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	4,154	232,916	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,084	216,598	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,157	211,706	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,465	185,905	Elephant (111th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,458	208,419	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,666	193,030	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,847	173,317	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,008	246,450	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,053	145,639	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,227	144,404	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,119	1,958,384

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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The Dismemberment Plan

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

315

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

781

Overall Rank:

4,460

Average Rating:

78 (88 votes)

Comments:

782.

Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head

Jordaan Mason And The Horse Museum

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

314

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

782

Overall Rank:

4,462

Average Rating:

77 (31 votes)

Comments:

783.

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The Verve

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

783

Overall Rank:

4,483

Average Rating:

72 (93 votes)

Comments:

784.

Saturday Night Wrist

Deftones

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

312

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

784

Overall Rank:

4,491

Average Rating:

74 (145 votes)

Comments:

785.

Invaders Must Die

The Prodigy

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

312

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

785

Overall Rank:

4,492

Average Rating:

71 (134 votes)

Comments:

786.

Memoryhouse

Max Richter

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

312

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

786

Overall Rank:

4,493

Average Rating:

77 (46 votes)

Comments:

787.

The Empyrean

John Frusciante

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

787

Overall Rank:

4,495

Average Rating:

78 (83 votes)

Comments:

788.

Damien Rice

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

788

Overall Rank:

4,499

Average Rating:

74 (114 votes)

Comments:

789.

Define The Great Line

Underoath

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

789

Overall Rank:

4,502

Average Rating:

73 (32 votes)

Comments:

790.

Out Of Exile

Audioslave

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

790

Overall Rank:

4,504

Average Rating:

70 (164 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	113	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%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	10	1%

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