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	232,523	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,069	216,320	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,142	211,665	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	186,001	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,443	208,525	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,276	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,836	173,445	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,999	246,747	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,040	145,935	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,354	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,004	1,958,791

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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Tales Of The Inexpressible

Shpongle

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992.

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Brian Eno & David Byrne

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992

Overall Rank:

5,681

Average Rating:

74 (66 votes)

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993.

Up!

Shania Twain

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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994.

Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven

Orphaned Land

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994

Overall Rank:

5,697

Average Rating:

78 (31 votes)

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995.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995

Overall Rank:

5,698

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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996.

Horses In The Sky

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

232

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997.

Love Is Hell Pts. 1 & 2
Compilation

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

232

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998.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

...For The Whole World To See

Death (Protopunk)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

231

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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%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	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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