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	232,698	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,090	216,247	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,167	211,686	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,497	185,779	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,471	208,122	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,683	193,040	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,857	173,197	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,020	245,718	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,074	145,855	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,239	144,121	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,254	1,956,462

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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331.

Soviet Kitsch

Regina Spektor

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

832

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

331

Overall Rank:

1,995

Average Rating:

76 (178 votes)

Comments:

332.

Endless Summer

Fennesz

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

832

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

332

Overall Rank:

1,997

Average Rating:

76 (154 votes)

Comments:

333.

The Dirty South

Drive-By Truckers

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

830

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

333

Overall Rank:

2,000

Average Rating:

78 (114 votes)

Comments:

334.

Cage The Elephant

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

829

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

334

Overall Rank:

2,001

Average Rating:

74 (253 votes)

Comments:

335.

You Could Have It So Much Better

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

824

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

335

Overall Rank:

2,014

Average Rating:

75 (420 votes)

Comments:

336.

Panopticon

Isis

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

822

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

336

Overall Rank:

2,016

Average Rating:

79 (146 votes)

Comments:

337.

Everything Goes Numb

Streetlight Manifesto

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

821

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

337

Overall Rank:

2,021

Average Rating:

74 (99 votes)

Comments:

338.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

820

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

338

Overall Rank:

2,023

Average Rating:

77 (205 votes)

Comments:

339.

Building Nothing Out Of Something
Compilation

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

816

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

339

Overall Rank:

2,030

Average Rating:

81 (217 votes)

Comments:

340.

Extraordinary Machine

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

816

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

340

Overall Rank:

2,031

Average Rating:

77 (309 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	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	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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