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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711.

Horehound

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

711

Overall Rank:

4,073

Average Rating:

75 (171 votes)

Comments:

712.

Rockferry

Duffy

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

350

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

712

Overall Rank:

4,078

Average Rating:

72 (125 votes)

Comments:

713.

One Beat

Sleater-Kinney

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

350

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

713

Overall Rank:

4,080

Average Rating:

79 (93 votes)

Comments:

714.

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

349

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

714

Overall Rank:

4,088

Average Rating:

74 (175 votes)

Comments:

715.

Up From Below

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

349

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

715

Overall Rank:

4,094

Average Rating:

72 (117 votes)

Comments:

716.

Farm

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

348

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

716

Overall Rank:

4,096

Average Rating:

77 (170 votes)

Comments:

717.

Dimanche À Bamako

Amadou & Mariam

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

348

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

717

Overall Rank:

4,101

Average Rating:

75 (63 votes)

Comments:

718.

Stillmatic

Nas

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

347

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

718

Overall Rank:

4,103

Average Rating:

77 (141 votes)

Comments:

719.

Lord Willin'

Clipse

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

347

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

719

Overall Rank:

4,104

Average Rating:

79 (76 votes)

Comments:

720.

Like Drawing Blood

Gotye

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

347

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

720

Overall Rank:

4,106

Average Rating:

72 (78 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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