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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	921	186,079	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	951	171,202	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	980	175,896	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,114	157,234	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,110	183,377	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,203	147,704	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,285	151,096	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,330	218,396	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,315	133,823	Fleet Foxes (90th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,380	137,252	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,589	1,662,059

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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101.

Plans

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	76 charts
Rank in 2005:	9	Rank Score:	2,538
Rank in 2000s	101	Overall Rank:	454
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102.

Silent Shout

The Knife

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	98 charts
Rank in 2006:	11	Rank Score:	2,521
Rank in 2000s	102	Overall Rank:	457
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103.

Humbug

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	88 charts
Rank in 2009:	9	Rank Score:	2,509
Rank in 2000s	103	Overall Rank:	459
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104.

Frances The Mute

The Mars Volta

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	76 charts
Rank in 2005:	10	Rank Score:	2,492
Rank in 2000s	104	Overall Rank:	461
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105.

The Crane Wife

The Decemberists

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	110 charts
Rank in 2006:	12	Rank Score:	2,425
Rank in 2000s	105	Overall Rank:	472
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106.

The Libertines

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 2004:	11	Rank Score:	2,350
Rank in 2000s	106	Overall Rank:	485
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107.

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

of Montreal

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	86 charts
Rank in 2007:	12	Rank Score:	2,344
Rank in 2000s	107	Overall Rank:	487
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108.

Wincing The Night Away

The Shins

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	106 charts
Rank in 2007:	13	Rank Score:	2,334
Rank in 2000s	108	Overall Rank:	492
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109.

De Stijl

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	88 charts
Rank in 2000:	13	Rank Score:	2,333
Rank in 2000s	109	Overall Rank:	494
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110.

Hopes And Fears

Keane

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	79 charts
Rank in 2004:	12	Rank Score:	2,312
Rank in 2000s	110	Overall Rank:	498
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	96	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	118	12%
2008	113	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	570	57%
	225	23%
	60	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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