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	4,156	232,669	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,090	216,362	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,166	211,752	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,496	185,901	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,471	208,132	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,674	192,873	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,856	173,195	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,020	245,844	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,074	145,907	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,239	144,251	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,242	1,956,886

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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Shania Twain

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

Supermodified

Amon Tobin

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

234

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993.

Spiritual Machines

Our Lady Peace

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

233

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994.

Phantoms

Acceptance

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

233

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995.

Doomsday Afternoon

Phideaux

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995

Overall Rank:

5,706

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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996.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996

Overall Rank:

5,713

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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997.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

232

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998.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

Tales Of The Inexpressible

Shpongle

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

Echo Park

Feeder

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

32 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	112	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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