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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 9,700 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	952	188,954	Kid A (9th) by Radiohead
2001	990	173,521	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	1,034	179,601	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (54th) by Coldplay
2003	1,152	159,703	Elephant (48th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,147	185,140	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,238	149,096	Illinois (92nd) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,328	152,805	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,369	221,284	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,361	136,292	Fleet Foxes (91st) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,422	139,605	Merriweather Post Pavilion (95th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,993	1,686,000

The best bands of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, The Strokes, Muse, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Animal Collective and Modest Mouse.

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Band

821.

Anniemal

Annie

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 2004:	79	Rank Score:	266
Rank in 2000s	821	Overall Rank:	3,094
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822.

We'll Live And Die In These Towns

The Enemy

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	6 charts
Rank in 2007:	92	Rank Score:	265
Rank in 2000s	822	Overall Rank:	3,097
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823.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 2004:	80	Rank Score:	265
Rank in 2000s	823	Overall Rank:	3,098
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824.

Des Visages Des Figures

Noir Désir

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 2001:	80	Rank Score:	265
Rank in 2000s	824	Overall Rank:	3,102
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825.

Writer's Block

Peter Bjorn And John

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2006:	87	Rank Score:	265
Rank in 2000s	825	Overall Rank:	3,109
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826.

Bachelor No. 2

Aimee Mann

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 2000:	67	Rank Score:	264
Rank in 2000s	826	Overall Rank:	3,111
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827.

Zeitgeist

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2007:	93	Rank Score:	264
Rank in 2000s	827	Overall Rank:	3,116
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828.

Back To Bedlam

James Blunt

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2004:	81	Rank Score:	264
Rank in 2000s	828	Overall Rank:	3,118
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829.

The Whirlwind

Transatlantic

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 2009:	81	Rank Score:	264
Rank in 2000s	829	Overall Rank:	3,122
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830.

Skeletal Lamping

of Montreal

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 2008:	94	Rank Score:	263
Rank in 2000s	830	Overall Rank:	3,125
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	94	9%
2002	98	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	102	10%
2007	120	12%
2008	111	11%
2009	99	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	224	22%
	58	6%
	29	3%
	25	3%
	18	2%
	18	2%
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