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 50,000 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	3,704	242,989	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,724	224,315	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,824	218,824	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,141	191,394	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,045	217,580	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,331	199,074	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,462	178,672	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (61st)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,647	257,805	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,695	149,469	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,802	149,188	Merriweather Post Pavilion (136th)by Animal Collective
Total	42,375	2,029,311

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

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113.

The Crane Wife

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

373 charts

Rank Score:

2,564

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

113

Overall Rank:

716

Average Rating:

78 (410 votes)

Comments:

175.

Picaresque

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

239 charts

Rank Score:

1,603

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

175

Overall Rank:

1,127

Average Rating:

78 (280 votes)

Comments:

236.

The Hazards Of Love

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

1,196

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

236

Overall Rank:

1,464

Average Rating:

75 (254 votes)

Comments:

437.

Castaways And Cutouts

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

608

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

437

Overall Rank:

2,574

Average Rating:

78 (152 votes)

Comments:

692.

Her Majesty The Decemberists

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

377

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

692

Overall Rank:

3,849

Average Rating:

75 (98 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	113	11%
2004	87	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	101	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	98	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	558	56%
	220	22%
	55	6%
	28	3%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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