Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 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	922	186,299	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	953	170,965	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	981	176,018	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,116	157,574	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,110	183,705	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,203	147,693	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,285	151,017	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,335	219,215	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,320	134,240	Fleet Foxes (90th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,387	137,512	Merriweather Post Pavilion (99th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,612	1,664,239

The best bands of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, The Strokes, Muse, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective, Wilco and Modest Mouse.

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	1,077 charts
Rank in 2000:	1	Rank Score:	57,886
Rank in 2000s	1	Overall Rank:	8
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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	1,037 charts
Rank in 2004:	1	Rank Score:	55,261
Rank in 2000s	2	Overall Rank:	10
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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	876 charts
Rank in 2007:	1	Rank Score:	45,185
Rank in 2000s	3	Overall Rank:	16
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Is This It

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	773 charts
Rank in 2001:	1	Rank Score:	32,962
Rank in 2000s	4	Overall Rank:	27
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Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	561 charts
Rank in 2003:	1	Rank Score:	19,769
Rank in 2000s	5	Overall Rank:	49
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	451 charts
Rank in 2006:	1	Rank Score:	18,483
Rank in 2000s	6	Overall Rank:	52
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	466 charts
Rank in 2002:	1	Rank Score:	18,047
Rank in 2000s	7	Overall Rank:	56
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	425 charts
Rank in 2002:	2	Rank Score:	17,273
Rank in 2000s	8	Overall Rank:	61
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Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	355 charts
Rank in 2003:	2	Rank Score:	13,572
Rank in 2000s	9	Overall Rank:	83
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Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	401 charts
Rank in 2007:	2	Rank Score:	13,263
Rank in 2000s	10	Overall Rank:	84
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	95	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	118	12%
2008	114	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	569	57%
	225	23%
	60	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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