Artist of the Decade Rebuttal

Although Jack White had one hell of a decade and tops most critics list as the best the decade had to offer, he seems too obvious of a choice. I pose an argument for another music pioneer who not only released three of his best albums in the 00's after releasing a greatest hits album in the late nineties but had multiple other accomplishments to go along with his vast music repertoire. I am talking about none other than Nick Cave. This singer, songwriter, poet, author, composer, screenwriter from Victoria, Australia has been one of the hardest working people in music for three decades and after releasing his "Best of" collection in 1998, decided to put out even more groundbreaking material. Plus the man has released almost an album every year since 1984! My argument continues below:

2001 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds release No More Shall We Part. Chilling ballads with haunting lyrics.
2002 - Performs "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" with the legendary Johnny Cash on American IV: The Man Comes Around. He also covered the Beatles "Let It Be" and "Here Comes The Sun" for the I Am Sam soundtrack.
2003 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds release Nocturama
2004 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds release the double album Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus. Both albums have no faults. 17 perfect songs. The first album Abbatoir Blues is Western gospel, fire and brimstone preacher-style, rock brilliance. The second, The Lyre Of Orpheus, showcases Mr. Cave's more mellow side, yet doesn't compromise his lyrical fortitude.
2005 - The Proposition is released in theaters. Nick Cave wrote the original screenplay and the soundtrack/score to the movie. The film is quite possibly the best Western since The Unforgiven and one of my favorite movies of the decade.
2006 - See 2007, he had a big year and was in preparation.
2007 - Grinderman's self-titled debut album is released. Grinderman consists of Nick Cave and three members of the Bad Seeds. The album showcases more of a raunchy rock sound and has some fantastic lyrics to fit the mood of the album. The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford is released in theaters. Nick Cave wrote the soundtrack/score to the movie and had a cameo appearance.
2008 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds release Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!. Favorite album of 2008. Check out the self titled track, "Albert Goes West", and "Midnight Man".
2009 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy is released in theaters. Nick Cave wrote the soundtrack/score to the movie. He also released his second novel The Death Of Bunny Munro.

Case closed. Plus, who could argue with that 'stache?