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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841.

Leaving Through The Window

Something Corporate

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

289

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

841

Overall Rank:

4,774

Average Rating:

72 (21 votes)

Comments:

842.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

289

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

842

Overall Rank:

4,777

Average Rating:

76 (70 votes)

Comments:

843.

The Living Road

Lhasa De Sela

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

289

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

843

Overall Rank:

4,778

Average Rating:

78 (32 votes)

Comments:

844.

Two Lefts Don't Make A Right... But Three Do

Relient K

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

844

Overall Rank:

4,813

Average Rating:

68 (23 votes)

Comments:

845.

Declaration Of Dependence

Kings Of Convenience

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

845

Overall Rank:

4,814

Average Rating:

75 (64 votes)

Comments:

846.

Live At Reading
Live

Nirvana

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

846

Overall Rank:

4,817

Average Rating:

80 (233 votes)

Comments:

847.

Tenacious D

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

99 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

847

Overall Rank:

4,823

Average Rating:

73 (180 votes)

Comments:

848.

Silver & Gold

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

848

Overall Rank:

4,830

Average Rating:

74 (101 votes)

Comments:

849.

Isla

Portico Quartet

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

849

Overall Rank:

4,833

Average Rating:

79 (44 votes)

Comments:

850.

Blackbird

Alter Bridge

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

850

Overall Rank:

4,834

Average Rating:

73 (81 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%
Show all

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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