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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

18.

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	959 charts
Rank in 2008:	1	Rank Score:	22,642
Rank in 2000s	18	Overall Rank:	111
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,297 votes)
Comments: 73 comments

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36.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	713 charts
Rank in 2008:	2	Rank Score:	13,636
Rank in 2000s	36	Overall Rank:	201
Average Rating: 80/100 (1,078 votes)
Comments: 63 comments

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41.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	583 charts
Rank in 2008:	3	Rank Score:	12,740
Rank in 2000s	41	Overall Rank:	217
Average Rating: 75/100 (1,237 votes)
Comments: 100 comments

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75.

Third

Portishead

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	447 charts
Rank in 2008:	4	Rank Score:	7,106
Rank in 2000s	75	Overall Rank:	382
Average Rating: 81/100 (648 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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82.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	390 charts
Rank in 2008:	5	Rank Score:	6,284
Rank in 2000s	82	Overall Rank:	421
Average Rating: 78/100 (550 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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83.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	335 charts
Rank in 2008:	6	Rank Score:	6,269
Rank in 2000s	83	Overall Rank:	424
Average Rating: 78/100 (462 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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101.

Only By The Night

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	319 charts
Rank in 2008:	7	Rank Score:	4,937
Rank in 2000s	101	Overall Rank:	532
Average Rating: 72/100 (633 votes)
Comments: 41 comments

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111.

Deathconsciousness

Have A Nice Life

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	217 charts
Rank in 2008:	8	Rank Score:	4,418
Rank in 2000s	111	Overall Rank:	583
Average Rating: 81/100 (264 votes)
Comments: 17 comments

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125.

Safe Mode: On

Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	244 charts
Rank in 2008:	9	Rank Score:	3,806
Rank in 2000s	125	Overall Rank:	668
Average Rating: 77/100 (433 votes)
Comments: 18 comments

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129.

Microcastle

Deerhunter

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	287 charts
Rank in 2008:	10	Rank Score:	3,739
Rank in 2000s	129	Overall Rank:	681
Average Rating: 80/100 (377 votes)
Comments: 19 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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