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	4,170	231,201	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,113	215,746	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,181	210,745	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,512	184,861	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,485	206,765	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,696	191,924	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,870	172,443	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,037	244,654	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,094	145,151	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,273	143,993	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,431	1,947,482

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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Phantoms

Acceptance

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

232

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992.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993.

Ghost

Radical Face

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

231

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993

Overall Rank:

5,709

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

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994.

Spiritual Machines

Our Lady Peace

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

231

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995.

Doomsday Afternoon

Phideaux

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

231

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995

Overall Rank:

5,726

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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996.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

230

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996

Overall Rank:

5,727

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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997.

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Skeletal Lamping

of Montreal

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

230

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997

Overall Rank:

5,731

Average Rating:

74 (91 votes)

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998.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

230

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1000.

London Zoo

The Bug (UK)

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

229

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,755

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	92	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%
Dream Theater	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	34	3%
	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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