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	4,146	232,488	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,069	216,298	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,142	211,710	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	185,975	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,450	208,485	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,247	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,837	173,445	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,999	246,673	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,040	145,911	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,349	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,012	1,958,581

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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23.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,009 charts

Rank Score:

10,316

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

146

Average Rating:

84 (1,240 votes)

Comments:

68.

Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

4,376

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

409

Average Rating:

80 (949 votes)

Comments:

185.

We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

281 charts

Rank Score:

1,498

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

185

Overall Rank:

1,179

Average Rating:

77 (478 votes)

Comments:

336.

Building Nothing Out Of Something
Compilation

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

824

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

336

Overall Rank:

2,013

Average Rating:

81 (217 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	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	%

	551	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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