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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 (90th) 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 (91st) 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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Band

51.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	155 charts
Rank in 2005:	5	Rank Score:	4,783
Rank in 2000s	51	Overall Rank:	254
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52.

X&Y

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	164 charts
Rank in 2005:	6	Rank Score:	4,775
Rank in 2000s	52	Overall Rank:	255
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53.

De-loused In The Comatorium

The Mars Volta

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	124 charts
Rank in 2003:	4	Rank Score:	4,669
Rank in 2000s	53	Overall Rank:	262
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54.

Sigh No More

Mumford & Sons

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	143 charts
Rank in 2009:	4	Rank Score:	4,662
Rank in 2000s	54	Overall Rank:	264
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55.

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Sigur Rós

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	153 charts
Rank in 2002:	9	Rank Score:	4,543
Rank in 2000s	55	Overall Rank:	267
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56.

Room On Fire

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	152 charts
Rank in 2003:	5	Rank Score:	4,400
Rank in 2000s	56	Overall Rank:	273
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57.

Chutes Too Narrow

The Shins

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	148 charts
Rank in 2003:	6	Rank Score:	4,304
Rank in 2000s	57	Overall Rank:	275
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58.

Give Up

The Postal Service

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	142 charts
Rank in 2003:	7	Rank Score:	4,289
Rank in 2000s	58	Overall Rank:	276
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59.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

P.J. Harvey

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	172 charts
Rank in 2000:	7	Rank Score:	4,257
Rank in 2000s	59	Overall Rank:	279
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60.

Sam's Town

The Killers

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	123 charts
Rank in 2006:	4	Rank Score:	4,235
Rank in 2000s	60	Overall Rank:	283
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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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