Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

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 9,700 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	952	188,954	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	990	173,521	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	1,034	179,601	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (54th) by Coldplay
2003	1,152	159,703	Elephant (48th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,147	185,140	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,238	149,096	Illinois (92nd) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,328	152,805	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,369	221,284	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,361	136,292	Fleet Foxes (91st) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,422	139,605	Merriweather Post Pavilion (94th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,993	1,686,000

The best bands of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, The Strokes, Muse, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Animal Collective and Modest Mouse.

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351.

Twin Cinema

The New Pornographers

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	43 charts
Rank in 2005:	41	Rank Score:	671
Rank in 2000s	351	Overall Rank:	1,516
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352.

Brave New World

Iron Maiden

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	26 charts
Rank in 2000:	37	Rank Score:	669
Rank in 2000s	352	Overall Rank:	1,517
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353.

Yanqui U.X.O.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 2002:	32	Rank Score:	669
Rank in 2000s	353	Overall Rank:	1,520
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354.

Ghost Reveries

Opeth

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	17 charts
Rank in 2005:	42	Rank Score:	668
Rank in 2000s	354	Overall Rank:	1,522
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355.

Post-Nothing

Japandroids

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	38 charts
Rank in 2009:	35	Rank Score:	667
Rank in 2000s	355	Overall Rank:	1,524
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356.

Cage The Elephant

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 2008:	31	Rank Score:	666
Rank in 2000s	356	Overall Rank:	1,525
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357.

Heathen Chemistry

Oasis

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	38 charts
Rank in 2002:	33	Rank Score:	666
Rank in 2000s	357	Overall Rank:	1,526
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358.

Finally We Are No One

múm

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2002:	34	Rank Score:	664
Rank in 2000s	358	Overall Rank:	1,531
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359.

The Creek Drank The Cradle

Iron And Wine

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 2002:	35	Rank Score:	660
Rank in 2000s	359	Overall Rank:	1,539
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360.

Los Angeles

Flying Lotus

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 2008:	32	Rank Score:	655
Rank in 2000s	360	Overall Rank:	1,547
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	94	9%
2002	98	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	102	10%
2007	120	12%
2008	111	11%
2009	99	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	224	22%
	58	6%
	29	3%
	25	3%
	18	2%
	18	2%
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