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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 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	2,646	402,751	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,702	353,532	Safe Mode: On Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,770	359,640	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (46th) by Wilco
2003	3,134	309,407	Elephant (69th) by The White Stripes
2004	3,017	366,558	Funeral (7th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,283	319,854	Illinois (57th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,397	301,301	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (45th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,526	442,185	In Rainbows (12th) by Radiohead
2008	3,639	250,893	Fleet Foxes (111th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,764	262,723	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	31,878	3,368,845

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:	948 charts
Rank in 2008:	1	Rank Score:	22,619
Rank in 2000s	18	Overall Rank:	111
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,269 votes)
Comments: 73 comments

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37.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	695 charts
Rank in 2008:	2	Rank Score:	13,247
Rank in 2000s	37	Overall Rank:	204
Average Rating: 80/100 (1,053 votes)
Comments: 61 comments

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40.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	577 charts
Rank in 2008:	3	Rank Score:	12,708
Rank in 2000s	40	Overall Rank:	214
Average Rating: 75/100 (1,211 votes)
Comments: 98 comments

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75.

Third

Portishead

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	434 charts
Rank in 2008:	4	Rank Score:	6,819
Rank in 2000s	75	Overall Rank:	387
Average Rating: 81/100 (633 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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81.

Dear Science,

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	380 charts
Rank in 2008:	5	Rank Score:	6,240
Rank in 2000s	81	Overall Rank:	415
Average Rating: 78/100 (537 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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82.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	326 charts
Rank in 2008:	6	Rank Score:	6,226
Rank in 2000s	82	Overall Rank:	417
Average Rating: 78/100 (452 votes)
Comments: 30 comments

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100.

Only By The Night

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	313 charts
Rank in 2008:	7	Rank Score:	4,898
Rank in 2000s	100	Overall Rank:	524
Average Rating: 72/100 (624 votes)
Comments: 41 comments

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110.

Deathconsciousness

Have A Nice Life

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	211 charts
Rank in 2008:	8	Rank Score:	4,314
Rank in 2000s	110	Overall Rank:	581
Average Rating: 81/100 (251 votes)
Comments: 16 comments

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121.

Safe Mode: On

Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	241 charts
Rank in 2008:	9	Rank Score:	3,799
Rank in 2000s	121	Overall Rank:	654
Average Rating: 77/100 (424 votes)
Comments: 17 comments

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126.

Microcastle

Deerhunter

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	285 charts
Rank in 2008:	10	Rank Score:	3,760
Rank in 2000s	126	Overall Rank:	665
Average Rating: 80/100 (368 votes)
Comments: 18 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	97	10%
2002	104	10%
2003	108	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	100	10%
2006	101	10%
2007	106	11%
2008	100	10%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	561	56%
	231	23%
	54	5%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
	19	2%
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