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	4,158	232,064	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,095	216,017	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,172	211,101	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,501	185,316	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,474	207,468	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,690	192,478	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,861	172,784	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,029	245,150	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,086	145,699	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,263	144,049	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,329	1,952,126

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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541.

Set Yourself On Fire

Stars (CA)

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

480

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

541

Overall Rank:

3,129

Average Rating:

77 (102 votes)

Comments:

542.

Room For Squares

John Mayer

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

478

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

542

Overall Rank:

3,134

Average Rating:

70 (181 votes)

Comments:

543.

Reveal

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

474

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

543

Overall Rank:

3,158

Average Rating:

68 (249 votes)

Comments:

544.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

474

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

544

Overall Rank:

3,159

Average Rating:

76 (151 votes)

Comments:

545.

On An Island

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

472

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

545

Overall Rank:

3,168

Average Rating:

73 (150 votes)

Comments:

546.

All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

Explosions In The Sky

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

472

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

546

Overall Rank:

3,170

Average Rating:

78 (151 votes)

Comments:

547.

...Is A Real Boy

Say Anything

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

472

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

547

Overall Rank:

3,171

Average Rating:

71 (73 votes)

Comments:

548.

Welcome Interstate Managers

Fountains Of Wayne

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

469

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

548

Overall Rank:

3,183

Average Rating:

74 (86 votes)

Comments:

549.

Forget And Not Slow Down

Relient K

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

466

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

549

Overall Rank:

3,202

Average Rating:

75 (35 votes)

Comments:

550.

Blacklisted

Neko Case

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

464

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

550

Overall Rank:

3,210

Average Rating:

78 (88 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	99	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	220	22%
	56	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	10	1%

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