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The Best Music of 2005

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2005. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2005, check out this list.

Albums (?)Wikipedia
30 Seconds to MarsA Beautiful Lie
Animal CollectiveFeels
Antony and The JohnsonsI Am a Bird Now
BeckGuero
Bloc PartySilent Alarm
Bright EyesI'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Carrie UnderwoodSome Hearts
Coheed and CambriaGood Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of
ColdplayX&Y
CommonBe
Dave Matthews BandStand Up
Death Cab For CutiePlans
Depeche ModePlaying the Angel
Dream TheaterOctavarium
Dropkick MurphysThe Warrior's Code
Fall Out BoyFrom Under the Cork Tree
FeistLet It Die
Fiona AppleExtraordinary Machine
Foo FightersIn Your Honor
Franz FerdinandYou Could Have It So Much Better
GarbageBleed Like Me
George StraitSomewhere Down In Texas
GorillazDemon Days
Judas PriestAngel of Retribution
Kanye WestLate Registration
LCD SoundsystemLCD Soundsystem
Lil WayneTha Carter II
M.I.A.Arular
MadonnaConfessions On A Dance Floor
Mariah CareyThe Emancipation of Mimi
Mary J. BligeThe Breakthrough
Miranda LambertKerosene
My Morning JacketZ
Nine Inch NailsWith Teeth
OK GoOh No
Panic! at the DiscoA Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Porcupine TreeDeadwing
Queens of the Stone AgeLullabies to Paralyze
RobynRobyn
Ryan Adams & The CardinalsCold Roses
ShakiraOral Fixation, Vol. 2
Sigur RosTakk
Sleater-KinneyThe Woods
SpoonGimme Fiction
Sufjan StevensIllinois
System Of A DownMesmerize
System of a DownHypnotize
The Chemical BrothersPush the Button
The DecemberistsPicaresque
The Mars VoltaFrances the Mute
The White StripesGet Behind Me Satan
WolfmotherWolfmother

Songs (?)Wikipedia
30 Seconds to MarsThe Kill (Bury Me)
Amerie1 Thing
Animal CollectiveGrass
Arctic MonkeysI Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor
BeckE-Pro
Black Eyed PeasMy Humps
Bloc PartyBanquet
Bright EyesFirst Day of My Life
Carrie UnderwoodBefore He Cheats
Carrie UnderwoodJesus, Take the Wheel
CascadaEverytime We Touch
Coheed And CambriaWelcome Home
Coheed and CambriaThe Suffering
ColdplaySpeed of Sound
ColdplayFix You
Daft PunkTechnologic
Daniel PowterBad Day
Death Cab for CutieI Will Follow You Into The Dark
Death Cab For CutieSoul Meets Body
Depeche ModePrecious
Dropkick MurphysI'm Shipping Up To Boston
Fall Out BoySugar, We're Goin' Down
Fall Out BoyDance, Dance
Foo FightersBest of You
Franz FerdinandDo You Want To
GarbageBleed Like Me
GoldfrappOoh La La
GorillazDARE
Gorillaz feat. De La SoulFeel Good Inc.
Jace EverettBad Things (Theme from True Blood)
Jay Ferguson and The ScrantonesThe Office Theme
Kanye West feat. Jamie FoxxGold Digger
Kanye West feat. Lupe FiascoTouch The Sky
KT TunstallSuddenly I See
LCD SoundsystemDaft Punk Is Playing At My House
LCD SoundsystemDisco Infiltrator
Los Lonely BoysDiamonds
MadonnaHung Up
Mariah CareyWe Belong Together
Mariah CareyDon't Forget About Us
Mary J. BligeBe Without You
Miranda LambertKerosene
My Chemical RomanceThe Ghost Of You
New Order Jetstream
NickelbackPhotograph
Nine Inch NailsThe Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch NailsEvery Day Is Exactly the Same
Panic! At the DiscoI Write Sins Not Tragedies
RihannaPon de Replay
Rob ThomasLonely No More
RobynBe Mine!
Sleater-KinneyModern Girl
SpoonI Turn My Camera On
Sufjan StevensChicago
Sufjan StevensJohn Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Sufjan StevensCome On! Feel the Illinoise!
Sufjan StevensJacksonville
System of a DownB.Y.O.B.
The All-American RejectsMove Along
The All-American RejectsDirty Little Secret
The BraveryAn Honest Mistake
The DecemberistsMariner's Revenge Song
The FrayHow to Save a Life
The FrayOver My Head (Cable Car)
The Pussycat Dolls (featuring Busta Rhymes)Don't Cha
The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta RhymesDon't Cha
The White StripesBlue Orchid
The White StripesMy Doorbell

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