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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 37,000 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	2,736	409,421	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,793	359,036	Safe Mode: On Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,872	363,625	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (47th) by Wilco
2003	3,208	313,063	Elephant (72nd) by The White Stripes
2004	3,102	372,253	Funeral (9th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,372	323,382	Illinois (55th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,481	304,128	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (45th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,588	447,934	In Rainbows (12th) by Radiohead
2008	3,737	253,956	Fleet Foxes (111th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,845	265,828	Merriweather Post Pavilion (99th) by Animal Collective
Total	32,734	3,412,626

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

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	2,412 charts
Rank in 2004:	1	Rank Score:	105,083
Rank in 2000s	2	Overall Rank:	9
Average Rating: 88/100 (2,994 votes)
Comments: 346 comments

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15.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	979 charts
Rank in 2007:	3	Rank Score:	23,803
Rank in 2000s	15	Overall Rank:	104
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,699 votes)
Comments: 128 comments

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16.

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	817 charts
Rank in 2000:	2	Rank Score:	23,373
Rank in 2000s	16	Overall Rank:	105
Average Rating: 86/100 (983 votes)
Comments: 82 comments

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52.

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	487 charts
Rank in 2002:	7	Rank Score:	9,968
Rank in 2000s	52	Overall Rank:	278
Average Rating: 83/100 (554 votes)
Comments: 29 comments

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171.

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

The Unicorns

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	172 charts
Rank in 2003:	19	Rank Score:	2,719
Rank in 2000s	171	Overall Rank:	900
Average Rating: 80/100 (227 votes)
Comments: 18 comments

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191.

Crystal Castles

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	178 charts
Rank in 2008:	14	Rank Score:	2,389
Rank in 2000s	191	Overall Rank:	1,033
Average Rating: 75/100 (279 votes)
Comments: 14 comments

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199.

The Reminder

Feist

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	169 charts
Rank in 2007:	26	Rank Score:	2,288
Rank in 2000s	199	Overall Rank:	1,069
Average Rating: 76/100 (248 votes)
Comments: 7 comments

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216.

You're A Woman, I'm A Machine

Death From Above 1979

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	150 charts
Rank in 2004:	26	Rank Score:	2,133
Rank in 2000s	216	Overall Rank:	1,147
Average Rating: 76/100 (217 votes)
Comments: 9 comments

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231.

Apologies To The Queen Mary

Wolf Parade

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	170 charts
Rank in 2005:	28	Rank Score:	1,932
Rank in 2000s	231	Overall Rank:	1,232
Average Rating: 80/100 (185 votes)
Comments: 9 comments

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262.

Yanqui U.X.O.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	138 charts
Rank in 2002:	28	Rank Score:	1,667
Rank in 2000s	262	Overall Rank:	1,385
Average Rating: 79/100 (211 votes)
Comments: 6 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	93	9%
2001	97	10%
2002	99	10%
2003	109	11%
2004	89	9%
2005	101	10%
2006	101	10%
2007	109	11%
2008	100	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 White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	234	23%
	58	6%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	20	2%
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