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 55,000 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	4,483	225,892	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,408	212,476	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,408	206,304	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,748	182,964	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,723	202,035	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,938	188,945	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,116	169,994	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,337	239,168	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,424	144,547	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,451	141,831	Merriweather Post Pavilion (146th)by Animal Collective
Total	49,036	1,914,156

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

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Fear Of A Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

422 charts

Rank Score:

4,133

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

429

Average Rating:

81 (593 votes)

Comments:

80.

In Absentia

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

402 charts

Rank Score:

3,507

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

509

Average Rating:

81 (589 votes)

Comments:

102.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

313 charts

Rank Score:

2,666

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

102

Overall Rank:

662

Average Rating:

81 (444 votes)

Comments:

313.

Lightbulb Sun

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

870

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

313

Overall Rank:

1,925

Average Rating:

80 (236 votes)

Comments:

742.

The Incident

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

334

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

742

Overall Rank:

4,277

Average Rating:

77 (164 votes)

Comments:

Total albums: 5. Page 1 of 1

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	110	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	553	55%
	216	22%
	54	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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