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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	915	186,258	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	947	171,004	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	975	176,230	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,109	157,118	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,109	183,368	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,196	147,804	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,281	151,010	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,323	218,183	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,310	134,020	Fleet Foxes (88th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,375	137,274	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,540	1,662,271

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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Album

Band

111.

Hopes And Fears

Keane

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	79 charts
Rank in 2004:	12	Rank Score:	2,322
Rank in 2000s	111	Overall Rank:	494
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112.

Primary Colours

The Horrors

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	68 charts
Rank in 2009:	10	Rank Score:	2,314
Rank in 2000s	112	Overall Rank:	498
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113.

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Kasabian

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	73 charts
Rank in 2009:	11	Rank Score:	2,280
Rank in 2000s	113	Overall Rank:	507
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114.

Graduation

Kanye West

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	86 charts
Rank in 2007:	14	Rank Score:	2,239
Rank in 2000s	114	Overall Rank:	516
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115.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	73 charts
Rank in 2003:	11	Rank Score:	2,205
Rank in 2000s	115	Overall Rank:	523
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116.

Return To Cookie Mountain

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	117 charts
Rank in 2006:	13	Rank Score:	2,204
Rank in 2000s	116	Overall Rank:	524
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117.

Icky Thump

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	114 charts
Rank in 2007:	15	Rank Score:	2,199
Rank in 2000s	117	Overall Rank:	526
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118.

Continuum

John Mayer

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	54 charts
Rank in 2006:	14	Rank Score:	2,170
Rank in 2000s	118	Overall Rank:	528
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119.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	63 charts
Rank in 2005:	11	Rank Score:	2,161
Rank in 2000s	119	Overall Rank:	529
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120.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	68 charts
Rank in 2002:	13	Rank Score:	2,101
Rank in 2000s	120	Overall Rank:	542
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	94	9%
2002	95	10%
2003	94	9%
2004	94	9%
2005	101	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	120	12%
2008	115	12%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Muse	5	1%
Bright Eyes	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	%

	569	57%
	228	23%
	58	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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