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	4,149	232,365	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,068	216,210	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,143	211,616	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,454	185,891	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,450	208,376	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,175	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,838	173,367	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,000	246,583	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,040	145,877	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,218	144,332	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,019	1,957,792

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:

234

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991

Overall Rank:

5,650

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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992.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

234

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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:

5,673

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:

233

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995.

Tales Of The Inexpressible

Shpongle

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

233

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996.

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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996

Overall Rank:

5,685

Average Rating:

74 (66 votes)

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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:

232

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997

Overall Rank:

5,701

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:

232

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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	105	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	36	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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