Top Ten Rock Albums of Each Year - 2000-2009

Criteria: These Albums were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, originality, and acclaim from critics and musicians.

Top Ten Rock Albums of 2000

1. Stankonia
OutKast
2. The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
3. Kid A
Radiohead
4. All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
5. Like Water For Chocolate
Common
6. Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
7. Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
8. Parachutes
Coldplay
9. Voodoo
D'Angelo
10. Music
Madonna
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2001

1. The Blueprint
Jay-Z
2. Is This It
The Strokes
3. Songs In A Minor
Alicia Keys
4. Toxicity
System Of A Down
5. Lateralus
Tool
6. Miss E...So Addictive
Missy Elliot
7. White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
8. Gorillaz
Gorillaz
9. Amnesiac
Radiohead
10. No More Drama
Mary J. Blige
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2002

1. Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
2. A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
3. Phrenology
The Roots
4. Under Construction
Missy Elliot
5. Missundaztood
Pink
6. The Eminem Show
Eminem
7. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
8. Songs For The Deaf
Queens Of The Stone Age
9. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
10. The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
2003

1. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
2. Elephant
The White Stripes
3. The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
4. Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
5. The Black Album
Jay-Z
6. Hail To The Thief
Radiohead
7. Meteora
Linkin Park
8. De-Loused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
9. Elephunk
The Black Eyed Peas
10. Chicken-N-Beer
Ludacris
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2004

1. American Idiot
Green Day
2. The College Dropout
Kanye West
3. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2
4. SMiLE
Brian Wilson
5. Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
6. Funeral
Arcade Fire
7. A Ghost Is Born
Wilco
8. Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Modest Mouse
9. The Rubber Factory
The Black Keys
10. Our Endless Numbered Days
Iron & Wine
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2005

1. Late Registration
Kanye West
2. The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey
3. Be
Common
4. X&Y
Coldplay
5. Mezmerize
System Of A Down
6. Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
7. Demon Days
Gorillaz
8. Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
9. Guero
Beck
10. Arlur
M.I.A.
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2006

1. St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley
2. Whatever People Say I Am Thats What I Am Not
Arctic Monkeys
3. Modern Times
Bob Dylan
4. Game Theory
The Roots
5. Broken Boy Soldiers
The Raconteurs
6. Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
8. Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
9. Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
10. Black Holes And Revelations
Muse
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2007

1. In Rainbows
Radiohead
2. Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3. Icky Thump
The White Stripes
4. Graduation
Kanye West
5. Wincing The Night Away
The Shins
6. Kala
M.I.A.
7. American Gangster
Jay-Z
8. Easy Tiger
Ryan Adams
9. Favourite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys
10. Alright, Still
Lily Allen
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2008

1. The Fame
Lady Gaga
2. Tha Carter, Vol. III
Lil Wayne
3. Only by the Night
Kings of Leon
4. Viva La Vida
Coldplay
5. Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
6. The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
7. 808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West
8. Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
9. Paper Trail
T.I.
10. Death Magnetic
Metallica
Top Ten Rock Albums of 2009

1. Lungs
Florence + the Machine
2. Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
3. The Blueprint 3
Jay-Z
4. The E.N.D.
Black Eyed Peas
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix
6. BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell
7. No Line on the Horizon
U2
8. Sigh No More
Mumford & Sons
9. XX
The xx
10. It's Not Me, It's You
Lily Allen

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Last Updated: 2011-11-21
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