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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	186,266	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	953	171,034	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	981	175,930	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,116	157,562	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,110	183,542	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,203	147,696	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,285	150,887	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,333	218,763	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,315	134,008	Fleet Foxes (90th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,386	137,419	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,604	1,663,106

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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Band

211.

Rubber Factory

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	50 charts
Rank in 2004:	23	Rank Score:	1,104
Rank in 2000s	211	Overall Rank:	977
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212.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	45 charts
Rank in 2002:	22	Rank Score:	1,095
Rank in 2000s	212	Overall Rank:	984
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213.

Only Revolutions

Biffy Clyro

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 2009:	19	Rank Score:	1,095
Rank in 2000s	213	Overall Rank:	985
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214.

Final Straw

Snow Patrol

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	43 charts
Rank in 2003:	24	Rank Score:	1,079
Rank in 2000s	214	Overall Rank:	997
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215.

Hypnotize

System Of A Down

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	34 charts
Rank in 2005:	25	Rank Score:	1,069
Rank in 2000s	215	Overall Rank:	1,005
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216.

Broken Boy Soldiers

The Raconteurs

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	78 charts
Rank in 2006:	19	Rank Score:	1,068
Rank in 2000s	216	Overall Rank:	1,007
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217.

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	41 charts
Rank in 2009:	20	Rank Score:	1,064
Rank in 2000s	217	Overall Rank:	1,011
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218.

Guero

Beck

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	66 charts
Rank in 2005:	26	Rank Score:	1,057
Rank in 2000s	218	Overall Rank:	1,015
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219.

Cease To Begin

Band Of Horses

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	49 charts
Rank in 2007:	31	Rank Score:	1,055
Rank in 2000s	219	Overall Rank:	1,016
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220.

The Life Pursuit

Belle & Sebastian

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	50 charts
Rank in 2006:	20	Rank Score:	1,044
Rank in 2000s	220	Overall Rank:	1,021
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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%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Bright Eyes	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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