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 9,600 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	916	186,114	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	949	171,056	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	976	175,970	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,111	157,205	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,109	183,186	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,202	147,696	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,282	150,950	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,326	218,202	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,310	133,808	Fleet Foxes (88th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,377	137,291	Merriweather Post Pavilion (97th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,558	1,661,478

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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31.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	227 charts
Rank in 2000:	4	Rank Score:	7,648
Rank in 2000s	31	Overall Rank:	161
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32.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	243 charts
Rank in 2005:	2	Rank Score:	7,464
Rank in 2000s	32	Overall Rank:	163
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33.

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	201 charts
Rank in 2005:	3	Rank Score:	7,148
Rank in 2000s	33	Overall Rank:	172
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34.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	251 charts
Rank in 2008:	3	Rank Score:	7,079
Rank in 2000s	34	Overall Rank:	174
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35.

The xx

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	220 charts
Rank in 2009:	2	Rank Score:	6,618
Rank in 2000s	35	Overall Rank:	190
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36.

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	227 charts
Rank in 2004:	4	Rank Score:	6,446
Rank in 2000s	36	Overall Rank:	196
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37.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	214 charts
Rank in 2007:	5	Rank Score:	6,230
Rank in 2000s	37	Overall Rank:	202
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38.

Up The Bracket

The Libertines

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	161 charts
Rank in 2002:	6	Rank Score:	5,992
Rank in 2000s	38	Overall Rank:	209
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39.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	234 charts
Rank in 2007:	6	Rank Score:	5,859
Rank in 2000s	39	Overall Rank:	213
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40.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	179 charts
Rank in 2006:	3	Rank Score:	5,565
Rank in 2000s	40	Overall Rank:	218
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	96	10%
2003	95	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	102	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	119	12%
2008	114	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	571	57%
	225	23%
	58	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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