Ranking   
NME 2000
Top 50 Albums of 2000
  1. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Rated R (Interscope)
  2. PRIMAL SCREAM - Exterminator (Creation)
  3. PJ HARVEY - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (Island)
  4. BADLY DRAWN BOY - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (Twisted Nerve/XL)
  5. AT THE DRIVE-IN - Relationship Of Command (Grand Royal)
  6. Coldplay - Parachutes (Parlophone)
  7. EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope)
  8. Doves - Lost Souls (Heavenly)
  9. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Mwng (Placid Casual/Ankst)
  10. KELIS - Kaleidoscope (Virgin)
  11. RADIOHEAD - Kid A (Parlophone)
  12. GRANDADDY - The Sophtware Slump (V2)
  13. LAMBCHOP - Nixon (City Slang)
  14. YO LA TENGO - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (Matador)
  15. TEENAGE FANCLUB - Howdy! (Columbia)
  16. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas To Heaven (Constellation/Kranky)
  17. ELLIOTT SMITH - Figure 8 (DreamWorks)
  18. THE FOR CARNATION - The For Carnation (Domino)
  19. THE GO-BETWEENS - The Friends Of Rachel Worth (Circus)
  20. RICHARD ASHCROFT - Alone With Everybody (Hut)
  21. WU-TANG CLAN - The W (Loud)
  22. DELTA - Slippin' Out (Dishy)
  23. BROADCAST - The Noise Made By People (Warp)
  24. SIX BY SEVEN - The Closer You Get (Mantra)
  25. JEFF BUCKLEY - Mystery White Boy (Columbia)
  26. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant (Jeepster)
  27. SMOG - Dongs Of Sevotion (Domino)
  28. THE DELGADOS - The Great Eastern (Chemikal Underground)
  29. THE DANDY WARHOLS - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (Capitol)
  30. THE KINGSBURY MANX - The Kingsbury Manx (City Slang)
  31. TWO LONE SWORDSMEN - Tiny Reminders (Warp)
  32. JOHNNY CASH - American III: Solitary Man (Columbia)
  33. SHELLAC - 1000 Hurts (Touch & Go)
  34. MARILYN MANSON - Holy Wood [In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death] (Interscope)
  35. SIGUR ROS - Agaetis Byrjun (Fat Cat)
  36. GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Supreme Clientele (Razor Sharp/Epic)
  37. PAUL WELLER - Heliocentric (Island)
  38. LEILA - Courtesy Of Choice (XL)
  39. ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION - Community Music (Ffrr)
  40. BLACK BOX RECORDER - The Facts Of Life (Nude)
  41. DAVID HOLMES - Bow Down To The Exit Sign (Go! Beat)
  42. OUTKAST - Stankonia (LaFace/Arista)
  43. CLINIC - Internal Wrangler (Domino)
  44. AMEN - We Have Come For Your Parents (Virgin)
  45. RYAN ADAMS - Heartbreaker (Cooking Vinyl)
  46. MAGNETIC FIELDS - 69 Love Songs (Circus)
  47. MADONNA - Music (Maverick/Warners)
  48. 48 Q-TIP - Amplified (LaFace/Arista)
  49. GRAND DRIVE - True Love And High Adventure (Loose)
  50. GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI - The Blue Trees (Mantra)
Top 100 Singles of 2000
  1. Coldplay - Yellow (Parlophone)
  2. Sugababes - Overload (London)
  3. KELIS - Caught Out There (Interscope)
  4. Queens of the Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret (Polydor)
  5. LAMBCHOP - Up With People (City Slang)
  6. Queens of the Stone Age - Feelgood Hit Of The Summer (Polydor)
  7. SUGABABES - Overload (London)
  8. DOVES - The Cedar Room (Heavenly)
  9. PRIMAL SCREAM - Accelerator (Creation)
  10. SPILLER - Groovejet [If This Ain't Love] (Positiva)
  11. RICHARD ASHCROFT - A Song For The Lovers (Hut)
  12. KING BISCUIT TIME - No Style EP (Astralwerks)
  13. PJ HARVEY - Good Fortune (Island)
  14. AT THE DRIVE-IN - One Armed Scissor (Grand Royal)
  15. CLEARLAKE - Winterlight (Dusty Company)
  16. THE DANDY WARHOLS - Bohemian Like You (Parlophone)
  17. BROADCAST - Come On Let's Go (Warp)
  18. ALL SAINTS - Pure Shores (London)
  19. EMINEM - Stan (Interscope)
  20. MARILYN MANSON - Disposable Teens (Polydor)
  21. MINT ROYALE/LAUREN LAVERNE - Don't Falter (Faith & Hope)
  22. ZOMBIE NATION - Kernkraft 400 (Data)
