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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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	232,008	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,094	215,989	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,171	211,000	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,500	185,329	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,473	207,438	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,690	192,427	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,860	172,723	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	244,981	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,086	145,605	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,263	144,064	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,320	1,951,565

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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531.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

489

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

531

Overall Rank:

3,071

Average Rating:

77 (114 votes)

Comments:

532.

Mr Beast

Mogwai

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

486

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

532

Overall Rank:

3,091

Average Rating:

77 (174 votes)

Comments:

533.

Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

Gwen Stefani

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

485

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

533

Overall Rank:

3,093

Average Rating:

64 (126 votes)

Comments:

534.

The Sufferer & The Witness

Rise Against

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

485

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

534

Overall Rank:

3,094

Average Rating:

72 (121 votes)

Comments:

535.

Cold Roses

Ryan Adams And The Cardinals

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

485

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

535

Overall Rank:

3,095

Average Rating:

76 (125 votes)

Comments:

536.

Marbles

Marillion

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

485

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

536

Overall Rank:

3,097

Average Rating:

77 (78 votes)

Comments:

537.

Odyssey Number Five

Powderfinger

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

484

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

537

Overall Rank:

3,100

Average Rating:

77 (72 votes)

Comments:

538.

Hurtbreak Wonderland

前田勝彦 [World's End Girlfriend]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

481

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

538

Overall Rank:

3,118

Average Rating:

78 (77 votes)

Comments:

539.

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

Lupe Fiasco

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

481

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

539

Overall Rank:

3,120

Average Rating:

76 (137 votes)

Comments:

540.

Watershed

Opeth

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

481

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

540

Overall Rank:

3,123

Average Rating:

78 (168 votes)

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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%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	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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