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 54,000 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	4,330	229,185	Kid A (8th)by Radiohead
2001	4,192	214,247	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,255	208,903	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (50th)by Wilco
2003	4,593	183,570	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,574	205,449	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,781	190,278	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,930	171,457	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,123	242,292	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,180	144,476	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,359	142,984	Merriweather Post Pavilion (140th)by Animal Collective
Total	47,317	1,932,840

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

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Fear Of A Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

417 charts

Rank Score:

4,184

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

425

Average Rating:

81 (584 votes)

Comments:

80.

In Absentia

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

401 charts

Rank Score:

3,562

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

503

Average Rating:

81 (581 votes)

Comments:

107.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

309 charts

Rank Score:

2,638

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

107

Overall Rank:

683

Average Rating:

81 (435 votes)

Comments:

306.

Lightbulb Sun

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

158 charts

Rank Score:

890

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

306

Overall Rank:

1,886

Average Rating:

81 (233 votes)

Comments:

705.

The Incident

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

353

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

705

Overall Rank:

4,049

Average Rating:

77 (164 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	110	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	217	22%
	54	5%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

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