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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 9,600 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	916	186,114	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	949	171,056	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	976	175,970	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,111	157,205	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,109	183,186	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,202	147,696	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,282	150,950	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,326	218,202	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,310	133,808	Fleet Foxes (89th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,377	137,291	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,558	1,661,478

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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971.

Reveal

R.E.M.

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	17 charts
Rank in 2001:	92	Rank Score:	219
Rank in 2000s	971	Overall Rank:	3,563
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972.

Stop Drop and Roll!!!

Foxboro Hot Tubs

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 2008:	107	Rank Score:	219
Rank in 2000s	972	Overall Rank:	3,566
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973.

Citrus

Asobi Seksu

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 2006:	100	Rank Score:	219
Rank in 2000s	973	Overall Rank:	3,567
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974.

Divenire

Ludovico Einaudi

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 2006:	101	Rank Score:	218
Rank in 2000s	974	Overall Rank:	3,576
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975.

Nice, Nice, Very Nice

Dan Mangan

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 2009:	97	Rank Score:	218
Rank in 2000s	975	Overall Rank:	3,577
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976.

Discosis

Bran Van 3000

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 2001:	93	Rank Score:	218
Rank in 2000s	976	Overall Rank:	3,578
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977.

Bring Me Your Love

City And Colour

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 2008:	108	Rank Score:	218
Rank in 2000s	977	Overall Rank:	3,580
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978.

Folie à Deux

Fall Out Boy

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	6 charts
Rank in 2008:	109	Rank Score:	218
Rank in 2000s	978	Overall Rank:	3,581
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979.

Pink

Boris

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	15 charts
Rank in 2005:	99	Rank Score:	217
Rank in 2000s	979	Overall Rank:	3,588
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980.

Overtones

Just Jack

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 2007:	117	Rank Score:	217
Rank in 2000s	980	Overall Rank:	3,590
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	96	10%
2003	95	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	102	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	119	12%
2008	114	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	571	57%
	225	23%
	58	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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