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 54,000 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	4,421	228,643	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,330	214,923	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,369	208,924	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,693	184,269	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,694	204,198	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,884	191,176	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,023	170,751	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,152	240,550	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,209	143,978	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,393	142,938	Merriweather Post Pavilion (141st)by Animal Collective
Total	48,168	1,930,350

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Animal Collective, Wilco and The White Stripes.

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991.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993

Overall Rank:

5,651

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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994.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994

Overall Rank:

5,652

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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995.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995

Overall Rank:

5,658

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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996.

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Where You Want To Be

Taking Back Sunday

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

233

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996

Overall Rank:

5,682

Average Rating:

72 (58 votes)

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997.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Get Lifted

John Legend

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998

Overall Rank:

5,685

Average Rating:

74 (68 votes)

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999.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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1000.

No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

232

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	217	22%
	53	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	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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