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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231.

Guero

Beck

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,198

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

231

Overall Rank:

1,445

Average Rating:

75 (403 votes)

Comments:

232.

Night Falls Over Kortedala

Jens Lekman

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

168 charts

Rank Score:

1,198

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

232

Overall Rank:

1,446

Average Rating:

79 (179 votes)

Comments:

233.

Yanqui U.X.O.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

1,191

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

233

Overall Rank:

1,451

Average Rating:

80 (291 votes)

Comments:

234.

Modal Soul

瀬葉淳 [Nujabes]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

1,190

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

234

Overall Rank:

1,453

Average Rating:

83 (176 votes)

Comments:

235.

Devotion

Beach House

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

1,187

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

235

Overall Rank:

1,455

Average Rating:

78 (300 votes)

Comments:

236.

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

1,186

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

236

Overall Rank:

1,457

Average Rating:

73 (426 votes)

Comments:

237.

Embryonic

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

241 charts

Rank Score:

1,182

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

237

Overall Rank:

1,463

Average Rating:

78 (353 votes)

Comments:

238.

Lost Souls

Doves (UK)

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

206 charts

Rank Score:

1,182

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

238

Overall Rank:

1,466

Average Rating:

77 (247 votes)

Comments:

239.

You Are Free

Cat Power

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

1,178

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,474

Average Rating:

79 (230 votes)

Comments:

240.

Cease To Begin

Band Of Horses

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

205 charts

Rank Score:

1,174

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

240

Overall Rank:

1,482

Average Rating:

76 (239 votes)

Comments:

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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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