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	4,141	232,805	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,065	216,373	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,121	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,451	185,957	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,424	208,638	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,657	193,174	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,822	173,673	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,995	247,090	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,030	145,954	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,215	144,478	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,937	1,960,263

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Muse, Animal Collective and The White Stripes.

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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,597 charts

Rank Score:

23,122

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (1,850 votes)

Comments:

166

18.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,068 charts

Rank Score:

11,348

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

82 (1,621 votes)

Comments:

40.

Late Registration

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

719 charts

Rank Score:

6,508

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

270

Average Rating:

83 (1,166 votes)

Comments:

58.

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

652 charts

Rank Score:

5,005

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

363

Average Rating:

77 (836 votes)

Comments:

62.

Takk...

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

565 charts

Rank Score:

4,697

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

380

Average Rating:

82 (825 votes)

Comments:

67.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

4,422

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

405

Average Rating:

78 (741 votes)

Comments:

74.

Alligator

The National

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

489 charts

Rank Score:

4,085

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

439

Average Rating:

80 (710 votes)

Comments:

81.

X&Y

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

533 charts

Rank Score:

3,585

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

502

Average Rating:

72 (1,171 votes)

Comments:

90.

Feels

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

388 charts

Rank Score:

3,242

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

552

Average Rating:

79 (581 votes)

Comments:

106.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

308 charts

Rank Score:

2,690

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

106

Overall Rank:

666

Average Rating:

81 (432 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	91	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	217	22%
	56	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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