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	4,150	232,262	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,074	216,209	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,150	211,489	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,461	185,757	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,454	208,257	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,660	192,978	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,842	173,233	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,004	246,407	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,043	145,691	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,222	144,209	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,060	1,956,492

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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991.

Doomsday Afternoon

Phideaux

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

233

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991

Overall Rank:

5,662

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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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:

5,672

Average Rating:

74 (66 votes)

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993.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

233

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993

Overall Rank:

5,677

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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994.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

Tales Of The Inexpressible

Shpongle

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

232

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997.

Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven

Orphaned Land

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997

Overall Rank:

5,711

Average Rating:

78 (31 votes)

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998.

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:

231

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999.

Love Is Hell Pts. 1 & 2
Compilation

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	115	12%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	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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