  23. THE BLOODHOUND GANG - The Bad Touch (Geffen)
  24. BLUR - Music Is My Radar (Food)
  25. TEENAGE FANCLUB - I Need Direction (Columbia)
  26. ALL SAINTS - Black Coffee (London)
  27. OL' DIRTY BASTARD/KELIS - Got Your Money (Elektra)
  28. KYLIE MINOGUE - Spinning Around (Parlophone)
  29. DR DRE - Forgot About Dre (Interscope)
  30. TRAIL OF DEAD - Mistakes And Regrets (Domino)
  31. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Masses Against The Classes (Epic)
  32. DAFT PUNK - One More Time (Virgin)
  33. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Ysbeidiau Heulog (Placid Casual)
  34. ELLIOTT SMITH - Son Of Sam (DreamWorks)
  35. PRIMAL SCREAM - Kill All Hippies (Creation)
  36. AALIYAH - Try Again (Virgin)
  37. DEAD PREZ - Hip Hop (Epic)
  38. SHACK - Oscar (London)
  39. WU-TANG CLAN - Gravel Pit (Epic)
  40. GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI - Poodle Rockin' (Mantra)
  41. DOVES - Catch The Sun (Heavenly)
  42. DEATH IN VEGAS - Aisha (Concrete)
  43. BOARDS OF CANADA - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country (Warp)
  44. BADLY DRAWN BOY - Once Around The Block (Twisted Nerve)
  45. AIR - Playground Love (Virgin)
  46. THE BETA BAND - To You Alone/Sequinsizer (Regal)
  47. KID 606 - Straight Outta Compton (Carpark)
  48. BRITNEY SPEARS - Oops!... I Did It Again (Jive)
  49. MOBY - Natural Blues (Mute)
  50. KELIS - Good Stuff (Virgin)
  51. OASIS - Go Let It Out (Big Brother)
  52. GOLDFRAPP - Utopia (Mute)
  53. KID 606 - Soccergirl EP (Carpark)
  54. MANSUN - I Can Only Disappoint U (Parlophone)
  55. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Do Or Die (Creation)
  56. TRAVIS - Coming Around (Independiente)
  57. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Sleep Now In The Fire (Epic)
  58. BADLY DRAWN BOY - Disillusion (Twisted Nerve)
  59. MADONNA - Music (WEA)
  60. INFESTICONS - Hero Theme (Big Dada)
  61. SAINT ETIENNE - Heart Failed [In The Back Of A Taxi] (Mantra)
  62. BRASSY - Work It Out (Wiiija)
  63. COLDPLAY - Shiver (Parlophone)
  64. ALAN BRAXE AND FRED FALKE - Running (Parlophone)
  65. IAN BROWN - Golden Gaze (Polydor)
  66. DESTINY'S CHILD - Say My Name (Columbia)
  67. FATBOY SLIM - Sunset [Bird Of Prey] (Skint)
  68. GRANDADDY - He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot (V2)
  69. CYPRESS HILL - [Rock] Superstar (Ruff House)
  70. YO LA TENGO - You Can Have It All (Matador)
  71. DAVID HOLMES - '69 Police (Go! Beat)
  72. GRANDADDY - The Crystal Lake (V2)
  73. SISQO - Thong Song (Def Jam)
  74. EELS - Mr E's Beautiful Blues (DreamWorks)
  75. IDLEWILD - Roseability (Food)
  76. V-TWIN - Delinquency (Domino)
  77. SIX BY SEVEN - Eat Junk, Become Junk (Mantra)
  78. ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION - New Way, New Life (Ffrr)
  79. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Legal Man (Jeepster)
  80. RONI SIZE/REPRAZENT - Who Told You (Talkin' Loud)
  81. SLEATER-KINNEY - You're No Rock'n'Roll Fun (Matador)
  82. BLOODCLAAT GANGSTER YOUTH - Kill Or Be Killed (Full Watts)
  83. AT THE DRIVE-IN - Rolodex Propaganda (Grand Royal)
  84. BLINK 182 - All The Small Things (MCA)
  85. EMINEM - The Way I Am (Interscope)
  86. FOO FIGHTERS - Generator (RCA)
  87. KEVIN TIHISTA'S RED TERROR - Lose The Dress Easy! (Tiger)
  88. LESS THAN JAKE - All Of My Best Friends Are Metalheads (Golf)
  89. BLACK BOX RECORDER - The Facts Of Life (Nude)
  90. ECHOBOY - Kit And Holly (Mute)
  91. LOW - Dinosaur Act (Tugboat)
  92. CHICKS ON SPEED - Glamour Girl (Chicks On Speed)
  93. KELIS - Get Along With You (Virgin)
  94. MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Barcode Bypass (Tugboat)
  95. BLONDE REDHEAD - Melodie Citronique (Touch & Go)
  96. ROYAL TRUX - Radio Video (Domino)
  97. ELBOW - New Born (Uglyman)
  98. PEACHES - Lovertits (Kitty-Yo)
  99. BIRTH - Found A Way Out (Hut)
  100. MUSE - Muscle Museum (Mushroom)