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	4,156	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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41.

Late Registration

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

718 charts

Rank Score:

6,362

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

82 (1,174 votes)

Comments:

42.

Black Holes And Revelations

Muse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

765 charts

Rank Score:

6,356

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

274

Average Rating:

78 (1,435 votes)

Comments:

43.

Hospice

The Antlers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

632 charts

Rank Score:

6,249

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

283

Average Rating:

81 (832 votes)

Comments:

44.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

881 charts

Rank Score:

6,198

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

286

Average Rating:

81 (1,345 votes)

Comments:

45.

Toxicity

System Of A Down

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

691 charts

Rank Score:

6,164

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

287

Average Rating:

78 (1,037 votes)

Comments:

46.

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

616 charts

Rank Score:

6,133

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

289

Average Rating:

83 (694 votes)

Comments:

47.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

800 charts

Rank Score:

6,099

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

291

Average Rating:

78 (1,309 votes)

Comments:

48.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

724 charts

Rank Score:

5,579

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

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49.

MGMT

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

827 charts

Rank Score:

5,508

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

328

Average Rating:

79 (1,228 votes)

Comments:

50.

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

466 charts

Rank Score:

5,497

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

329

Average Rating:

74 (791 votes)

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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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Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
5. The Bends by Radiohead
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
9. In Utero by Nirvana
10. Grace by Jeff Buckley
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Dummy by Portishead
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Spiderland by Slint
18. Homogenic by Björk
19. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
20. Achtung Baby by U2