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 53,000 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	4,241	229,504	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,164	214,893	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,223	209,583	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (50th)by Wilco
2003	4,560	184,092	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,538	205,831	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,758	190,904	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,899	171,736	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,084	243,305	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,145	144,965	Fleet Foxes (134th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,316	143,321	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,928	1,938,136

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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Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

10,649

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

139

Average Rating:

82 (1,563 votes)

Comments:

157

65.

Strawberry Jam

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

520 charts

Rank Score:

4,438

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

399

Average Rating:

81 (772 votes)

Comments:

90.

Feels

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

391 charts

Rank Score:

3,270

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

550

Average Rating:

79 (584 votes)

Comments:

131.

Sung Tongs

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

286 charts

Rank Score:

2,139

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

131

Overall Rank:

832

Average Rating:

78 (475 votes)

Comments:

577.

Fall Be Kind

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

435

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

577

Overall Rank:

3,373

Average Rating:

77 (219 votes)

Comments:

960.

Here Comes The Indian

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

243

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	112	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	217	22%
	55	5%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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