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	4,158	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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Phantoms

Acceptance

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

232

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992.

Spiritual Machines

Our Lady Peace

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993.

New Wave

Against Me!

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

231

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993

Overall Rank:

5,722

Average Rating:

74 (75 votes)

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994.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

231

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995.

Doomsday Afternoon

Phideaux

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

231

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995

Overall Rank:

5,726

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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996.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

231

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996

Overall Rank:

5,731

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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997.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

230

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998.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999.

London Zoo

The Bug (UK)

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999

Overall Rank:

5,759

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

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1000.

Horses In The Sky

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

230

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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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