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 46,000 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	3,317	266,649	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,336	240,432	Is This It (22nd)by The Strokes
2002	3,429	237,224	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	3,771	204,802	Elephant (101st)by The White Stripes
2004	3,693	237,897	Funeral (12th)by Arcade Fire
2005	3,913	214,467	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,072	197,515	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (53rd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,108	286,445	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,259	162,210	Fleet Foxes (129th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,356	165,296	Merriweather Post Pavilion (109th)by Animal Collective
Total	38,254	2,212,938

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

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

2,953 charts

Rank Score:

68,638

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Average Rating:

89 (4,012 votes)

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519

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,615 charts

Rank Score:

64,541

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Average Rating:

89 (3,510 votes)

Comments:

355

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,656 charts

Rank Score:

57,076

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,198 charts

Rank Score:

41,403

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Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,480 charts

Rank Score:

27,552

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Average Rating:

86 (1,703 votes)

Comments:

154

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,515 charts

Rank Score:

26,311

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Average Rating:

85 (1,774 votes)

Comments:

162

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

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,437 charts

Rank Score:

24,156

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Average Rating:

83 (2,149 votes)

Comments:

182

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,160 charts

Rank Score:

18,774

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Average Rating:

84 (1,458 votes)

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113

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

984 charts

Rank Score:

18,704

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Average Rating:

86 (1,166 votes)

Comments:

10.

Madvillainy

Madvillain

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

907 charts

Rank Score:

18,114

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Average Rating:

86 (1,004 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	102	10%
2003	111	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	104	10%
2006	103	10%
2007	100	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	99	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	563	56%
	212	21%
	57	6%
	28	3%
	21	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

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