60 Best Rock Albums Of The 2000s
The following is a list of the best rock albums of the 2000s. Many are mainstream releases however we have also included albums that may not have had as much of a commercial push but in our opion are incredible rock albums comparable to others in this list.
30 Seconds To Mars - A beautiful Lie
- Platinum
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
- #2 on the Billboard 200
- Platinum
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
- #4 on the Billboard 200
- Platinum
Adema - Adema
- 1 million copies sold worldwide
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
- #5 on the Billboard 200
- Certified Gold
- nominated for two grammys
Alter Bridge - One Day remains
- #5 on the Billboard 200
- Certified Gold
Alter Bridge - Blackbird
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Audioslave - Audioslave
- #7 on the Billboard 200
- Triple platinum
Bif Naked - Superbeautifulmonster
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Billy Talent - Billy Talent
- Triple platinum (in Canada)
- #6 on the Canadian Albums Chart
Billy Talent - Billy Talent II
- #1 on the Candian Albums Chart
- #1 on the Germany Chart
- Over Triple platinum (in Canada)
- 1.2 million copies sold worldwide
Billy Talent - Billy Talent III
- #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart
- #2 on the Germany Charts
- Won the Juno award for Best Rock Album of the year
Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 4.5 million copies sold worldwide
Blink 182 - Blink 182
- Platinum (in the US and other countries)
Blue Man Group - The Complex
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Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer
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Deftones - White Pony
- Platinum
- Won Grammy award for Best Metal Performance for the single, "Elite."
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
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Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
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Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
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Disturbed - The Sickness
- 4 times platinum
Disturbed - Believe
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- Double platinum
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 4.2 million copies sold
Disturbed - Indestructible
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 2 million+ copies sold worldwide
Delores O'riordan - Are You Listening?
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Evanescense - Fallen
- 17 million copies sold worldwide
- Won two Grammy awards for Best New Artist & Best Hard Rock Performance for the single. "Bring Me To Life."
Evan's Blue - The Melody And The Energetic Nature Of Volume
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Everclear - Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude
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Everclear - Slow Motion Daydream
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Finger Eleven - The Greyest of Blue Skies
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Flyleaf - Flyleaf
- Platinum
Flyleaf - Memento Mori
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Foo Fighters - One By One
- #3 on the Billboard 200
- #1 on the UK Albums Chart
- Won the Grammy for Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
- #3 on the Billboard 200
- Won two Grammy awards for Best Rock Album & Best Hard Rock Performance for the single, "Pretender."
Fuel - Something Like Human
- Double platinum
Godsmack - Awake
- 2 million+ copies sold
- #5 on the Billboard 200
Godsmack - Faceless
- 1 million copies sold
- #1 on the billboard 200
Godsmack - IV
- #1 on the Billboard 200
Green Day - American Idiot
- 14 million copies sold worldwide
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
- #3 on the Billboard 200
- 2.6 million copies sold worldwide
Hawksley Workman - Los Manlicious
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Incubus - Morning View
- #2 on the Billboard 200
- 3.6 million copies sold worldwide
Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder...
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 1.9 million copies sold
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
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Linkin Park - Meteora
- 10 million+ copies sold worldwide
- #1 on the Billboard 200
Korn - See You On The Otherside
- 1.8 million copies sold worldwide
Korn - Untouchables
- 4 million copies sold worldwide
- #2 on the Billboard 200
Matthew Good - Avalanche
- #2 on the Canadian Albums Chart
- Certified Gold
Matthew Good Band - The Audio Of Being
- Certified Gold
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
- #3 on the Billboard 200
Radiohead - In Rainbows
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 3 million+ copies sold worldwide
Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts
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Placebo - Meds
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Placebo - Battle With The Sun
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
- #2 on the Billboard 200
- 13 million copies sold worldwide
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 8 million copies sold worldwide
- Won 5 Grammy awards
Tool - Lateralus
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- Double Platinum
- Won the Grammy award of Best Metal Performance for the single, "Schism."
Tool - 10,000 days
- #1 on the Billboard 200
- 3 million+ copies sold worldwide
