Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2000	4,156	232,008	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,094	215,989	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,171	211,000	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,500	185,329	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,473	207,438	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,690	192,427	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,860	172,723	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	244,981	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,086	145,605	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,263	144,064	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,320	1,951,565

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Animal Collective, Muse and The White Stripes.

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111.

Wincing The Night Away

The Shins

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

333 charts

Rank Score:

2,542

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

111

Overall Rank:

710

Average Rating:

78 (507 votes)

Comments:

112.

Plans

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

324 charts

Rank Score:

2,535

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

112

Overall Rank:

712

Average Rating:

76 (515 votes)

Comments:

113.

Silent Shout

The Knife

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

374 charts

Rank Score:

2,531

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

113

Overall Rank:

713

Average Rating:

79 (422 votes)

Comments:

114.

Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

2,496

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

114

Overall Rank:

722

Average Rating:

80 (432 votes)

Comments:

115.

The Crane Wife

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

386 charts

Rank Score:

2,480

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

115

Overall Rank:

726

Average Rating:

78 (429 votes)

Comments:

116.

Michigan

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

2,429

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

116

Overall Rank:

736

Average Rating:

81 (515 votes)

Comments:

117.

I Am A Bird Now

Antony & The Johnsons

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

355 charts

Rank Score:

2,423

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

117

Overall Rank:

739

Average Rating:

78 (363 votes)

Comments:

118.

Lungs

Florence + The Machine

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

383 charts

Rank Score:

2,422

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

118

Overall Rank:

740

Average Rating:

76 (648 votes)

Comments:

119.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

417 charts

Rank Score:

2,360

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

119

Overall Rank:

757

Average Rating:

77 (561 votes)

Comments:

120.

A Ghost Is Born

Wilco

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

374 charts

Rank Score:

2,343

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

120

Overall Rank:

762

Average Rating:

80 (488 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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