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	4,141	232,805	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,065	216,373	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,121	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,451	185,957	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,424	208,638	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,657	193,174	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,822	173,673	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,995	247,090	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,030	145,954	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,215	144,478	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,937	1,960,263

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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Shania Twain

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992.

Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven

Orphaned Land

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992

Overall Rank:

5,680

Average Rating:

78 (31 votes)

Comments:

993.

Love Is Hell Pts. 1 & 2
Compilation

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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Rank in 2000s:

994

Overall Rank:

5,687

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

Comments:

995.

Horses In The Sky

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

...For The Whole World To See

Death (Protopunk)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

The Human Equation

Ayreon

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Rank in 2000s:

998

Overall Rank:

5,714

Average Rating:

79 (53 votes)

Comments:

999.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

Un Día En El Mundo

Vetusta Morla

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Rank in 2000s:

1,000

Overall Rank:

5,719

Average Rating:

76 (40 votes)

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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	91	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	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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