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	4,141	232,790	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,065	216,398	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,060	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,451	185,958	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,424	208,583	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,657	193,203	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,829	173,631	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,994	247,086	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,031	145,919	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,460	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,946	1,960,089

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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651.

The Decline Of British Sea Power

British Sea Power

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

384

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

651

Overall Rank:

3,766

Average Rating:

75 (93 votes)

Comments:

652.

Ashes Against The Grain

Agalloch

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

383

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

652

Overall Rank:

3,767

Average Rating:

78 (104 votes)

Comments:

653.

Bubblegum

Mark Lanegan Band

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

383

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

653

Overall Rank:

3,770

Average Rating:

76 (95 votes)

Comments:

654.

Is A Woman

Lambchop

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

383

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

654

Overall Rank:

3,773

Average Rating:

75 (57 votes)

Comments:

655.

Veneer

José González

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

382

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

655

Overall Rank:

3,774

Average Rating:

77 (137 votes)

Comments:

656.

Sumday

Grandaddy

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

382

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

656

Overall Rank:

3,776

Average Rating:

76 (109 votes)

Comments:

657.

Take Me To Your Leader

King Geedorah

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

382

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

657

Overall Rank:

3,777

Average Rating:

79 (110 votes)

Comments:

658.

Riot On An Empty Street

Kings Of Convenience

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

382

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

658

Overall Rank:

3,780

Average Rating:

75 (106 votes)

Comments:

659.

Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

Metric

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

381

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

659

Overall Rank:

3,786

Average Rating:

74 (71 votes)

Comments:

660.

Streethawk: A Seduction

Destroyer

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

381

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

660

Overall Rank:

3,788

Average Rating:

79 (86 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Opeth	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	217	22%
	56	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	13	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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Best Artists of the 2000s
1. Radiohead
2. Arcade Fire
3. The Strokes
4. Coldplay
5. Sufjan Stevens
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Wilco
8. Muse
9. Animal Collective
10. The White Stripes
11. Kanye West
12. Phil Elverum
13. Interpol
14. Modest Mouse
15. Queens Of The Stone Age
16. Madvillain
17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
18. LCD Soundsystem
19. The National
20. The Flaming Lips