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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701.

Under Rug Swept

Alanis Morissette

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

701

Overall Rank:

4,011

Average Rating:

71 (93 votes)

Comments:

702.

The Incident

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

702

Overall Rank:

4,012

Average Rating:

77 (164 votes)

Comments:

703.

Alas, I Cannot Swim

Laura Marling

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

703

Overall Rank:

4,013

Average Rating:

75 (91 votes)

Comments:

704.

Black Gives Way To Blue

Alice In Chains

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

704

Overall Rank:

4,014

Average Rating:

73 (207 votes)

Comments:

705.

Hymn To The Immortal Wind

Mono

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

356

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

705

Overall Rank:

4,022

Average Rating:

78 (81 votes)

Comments:

706.

Riot Act

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

356

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

706

Overall Rank:

4,023

Average Rating:

71 (227 votes)

Comments:

707.

Remedy Lane

Pain Of Salvation

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

355

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

707

Overall Rank:

4,026

Average Rating:

77 (54 votes)

Comments:

708.

Robbers & Cowards

Cold War Kids

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

354

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

708

Overall Rank:

4,040

Average Rating:

75 (124 votes)

Comments:

709.

Walking On A Dream

Empire Of The Sun

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

709

Overall Rank:

4,063

Average Rating:

71 (138 votes)

Comments:

710.

Wonder What's Next

Chevelle

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

710

Overall Rank:

4,067

Average Rating:

74 (82 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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