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	4,168	231,224	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,113	215,775	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,181	210,799	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,511	184,894	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,485	206,741	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,696	191,950	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,870	172,481	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,038	244,699	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,093	145,170	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,273	144,038	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,428	1,947,772

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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401.

The Invisible Band

Travis

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

150 charts

Rank Score:

669

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

401

Overall Rank:

2,392

Average Rating:

74 (206 votes)

Comments:

402.

Manners

Passion Pit

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

666

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

402

Overall Rank:

2,400

Average Rating:

75 (200 votes)

Comments:

403.

Once

Nightwish

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

666

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

403

Overall Rank:

2,402

Average Rating:

77 (83 votes)

Comments:

404.

You Will Never Know Why

Sweet Trip

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

664

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

404

Overall Rank:

2,408

Average Rating:

82 (97 votes)

Comments:

405.

Playing The Angel

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

660

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

405

Overall Rank:

2,414

Average Rating:

74 (230 votes)

Comments:

406.

Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

Dream Theater

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

659

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

406

Overall Rank:

2,416

Average Rating:

76 (181 votes)

Comments:

407.

I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
Live

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

657

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

407

Overall Rank:

2,425

Average Rating:

78 (473 votes)

Comments:

408.

Glasvegas

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

656

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

408

Overall Rank:

2,426

Average Rating:

73 (154 votes)

Comments:

409.

Sing The Sorrow

AFI

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

656

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

409

Overall Rank:

2,427

Average Rating:

74 (132 votes)

Comments:

410.

Simple Things

Zero 7

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

649

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

410

Overall Rank:

2,439

Average Rating:

75 (104 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	103	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	115	12%
2004	85	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	55%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	14	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	10	1%

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