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	4,138	232,874	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,065	216,383	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,070	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,449	185,817	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,423	208,573	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,655	193,116	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,821	173,553	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,992	247,160	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,029	145,605	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,215	144,539	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,924	1,959,690

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Muse, Animal Collective and The White Stripes.

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411.

Journal For Plague Lovers

Manic Street Preachers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

644

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

411

Overall Rank:

2,456

Average Rating:

75 (189 votes)

Comments:

412.

Frengers

Mew

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

644

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

412

Overall Rank:

2,457

Average Rating:

78 (152 votes)

Comments:

413.

I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
Live

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

640

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

413

Overall Rank:

2,471

Average Rating:

78 (473 votes)

Comments:

414.

Death Magnetic

Metallica

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

638

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

414

Overall Rank:

2,478

Average Rating:

68 (534 votes)

Comments:

415.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

150 charts

Rank Score:

633

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

415

Overall Rank:

2,496

Average Rating:

77 (175 votes)

Comments:

416.

Inside In/Inside Out

The Kooks

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

630

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

416

Overall Rank:

2,505

Average Rating:

72 (207 votes)

Comments:

417.

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

626

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

417

Overall Rank:

2,513

Average Rating:

76 (91 votes)

Comments:

418.

Murray Street

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

624

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

418

Overall Rank:

2,517

Average Rating:

77 (238 votes)

Comments:

419.

B.R.M.C.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

624

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

419

Overall Rank:

2,519

Average Rating:

77 (186 votes)

Comments:

420.

Simple Things

Zero 7

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

624

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

420

Overall Rank:

2,521

Average Rating:

75 (104 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	217	22%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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