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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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	4,146	232,523	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,069	216,320	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,142	211,665	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	186,001	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,443	208,525	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,276	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,836	173,445	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,999	246,747	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,040	145,935	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,354	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,004	1,958,791

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

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541.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

474

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

541

Overall Rank:

3,142

Average Rating:

76 (151 votes)

Comments:

542.

Reveal

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

474

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

542

Overall Rank:

3,144

Average Rating:

68 (249 votes)

Comments:

543.

Blacklisted

Neko Case

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

472

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

543

Overall Rank:

3,152

Average Rating:

79 (87 votes)

Comments:

544.

Forget And Not Slow Down

Relient K

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

471

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

544

Overall Rank:

3,159

Average Rating:

75 (35 votes)

Comments:

545.

On An Island

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

468

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

545

Overall Rank:

3,168

Average Rating:

73 (150 votes)

Comments:

546.

Welcome Interstate Managers

Fountains Of Wayne

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

465

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

546

Overall Rank:

3,185

Average Rating:

74 (86 votes)

Comments:

547.

The Sufferer & The Witness

Rise Against

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

465

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

547

Overall Rank:

3,191

Average Rating:

72 (121 votes)

Comments:

548.

Hurtbreak Wonderland

前田勝彦 [World's End Girlfriend]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

465

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

548

Overall Rank:

3,192

Average Rating:

78 (76 votes)

Comments:

549.

The Blue Notebooks

Max Richter

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

464

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

549

Overall Rank:

3,197

Average Rating:

80 (66 votes)

Comments:

550.

Post-Nothing

Japandroids

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

463

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

550

Overall Rank:

3,202

Average Rating:

75 (171 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	217	22%
	57	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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