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	915	186,065	Kid A (9th) by Radiohead
2001	948	171,004	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	973	176,211	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,108	156,937	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,108	183,111	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,193	147,697	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,281	151,036	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,323	217,882	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,309	133,749	Fleet Foxes (88th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,372	136,932	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,530	1,660,624

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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Band

41.

Sea Change

Beck

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	188 charts
Rank in 2002:	7	Rank Score:	5,496
Rank in 2000s	41	Overall Rank:	220
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42.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	178 charts
Rank in 2006:	3	Rank Score:	5,487
Rank in 2000s	42	Overall Rank:	221
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43.

Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	199 charts
Rank in 2004:	5	Rank Score:	5,484
Rank in 2000s	43	Overall Rank:	222
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44.

Takk...

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	162 charts
Rank in 2005:	4	Rank Score:	5,357
Rank in 2000s	44	Overall Rank:	227
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45.

By The Way

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	170 charts
Rank in 2002:	8	Rank Score:	5,343
Rank in 2000s	45	Overall Rank:	229
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46.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	165 charts
Rank in 2004:	6	Rank Score:	5,223
Rank in 2000s	46	Overall Rank:	234
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47.

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	156 charts
Rank in 2000:	5	Rank Score:	5,094
Rank in 2000s	47	Overall Rank:	243
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48.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	215 charts
Rank in 2000:	6	Rank Score:	5,051
Rank in 2000s	48	Overall Rank:	244
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49.

Toxicity

System Of A Down

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	167 charts
Rank in 2001:	7	Rank Score:	5,034
Rank in 2000s	49	Overall Rank:	245
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50.

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	148 charts
Rank in 2007:	7	Rank Score:	4,980
Rank in 2000s	50	Overall Rank:	249
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	94	9%
2002	95	10%
2003	94	9%
2004	94	9%
2005	101	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	120	12%
2008	115	12%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	569	57%
	228	23%
	58	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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