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	2,635	399,776	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,688	351,357	Safe Mode: On Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,760	357,664	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (47th) by Wilco
2003	3,121	308,254	Elephant (68th) by The White Stripes
2004	3,002	363,721	Funeral (8th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,282	317,317	Illinois (57th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,377	299,340	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (45th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,512	438,631	In Rainbows (13th) by Radiohead
2008	3,621	249,648	Fleet Foxes (110th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,744	260,700	Merriweather Post Pavilion (99th) by Animal Collective
Total	31,742	3,346,407

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:	2,602 charts
Rank in 2000:	1	Rank Score:	118,615
Rank in 2000s	1	Overall Rank:	6
Average Rating: 89/100 (3,445 votes)
Comments: 476 comments

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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	2,365 charts
Rank in 2004:	1	Rank Score:	103,794
Rank in 2000s	2	Overall Rank:	8
Average Rating: 88/100 (2,918 votes)
Comments: 340 comments

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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	2,248 charts
Rank in 2007:	1	Rank Score:	98,887
Rank in 2000s	3	Overall Rank:	13
Average Rating: 89/100 (2,975 votes)
Comments: 324 comments

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	1,874 charts
Rank in 2001:	1	Rank Score:	65,862
Rank in 2000s	4	Overall Rank:	24
Average Rating: 85/100 (2,332 votes)
Comments: 231 comments

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

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	1,258 charts
Rank in 2006:	1	Rank Score:	41,542
Rank in 2000s	5	Overall Rank:	45
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,830 votes)
Comments: 165 comments

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,296 charts
Rank in 2002:	1	Rank Score:	40,835
Rank in 2000s	6	Overall Rank:	47
Average Rating: 85/100 (1,520 votes)
Comments: 143 comments

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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	1,231 charts
Rank in 2005:	1	Rank Score:	37,267
Rank in 2000s	7	Overall Rank:	57
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,420 votes)
Comments: 129 comments

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Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	1,232 charts
Rank in 2003:	1	Rank Score:	31,778
Rank in 2000s	8	Overall Rank:	68
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,761 votes)
Comments: 106 comments

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,066 charts
Rank in 2002:	2	Rank Score:	28,991
Rank in 2000s	9	Overall Rank:	78
Average Rating: 78/100 (1,771 votes)
Comments: 144 comments

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10.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	975 charts
Rank in 2002:	3	Rank Score:	27,701
Rank in 2000s	10	Overall Rank:	85
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,208 votes)
Comments: 98 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	96	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	89	9%
2005	100	10%
2006	100	10%
2007	107	11%
2008	99	10%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	567	57%
	230	23%
	55	6%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
	15	2%
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