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	232,074	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,093	215,922	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,170	211,056	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,498	185,358	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,472	207,494	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,689	192,479	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,860	172,765	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	245,056	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,085	145,639	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,262	144,090	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,312	1,951,932

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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761.

Sounds Of The Universe

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

761

Overall Rank:

4,329

Average Rating:

69 (184 votes)

Comments:

762.

Miss E ...So Addictive

Missy Elliott

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

762

Overall Rank:

4,335

Average Rating:

77 (72 votes)

Comments:

763.

Flavors Of Entanglement

Alanis Morissette

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

763

Overall Rank:

4,337

Average Rating:

73 (75 votes)

Comments:

764.

The Last Resort

Trentemøller

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

324

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

764

Overall Rank:

4,345

Average Rating:

75 (60 votes)

Comments:

765.

Songs In A Minor

Alicia Keys

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

323

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

765

Overall Rank:

4,356

Average Rating:

68 (147 votes)

Comments:

766.

Free All Angels

Ash

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

323

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

766

Overall Rank:

4,358

Average Rating:

72 (74 votes)

Comments:

767.

Panic Prevention

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

767

Overall Rank:

4,365

Average Rating:

75 (74 votes)

Comments:

768.

Beaches & Canyons

Black Dice

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

320

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

768

Overall Rank:

4,384

Average Rating:

75 (48 votes)

Comments:

769.

Vocalcity

Luomo

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

320

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

769

Overall Rank:

4,386

Average Rating:

76 (73 votes)

Comments:

770.

Selmasongs
Soundtrack

Björk

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

320

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

770

Overall Rank:

4,392

Average Rating:

74 (160 votes)

Comments:

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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%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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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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