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	4,156	232,074	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,093	215,922	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,170	211,056	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,498	185,358	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,472	207,494	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,689	192,479	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,860	172,765	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	245,056	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,085	145,639	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,262	144,090	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,312	1,951,932

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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441.

Nixon

Lambchop

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

587

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

441

Overall Rank:

2,642

Average Rating:

78 (115 votes)

Comments:

442.

Dig Out Your Soul

Oasis

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

586

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

442

Overall Rank:

2,647

Average Rating:

69 (404 votes)

Comments:

443.

Dark Passion Play

Nightwish

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

586

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

443

Overall Rank:

2,648

Average Rating:

74 (63 votes)

Comments:

444.

Love Is Here

Starsailor

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

584

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

444

Overall Rank:

2,652

Average Rating:

71 (101 votes)

Comments:

445.

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Permission To Land

The Darkness

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

584

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

445

Overall Rank:

2,653

Average Rating:

72 (188 votes)

Comments:

446.

Metaphorical Music

瀬葉淳 [Nujabes]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

580

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

446

Overall Rank:

2,673

Average Rating:

81 (115 votes)

Comments:

447.

Armchair Apocrypha

Andrew Bird

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

577

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

447

Overall Rank:

2,678

Average Rating:

79 (138 votes)

Comments:

448.

The Dance Of The Moon And The Sun

Natural Snow Buildings

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

577

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

448

Overall Rank:

2,680

Average Rating:

78 (93 votes)

Comments:

449.

A Promise

Xiu Xiu

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

574

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

449

Overall Rank:

2,692

Average Rating:

78 (101 votes)

Comments:

450.

Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde

Alcest

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

99 charts

Rank Score:

574

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

450

Overall Rank:

2,694

Average Rating:

78 (117 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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