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	4,396	229,100	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,320	215,284	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,365	209,546	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,682	184,305	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,682	204,869	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,816	190,059	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,962	170,801	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,145	240,976	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,201	144,218	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,387	142,790	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,956	1,931,949

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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Rubber Factory

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

239 charts

Rank Score:

1,173

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

232

Overall Rank:

1,466

Average Rating:

77 (376 votes)

Comments:

368.

Attack & Release

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

209 charts

Rank Score:

735

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

368

Overall Rank:

2,210

Average Rating:

75 (377 votes)

Comments:

478.

Thickfreakness

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

537

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

478

Overall Rank:

2,850

Average Rating:

75 (266 votes)

Comments:

720.

Magic Potion

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

348

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

720

Overall Rank:

4,119

Average Rating:

73 (203 votes)

Comments:

941.

The Big Come Up

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

250

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	556	56%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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