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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2000s decade summary

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	4,161	231,339	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,099	215,863	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,177	210,900	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,507	185,010	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,482	207,010	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,693	192,079	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,866	172,532	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,034	244,795	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,091	145,289	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,270	144,102	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,380	1,948,920

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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Final Straw

Snow Patrol

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

163 charts

Rank Score:

850

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

321

Overall Rank:

1,956

Average Rating:

72 (229 votes)

Comments:

322.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

850

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

322

Overall Rank:

1,959

Average Rating:

77 (193 votes)

Comments:

323.

Any Other City

Life Without Buildings

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

850

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

323

Overall Rank:

1,960

Average Rating:

79 (88 votes)

Comments:

324.

Alice

Tom Waits

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

163 charts

Rank Score:

847

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

324

Overall Rank:

1,968

Average Rating:

76 (201 votes)

Comments:

325.

The Flying Club Cup

Beirut

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

847

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

325

Overall Rank:

1,970

Average Rating:

77 (195 votes)

Comments:

326.

One By One

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

204 charts

Rank Score:

847

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

326

Overall Rank:

1,971

Average Rating:

72 (362 votes)

Comments:

327.

Fantasies

Metric

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

842

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

327

Overall Rank:

1,979

Average Rating:

77 (165 votes)

Comments:

328.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

158 charts

Rank Score:

841

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

328

Overall Rank:

1,980

Average Rating:

79 (137 votes)

Comments:

329.

Blood Mountain

Mastodon

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

833

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

329

Overall Rank:

1,993

Average Rating:

78 (221 votes)

Comments:

330.

Gimme Fiction

Spoon

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

193 charts

Rank Score:

832

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

330

Overall Rank:

1,994

Average Rating:

79 (244 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	219	22%
	57	6%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	10	1%

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