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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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YearAlbums   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.
2000933187,007 Kid A (8th)
by Radiohead
2001968172,059 Is This It (27th)
by The Strokes
2002995176,803 A Rush Of Blood To The Head (55th)
by Coldplay
20031,119157,686 Elephant (49th)
by The White Stripes
20041,115183,802 Funeral (10th)
by Arcade Fire
20051,207147,826 Illinois (91st)
by Sufjan Stevens
20061,292151,220 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd)
by Arctic Monkeys
20071,337218,959 In Rainbows (16th)
by Radiohead
20081,323134,350 Fleet Foxes (89th)
by Fleet Foxes
20091,394137,445 Merriweather Post Pavilion (99th)
by Animal Collective
Total11,6831,667,154

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

Year Albums %


2000 85 9%
2001 93 9%
2002 96 10%
2003 95 10%
2004 94 9%
2005 101 10%
2006 104 10%
2007 118 12%
2008 114 11%
2009 100 10%
Band Albums %


Animal Collective 7 1%
Death Cab For Cutie 5 1%
Opeth 5 1%
Modest Mouse 5 1%
Radiohead 5 1%
The White Stripes 5 1%
Coldplay 5 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 569 57%
United Kingdom 225 23%
Canada 59 6%
Australia 28 3%
Sweden 24 2%
France 16 2%
Mixed Nationality 15 2%
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