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	4,138	232,872	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,065	216,420	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,167	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,450	185,980	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,424	208,673	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,656	193,221	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,821	173,714	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,994	247,134	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,030	145,982	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,215	144,508	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,930	1,960,673

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Muse, Animal Collective and The White Stripes.

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Shania Twain

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992.

Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven

Orphaned Land

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992

Overall Rank:

5,680

Average Rating:

78 (31 votes)

Comments:

993.

Love Is Hell Pts. 1 & 2
Compilation

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994

Overall Rank:

5,688

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

Comments:

995.

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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996.

...For The Whole World To See

Death (Protopunk)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

The Human Equation

Ayreon

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998

Overall Rank:

5,714

Average Rating:

79 (53 votes)

Comments:

999.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

Un Día En El Mundo

Vetusta Morla

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Rank in 2000s:

1,000

Overall Rank:

5,720

Average Rating:

76 (40 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	217	22%
	56	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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