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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	922	186,299	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	953	170,965	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	981	176,018	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,116	157,574	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,110	183,705	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,203	147,693	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,285	151,017	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,335	219,215	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,320	134,240	Fleet Foxes (90th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,387	137,512	Merriweather Post Pavilion (99th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,612	1,664,239

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

11.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	380 charts
Rank in 2001:	2	Rank Score:	12,990
Rank in 2000s	11	Overall Rank:	86
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12.

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	372 charts
Rank in 2008:	1	Rank Score:	12,563
Rank in 2000s	12	Overall Rank:	90
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13.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	366 charts
Rank in 2005:	1	Rank Score:	12,547
Rank in 2000s	13	Overall Rank:	91
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14.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	359 charts
Rank in 2002:	3	Rank Score:	12,440
Rank in 2000s	14	Overall Rank:	93
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15.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	330 charts
Rank in 2002:	4	Rank Score:	12,215
Rank in 2000s	15	Overall Rank:	95
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16.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	344 charts
Rank in 2009:	1	Rank Score:	11,909
Rank in 2000s	16	Overall Rank:	99
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17.

Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	345 charts
Rank in 2003:	3	Rank Score:	11,618
Rank in 2000s	17	Overall Rank:	102
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18.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	319 charts
Rank in 2000:	2	Rank Score:	11,524
Rank in 2000s	18	Overall Rank:	104
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19.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	322 charts
Rank in 2007:	3	Rank Score:	11,477
Rank in 2000s	19	Overall Rank:	106
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20.

American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	303 charts
Rank in 2004:	2	Rank Score:	10,845
Rank in 2000s	20	Overall Rank:	109
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	95	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	118	12%
2008	114	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	569	57%
	225	23%
	60	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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