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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	922	186,266	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	953	171,034	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	981	175,930	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,116	157,562	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,110	183,542	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,203	147,696	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,285	150,887	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,333	218,763	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,315	134,008	Fleet Foxes (90th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,386	137,419	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,604	1,663,106

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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411.

Love Is Hell

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 2004:	38	Rank Score:	562
Rank in 2000s	411	Overall Rank:	1,708
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412.

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Panic! At The Disco

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2005:	48	Rank Score:	555
Rank in 2000s	412	Overall Rank:	1,725
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413.

The Hawk Is Howling

Mogwai

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	30 charts
Rank in 2008:	36	Rank Score:	552
Rank in 2000s	413	Overall Rank:	1,732
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414.

Home

Dixie Chicks

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 2002:	41	Rank Score:	551
Rank in 2000s	414	Overall Rank:	1,736
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415.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2000:	43	Rank Score:	550
Rank in 2000s	415	Overall Rank:	1,740
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416.

Rockferry

Duffy

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	22 charts
Rank in 2008:	37	Rank Score:	549
Rank in 2000s	416	Overall Rank:	1,741
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417.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	30 charts
Rank in 2004:	39	Rank Score:	549
Rank in 2000s	417	Overall Rank:	1,743
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418.

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

Coheed and Cambria

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	10 charts
Rank in 2005:	49	Rank Score:	547
Rank in 2000s	418	Overall Rank:	1,746
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419.

Infinity On High

Fall Out Boy

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 2007:	52	Rank Score:	547
Rank in 2000s	419	Overall Rank:	1,747
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420.

Magic Potion

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 2006:	43	Rank Score:	546
Rank in 2000s	420	Overall Rank:	1,749
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	95	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	118	12%
2008	114	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

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

	569	57%
	225	23%
	60	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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