Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 35,000 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	2,607	397,734	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,659	349,995	Safe Mode: On Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,741	355,675	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (47th) by Wilco
2003	3,085	306,073	Elephant (68th) by The White Stripes
2004	2,974	361,236	Funeral (8th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,256	315,409	Illinois (56th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,347	297,097	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (45th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,470	436,604	In Rainbows (13th) by Radiohead
2008	3,589	248,928	Fleet Foxes (110th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,714	258,908	Merriweather Post Pavilion (99th) by Animal Collective
Total	31,442	3,327,659

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Animal Collective, Wilco and Sufjan Stevens.

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Album

Artist

Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	2,584 charts
Rank in 2000:	1	Rank Score:	117,721
Rank in 2000s	1	Overall Rank:	6
Average Rating: 89/100 (3,407 votes)
Comments: 471 comments

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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	2,338 charts
Rank in 2004:	1	Rank Score:	103,128
Rank in 2000s	2	Overall Rank:	8
Average Rating: 88/100 (2,893 votes)
Comments: 339 comments

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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	2,226 charts
Rank in 2007:	1	Rank Score:	98,199
Rank in 2000s	3	Overall Rank:	13
Average Rating: 89/100 (2,941 votes)
Comments: 321 comments

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	1,859 charts
Rank in 2001:	1	Rank Score:	65,495
Rank in 2000s	4	Overall Rank:	24
Average Rating: 86/100 (2,304 votes)
Comments: 230 comments

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	1,247 charts
Rank in 2006:	1	Rank Score:	41,187
Rank in 2000s	5	Overall Rank:	45
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,810 votes)
Comments: 164 comments

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,284 charts
Rank in 2002:	1	Rank Score:	40,566
Rank in 2000s	6	Overall Rank:	47
Average Rating: 85/100 (1,501 votes)
Comments: 143 comments

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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	1,219 charts
Rank in 2005:	1	Rank Score:	37,070
Rank in 2000s	7	Overall Rank:	56
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,405 votes)
Comments: 127 comments

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Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	1,224 charts
Rank in 2003:	1	Rank Score:	31,718
Rank in 2000s	8	Overall Rank:	68
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,744 votes)
Comments: 104 comments

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,061 charts
Rank in 2002:	2	Rank Score:	28,965
Rank in 2000s	9	Overall Rank:	78
Average Rating: 79/100 (1,750 votes)
Comments: 142 comments

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10.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	970 charts
Rank in 2002:	3	Rank Score:	27,555
Rank in 2000s	10	Overall Rank:	84
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,193 votes)
Comments: 98 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	96	10%
2002	104	10%
2003	109	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	102	10%
2006	99	10%
2007	108	11%
2008	99	10%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	229	23%
	58	6%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
	13	1%
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