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 54,000 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	4,421	228,643	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,330	214,923	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,369	208,924	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,693	184,269	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,694	204,198	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,884	191,176	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,023	170,751	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,152	240,550	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,209	143,978	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,393	142,938	Merriweather Post Pavilion (141st)by Animal Collective
Total	48,168	1,930,350

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

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291.

The Midnight Organ Fight

Frightened Rabbit

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

941

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

291

Overall Rank:

1,798

Average Rating:

77 (147 votes)

Comments:

292.

Let's Get Out Of This Country

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

937

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

292

Overall Rank:

1,803

Average Rating:

80 (166 votes)

Comments:

293.

Kasabian

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

926

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

293

Overall Rank:

1,818

Average Rating:

75 (345 votes)

Comments:

294.

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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

182 charts

Rank Score:

920

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

294

Overall Rank:

1,827

Average Rating:

76 (219 votes)

Comments:

295.

Songs About Jane

Maroon 5

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

162 charts

Rank Score:

919

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

295

Overall Rank:

1,831

Average Rating:

67 (282 votes)

Comments:

296.

Heathen

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

916

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

296

Overall Rank:

1,835

Average Rating:

75 (374 votes)

Comments:

297.

Mutter

Rammstein

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

172 charts

Rank Score:

916

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

297

Overall Rank:

1,837

Average Rating:

76 (244 votes)

Comments:

298.

Broken Boy Soldiers

The Raconteurs

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

204 charts

Rank Score:

911

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

298

Overall Rank:

1,849

Average Rating:

75 (300 votes)

Comments:

299.

Begin To Hope

Regina Spektor

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

171 charts

Rank Score:

910

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

299

Overall Rank:

1,850

Average Rating:

77 (232 votes)

Comments:

300.

Vaudeville Villain

Viktor Vaughn

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

172 charts

Rank Score:

908

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

300

Overall Rank:

1,855

Average Rating:

82 (159 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	217	22%
	53	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	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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