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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 9,700 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	949	188,553	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	989	173,290	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	1,030	179,116	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (54th) by Coldplay
2003	1,150	159,494	Elephant (48th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,143	184,414	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,237	148,898	Illinois (92nd) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,326	152,625	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,368	220,857	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,360	135,944	Fleet Foxes (91st) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,419	139,111	Merriweather Post Pavilion (93rd) by Animal Collective
Total	11,971	1,682,302

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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Band

391.

Midnight Boom

The Kills

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 2008:	34	Rank Score:	591
Rank in 2000s	391	Overall Rank:	1,660
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392.

Music

Madonna

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	22 charts
Rank in 2000:	40	Rank Score:	589
Rank in 2000s	392	Overall Rank:	1,663
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393.

Leaders Of The Free World

Elbow

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	28 charts
Rank in 2005:	43	Rank Score:	588
Rank in 2000s	393	Overall Rank:	1,666
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394.

Hurtbreak Wonderland

World's End Girlfriend

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	20 charts
Rank in 2007:	47	Rank Score:	585
Rank in 2000s	394	Overall Rank:	1,674
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395.

Bloodflowers

The Cure

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	28 charts
Rank in 2000:	41	Rank Score:	585
Rank in 2000s	395	Overall Rank:	1,675
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396.

Under The Iron Sea

Keane

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 2006:	42	Rank Score:	584
Rank in 2000s	396	Overall Rank:	1,676
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397.

Minutes To Midnight

Linkin Park

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2007:	48	Rank Score:	582
Rank in 2000s	397	Overall Rank:	1,678
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398.

Infinity On High

Fall Out Boy

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 2007:	49	Rank Score:	579
Rank in 2000s	398	Overall Rank:	1,684
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399.

Warning

Green Day

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 2000:	42	Rank Score:	575
Rank in 2000s	399	Overall Rank:	1,689
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400.

Cold Roses

Ryan Adams And The Cardinals

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 2005:	44	Rank Score:	573
Rank in 2000s	400	Overall Rank:	1,695
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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	121	12%
2008	111	11%
2009	98	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	565	57%
	224	22%
	59	6%
	29	3%
	25	3%
	18	2%
	18	2%
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