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	232,790	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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681.

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

681

Overall Rank:

3,864

Average Rating:

68 (152 votes)

Comments:

682.

Does This Look Infected?

Sum 41

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

372

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

682

Overall Rank:

3,869

Average Rating:

68 (84 votes)

Comments:

683.

The Beautiful Letdown

Switchfoot

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

683

Overall Rank:

3,877

Average Rating:

67 (147 votes)

Comments:

684.

Future Perfect

Autolux

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

684

Overall Rank:

3,878

Average Rating:

76 (45 votes)

Comments:

685.

Billy Talent

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

685

Overall Rank:

3,880

Average Rating:

72 (97 votes)

Comments:

686.

Swoon

Silversun Pickups

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

686

Overall Rank:

3,882

Average Rating:

74 (128 votes)

Comments:

687.

Alopecia

Why?

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

687

Overall Rank:

3,883

Average Rating:

75 (72 votes)

Comments:

688.

The Execution Of All Things

Rilo Kiley

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

688

Overall Rank:

3,887

Average Rating:

75 (90 votes)

Comments:

689.

Andorra

Caribou

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

689

Overall Rank:

3,896

Average Rating:

77 (82 votes)

Comments:

690.

This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Gregory Alan Isakov

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

690

Overall Rank:

3,900

Average Rating:

79 (44 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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