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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	921	186,079	Kid A (9th) by Radiohead
2001	951	171,202	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	980	175,896	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,114	157,234	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,110	183,377	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,203	147,704	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,285	151,096	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,330	218,396	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,315	133,823	Fleet Foxes (90th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,380	137,252	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,589	1,662,059

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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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	1,071 charts
Rank in 2000:	1	Rank Score:	57,645
Rank in 2000s	1	Overall Rank:	9
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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	1,036 charts
Rank in 2004:	1	Rank Score:	55,267
Rank in 2000s	2	Overall Rank:	10
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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	874 charts
Rank in 2007:	1	Rank Score:	44,999
Rank in 2000s	3	Overall Rank:	16
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Is This It

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	771 charts
Rank in 2001:	1	Rank Score:	32,835
Rank in 2000s	4	Overall Rank:	27
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Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	556 charts
Rank in 2003:	1	Rank Score:	19,713
Rank in 2000s	5	Overall Rank:	49
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	448 charts
Rank in 2006:	1	Rank Score:	18,443
Rank in 2000s	6	Overall Rank:	52
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	464 charts
Rank in 2002:	1	Rank Score:	17,984
Rank in 2000s	7	Overall Rank:	56
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	424 charts
Rank in 2002:	2	Rank Score:	17,318
Rank in 2000s	8	Overall Rank:	61
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Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	354 charts
Rank in 2003:	2	Rank Score:	13,559
Rank in 2000s	9	Overall Rank:	83
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Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	398 charts
Rank in 2007:	2	Rank Score:	13,227
Rank in 2000s	10	Overall Rank:	84
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	96	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	118	12%
2008	113	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	570	57%
	225	23%
	60	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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