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	4,152	232,214	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,074	216,175	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,150	211,424	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,461	185,722	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,454	208,202	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,661	192,959	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,842	173,187	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,005	246,345	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,044	145,659	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,222	144,174	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,065	1,956,062

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:

5,678

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:

5,712

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	103	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 Black Keys	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	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	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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