Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

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 (91st) 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 (90th) 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

71.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	171 charts
Rank in 2009:	7	Rank Score:	3,750
Rank in 2000s	71	Overall Rank:	310
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72.

Vespertine

Björk

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	131 charts
Rank in 2001:	8	Rank Score:	3,640
Rank in 2000s	72	Overall Rank:	319
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73.

Third

Portishead

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	140 charts
Rank in 2008:	6	Rank Score:	3,637
Rank in 2000s	73	Overall Rank:	321
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74.

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Brand New

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	87 charts
Rank in 2006:	6	Rank Score:	3,539
Rank in 2000s	74	Overall Rank:	328
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75.

Person Pitch

Panda Bear

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	131 charts
Rank in 2007:	9	Rank Score:	3,510
Rank in 2000s	75	Overall Rank:	331
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76.

The Blueprint

Jay-Z

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	125 charts
Rank in 2001:	9	Rank Score:	3,420
Rank in 2000s	76	Overall Rank:	337
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77.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	106 charts
Rank in 2003:	8	Rank Score:	3,396
Rank in 2000s	77	Overall Rank:	339
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78.

Only By The Night

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	127 charts
Rank in 2008:	7	Rank Score:	3,325
Rank in 2000s	78	Overall Rank:	349
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79.

Madvillainy

Madvillain

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	135 charts
Rank in 2004:	8	Rank Score:	3,314
Rank in 2000s	79	Overall Rank:	350
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80.

Oh, Inverted World

The Shins

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	130 charts
Rank in 2001:	10	Rank Score:	3,244
Rank in 2000s	80	Overall Rank:	359
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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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