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 38,000 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	2,803	412,849	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,851	364,768	Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain adult content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images. Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,920	366,706	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th) by Wilco
2003	3,282	315,691	Elephant (73rd) by The White Stripes
2004	3,179	376,121	Funeral (9th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,418	326,883	Illinois (55th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,557	306,913	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (46th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,621	452,834	In Rainbows (12th) by Radiohead
2008	3,794	256,704	Fleet Foxes (111th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,895	266,848	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	33,320	3,446,316

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:	968 charts
Rank in 2008:	1	Rank Score:	22,797
Rank in 2000s	18	Overall Rank:	111
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,316 votes)
Comments: 75 comments

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36.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	720 charts
Rank in 2008:	2	Rank Score:	13,905
Rank in 2000s	36	Overall Rank:	199
Average Rating: 80/100 (1,098 votes)
Comments: 65 comments

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41.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	588 charts
Rank in 2008:	3	Rank Score:	12,827
Rank in 2000s	41	Overall Rank:	218
Average Rating: 75/100 (1,265 votes)
Comments: 102 comments

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74.

Third

Portishead

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	456 charts
Rank in 2008:	4	Rank Score:	7,332
Rank in 2000s	74	Overall Rank:	377
Average Rating: 81/100 (661 votes)
Comments: 32 comments

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82.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	392 charts
Rank in 2008:	5	Rank Score:	6,254
Rank in 2000s	82	Overall Rank:	429
Average Rating: 78/100 (557 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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87.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	332 charts
Rank in 2008:	6	Rank Score:	6,198
Rank in 2000s	87	Overall Rank:	436
Average Rating: 78/100 (473 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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103.

Only By The Night

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	321 charts
Rank in 2008:	7	Rank Score:	4,889
Rank in 2000s	103	Overall Rank:	544
Average Rating: 72/100 (646 votes)
Comments: 41 comments

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105.

Deathconsciousness

Have A Nice Life

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	225 charts
Rank in 2008:	8	Rank Score:	4,770
Rank in 2000s	105	Overall Rank:	554
Average Rating: 81/100 (274 votes)
Comments: 17 comments

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126.

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Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	249 charts
Rank in 2008:	9	Rank Score:	3,825
Rank in 2000s	126	Overall Rank:	674
Average Rating: 77/100 (443 votes)
Comments: 19 comments

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129.

Microcastle

Deerhunter

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	293 charts
Rank in 2008:	10	Rank Score:	3,786
Rank in 2000s	129	Overall Rank:	680
Average Rating: 80/100 (387 votes)
Comments: 19 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	97	10%
2002	99	10%
2003	111	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	102	10%
2006	102	10%
2007	106	11%
2008	100	10%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	229	23%
	60	6%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	20	2%
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