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	4,461	227,666	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,383	213,885	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,388	208,119	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (55th)by Wilco
2003	4,713	184,016	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,705	203,203	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,914	190,445	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,090	171,133	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,311	240,296	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,350	144,975	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,428	142,270	Merriweather Post Pavilion (141st)by Animal Collective
Total	48,743	1,926,007

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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66.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

531 charts

Rank Score:

4,266

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

414

Average Rating:

79 (750 votes)

Comments:

121.

Plans

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

2,378

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

121

Overall Rank:

760

Average Rating:

76 (518 votes)

Comments:

273.

Narrow Stairs

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

1,010

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

273

Overall Rank:

1,683

Average Rating:

75 (262 votes)

Comments:

305.

We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

898

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

305

Overall Rank:

1,872

Average Rating:

75 (177 votes)

Comments:

607.

The Photo Album

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

413

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

607

Overall Rank:

3,533

Average Rating:

75 (138 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	554	55%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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