The Defining Artists of the 2000s

The following artists released some of the best music of the 2000s. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

Of the 124 artists listed above, 18% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The Defining Albums of the 2000s

Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection (2000)

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)

Madonna - Music (2000)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)

The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)

Deftones - White Pony (2000)

The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)

PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)

Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)

D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)

Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

OutKast - Stankonia (2000)

Radiohead - Kid A (2000)

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)

U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)

Missy Elliott - Miss E... So Addictive (2001)

Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)

System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)

ABBA - The Definitive Collection (2001)

The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)

The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)

Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)

Shakira - Laundry Service (2001)

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)

Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)

Muddy Waters - The Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)

Pink - Missundaztood (2001)

Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)

Bob Dylan - Love And Theft (2001)

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)

Björk - Vespertine (2001)

Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002)

Beck - Sea Change (2002)

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)

The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee (2002)

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (2002)

Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)

Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (2002)

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)

The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)

Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)

Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)

Four Tet - Rounds (2003)

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)

Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964 (2003)

OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)

The White Stripes - Elephant (2003)

The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)

50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)

Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004)

Daddy Yankee - Barrio fino (2004)

Green Day - American Idiot (2004)

Feist - Let It Die (2004)

The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)

Usher - Confessions (2004)

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)

My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)

Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)

Brian Wilson - SMiLE (2004)

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)

My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)

Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)

M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (2005)

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)

Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)

Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)

Beyoncé - B'Day (2006)

TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (2006)

Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)

Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)

J Dilla - Donuts (2006)

John Mayer - Continuum (2006)

Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (2006)

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)

Paramore - Riot! (2007)

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (2007)

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)

Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)

M.I.A. - Kala (2007)

Kanye West - Graduation (2007)

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)

Burial - Untrue (2007)

Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007)

The National - Boxer (2007)

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)

Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 (2007)

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008)

The Roots - Rising Down (2008)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)

TV on the Radio - Dear Science (2008)

Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (2008)

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009)

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

The xx - xx (2009)

The Defining Songs of the 2000s

OutKast - Ms. Jackson (2000)

Coldplay - Yellow (2000)

MGMT - Kids (2000)

Radiohead - Idioteque (2000)

Eminem - Stan (2000)

Missy Elliott - Work It (2000)

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful (2000)

D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does it Feel) (2000)

Britney Spears - Stronger (2000)

Bon Jovi - It's My Life (2000)

Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott - Hero (2001)

Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer (2001)

The Strokes - Last Nite (2001)

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (2001)

Eminem - Lose Yourself (2002)

3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone (2002)

50 Cent - In Da Club (2002)

Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music (2002)

OutKast - Hey Ya! (2003)

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (2003)

Beyoncé - Crazy in Love (2003)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (2003)

Britney Spears - Toxic (2003)

The Killers - Mr. Brightside (2003)

Jay-Z - 99 Problems (2003)

Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (2004)

Coldplay - Fix You (2005)

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (2006)

My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade (2006)

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (2007)

LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (2007)

Rihanna - Umbrella (2007)

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (2009)