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	4,161	231,339	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,099	215,863	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,177	210,900	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,507	185,010	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,482	207,010	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,693	192,079	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,866	172,532	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,034	244,795	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,091	145,289	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,270	144,102	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,380	1,948,920

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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521.

Girls Can Tell

Spoon

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

498

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

521

Overall Rank:

3,027

Average Rating:

79 (187 votes)

Comments:

522.

Mean Everything To Nothing

Manchester Orchestra

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

498

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

522

Overall Rank:

3,028

Average Rating:

76 (93 votes)

Comments:

523.

Live At Massey Hall 1971
Live

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

495

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

523

Overall Rank:

3,041

Average Rating:

82 (237 votes)

Comments:

524.

A Matter Of Life And Death

Iron Maiden

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

494

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

524

Overall Rank:

3,045

Average Rating:

72 (186 votes)

Comments:

525.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

104 charts

Rank Score:

494

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

525

Overall Rank:

3,046

Average Rating:

77 (112 votes)

Comments:

526.

Reality

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

493

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

526

Overall Rank:

3,049

Average Rating:

73 (264 votes)

Comments:

527.

Tha Carter III

Lil Wayne

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

490

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

527

Overall Rank:

3,058

Average Rating:

61 (280 votes)

Comments:

528.

Some Cities

Doves (UK)

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

490

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

528

Overall Rank:

3,061

Average Rating:

74 (137 votes)

Comments:

529.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

488

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

529

Overall Rank:

3,070

Average Rating:

77 (114 votes)

Comments:

530.

Breakaway

Kelly Clarkson

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

486

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

530

Overall Rank:

3,085

Average Rating:

66 (124 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	219	22%
	57	6%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	10	1%

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