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	4,153	232,740	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,085	216,507	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,162	211,523	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,490	186,031	Elephant (111th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,461	208,214	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,853	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,849	173,152	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,010	246,247	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,055	145,647	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,227	144,258	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,160	1,957,173

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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551.

Hurtbreak Wonderland

前田勝彦 [World's End Girlfriend]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

463

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

551

Overall Rank:

3,209

Average Rating:

78 (76 votes)

Comments:

552.

The Photo Album

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

461

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

552

Overall Rank:

3,221

Average Rating:

75 (136 votes)

Comments:

553.

Post-Nothing

Japandroids

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

461

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

553

Overall Rank:

3,226

Average Rating:

75 (171 votes)

Comments:

554.

加爾基精液栗ノ花 [Karuki Samen Kuri No Hana]

椎名林檎 [Sheena Ringo]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

460

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

554

Overall Rank:

3,233

Average Rating:

80 (70 votes)

Comments:

555.

Beauty And The Beat

Edan

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

458

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

555

Overall Rank:

3,245

Average Rating:

79 (72 votes)

Comments:

556.

Hombre Lobo (12 Songs Of Desire)

Eels

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

455

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

556

Overall Rank:

3,261

Average Rating:

74 (116 votes)

Comments:

557.

Separation Sunday

The Hold Steady

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

99 charts

Rank Score:

453

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

557

Overall Rank:

3,268

Average Rating:

76 (102 votes)

Comments:

558.

Live At Massey Hall 1971
Live

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

453

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

558

Overall Rank:

3,269

Average Rating:

82 (237 votes)

Comments:

559.

Phrenology

The Roots

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

154 charts

Rank Score:

452

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

559

Overall Rank:

3,272

Average Rating:

76 (178 votes)

Comments:

560.

Colors

Between The Buried And Me

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

452

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

560

Overall Rank:

3,274

Average Rating:

75 (100 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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