  16. A Rush of Blood to the Head — Coldplay (2002)
  17. Hot Fuss — The Killers (2004)
  18. Songs About Jane — Maroon 5 (2002)
  19. The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts — My Chemical Romance (2006)
  20. The Black Parade — My Chemical Romance (2006)
  21. I AM...SASHA FIERCE — Beyoncé (2008)
  22. American Idiot — Green Day (2004)
  23. THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) — Black Eyed Peas (2009)
  24. Back To Black — Amy Winehouse (2006)
  25. Loose — Nelly Furtado (2006)
  26. Confessions — USHER (2004)
  27. One More Love — David Guetta (2009)
  28. Demon Days — Gorillaz (2005)
  29. Only By The Night — Kings of Leon (2008)
  30. Encore — Eminem (2004)
  31. Viva La Vida — Coldplay (2008)
  32. Minutes to Midnight — Linkin Park (2007)
  33. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends — Coldplay (2008)
  34. Fallen — Evanescence (2003)
  35. Fearless — Taylor Swift (2008)
  36. One Love — David Guetta (2009)
  37. By the Way — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2002)
  38. Hopes And Fears — Keane (2004)
  39. Stadium Arcadium — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)
  40. 19 — Adele (2008)
  41. Konvicted — Akon (2006)
  42. The Time Of Our Lives — Miley Cyrus (2009)
  43. Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 — Shakira (2005)
  44. Freedom — Akon (2008)
  45. Dangerously In Love — Beyoncé (2003)
  46. The College Dropout — Kanye West (2004)
  47. The Massacre — 50 Cent (2005)
  48. In Between Dreams — Jack Johnson (2005)
  49. X&Y — Coldplay (2005)
  50. Late Registration — Kanye West (2005)

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