2000s Music Map Art Prints: Five Maps, 2003 to 2026
My 2000s music map art prints cover five artists whose first albums arrived between 2003 and 2009: Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift, Mumford and Sons, Cody Johnson, and Dierks Bentley. Each print draws a career as a transit map, with the albums as stations in release order and every credited musician as a line.
Three of the five are country or country-adjacent, which was not planned. It is simply where the 2000s debut albums in my catalogue fall. The two British guitar bands and the three American records share something anyway, which I come to below.
The Five Maps in the Collection
- Arctic Monkeys discography art print: seven studio albums, 2006 to 2022
- Taylor Swift discography art print, Part One: six studio albums, from the 2006 debut to reputation in 2017
- Mumford and Sons discography art print: eight releases, 2009 to 2026, six of them studio albums
- Cody Johnson discography art print: nine albums, 2007 to 2023
- Dierks Bentley discography art print: ten albums, 2003 onwards
Two notes on scope. The Cody Johnson map opens with a live record, Live and Rocking from 2007, because that is where his catalogue starts. The Mumford and Sons map carries eight releases of which six are studio albums; the other two are drawn and labelled as what they are.
The Decade When Debuts Got Small Again
The 1990s maps get wider as they go, and so do these, but the 2000s debuts are noticeably narrow. Arctic Monkeys credit eleven names on the first album. Cody Johnson's first four albums credit almost nobody, with musician counts of 1, 2, 1, and 1 before the fifth album credits 3 and the sixth jumps to 16.
Then the widening starts. The Arctic Monkeys map reaches 28 credited names on the 2016 Last Shadow Puppets record. Cody Johnson's later stations carry 23, 43, and 36. The map draws a small band becoming a big production, which is the story of almost every act that started in this decade.
Three Country Maps and a Banjo
Dierks Bentley has a banjo player credited on every one of his ten albums. Not a phase, not a bluegrass detour on one record; the banjo is the spine of the map. Mumford and Sons are the opposite case: the banjo line runs the first half of the print and then stops, which is an argument the records themselves cannot make.
Cody Johnson's map puts Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, and Brooks and Dunn on the same sheet as a man whose early records were made with almost nobody. The guest lines on the later albums are short spurs, one station each, and there are a lot of them.
| Map | Debut credits | Widest station |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic Monkeys | 11 names, 2006 | 28 names, 2016 (The Last Shadow Puppets) |
| Cody Johnson | 1 name, 2007 | 43 names |
| Dierks Bentley | Banjo credited | Banjo still credited, ten albums later |
| Mumford and Sons | Banjo credited | Banjo line ends halfway across |
Taylor Swift: Why This Is Part One of Three
The Taylor Swift catalogue does not fit on one sheet. Part One covers six studio albums, Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and reputation, and the credits show the move from Nashville session players to Swedish pop production in the lines that appear and disappear between Red and 1989.
Parts Two and Three cover the later albums and the re-recordings, and the full ordered list, re-recordings included, is in my Taylor Swift albums in order post.
Arctic Monkeys: From Sheffield to an Orchestra
Seven studio albums from 2006 to 2022, and the question every fan asks is where exactly the Sheffield band turned into an orchestra. The map answers it in station widths. Eleven credited names on the debut, twenty-eight on the 2016 Last Shadow Puppets record, and the later stations are visibly wider than the early ones. The full album list and the credit story are in my Arctic Monkeys albums in order post.
Sizes and Framing
All five maps come in A3 (420 x 297 mm), A2 (594 x 420 mm), and A1 (841 x 594 mm), plus the separate 16 x 12 in, 24 x 18 in, and 36 x 24 in formats for the US, Canada, and Australia. Every size is supplied unframed or ready to hang in a wood frame. Giclée on 230gsm acid-free fine art paper, drawn manually in CAD, no AI at any stage.
Related Music Maps
Cody Johnson, Dierks Bentley, and Lainey Wilson share a session player across three of their maps, which is the subject of my guide to the country music maps. If the person you are buying for was born in the 1980s, the born in the 1980s collection carries most of these maps plus the James Bond film map.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which artists are on the 2000s music maps?
Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift, Mumford and Sons, Cody Johnson, and Dierks Bentley. Each has a first album between 2003 and 2009.
Is the whole Taylor Swift discography on one map?
No. The catalogue is drawn across three maps. Part One, which sits in this collection, runs from the 2006 debut to reputation in 2017. The later albums and the re-recordings are on Parts Two and Three.
What is not on these maps?
Live albums, compilations, and greatest hits sets are not drawn, with one exception: the Cody Johnson map opens with Live and Rocking from 2007, because his recorded catalogue starts there. Anything released after I drew a map is not on it until I update the print.
Do the 2000s maps stop at 2009?
No. Each map runs to the most recent studio album at the time of drawing. Arctic Monkeys reach 2022, Cody Johnson 2023, and Mumford and Sons 2026.
If You Cannot Decide Between Them
Five maps across two very different kinds of music. If the person has not told you which side they sit on, the art print gift card covers any map on the site. If they have, Arctic Monkeys is the one that gets photographed most, and Dierks Bentley is the one that surprises people who thought he was a radio act.
