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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31.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

8,669

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

186

Average Rating:

82 (925 votes)

Comments:

112.

Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

375 charts

Rank Score:

2,511

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

112

Overall Rank:

714

Average Rating:

81 (431 votes)

Comments:

144.

No More Shall We Part

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

291 charts

Rank Score:

1,968

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

144

Overall Rank:

914

Average Rating:

80 (362 votes)

Comments:

183.

Wolfmother

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

259 charts

Rank Score:

1,493

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,186

Average Rating:

74 (384 votes)

Comments:

346.

In Ghost Colours

Cut Copy

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

184 charts

Rank Score:

785

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

346

Overall Rank:

2,100

Average Rating:

77 (217 votes)

Comments:

371.

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

725

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

371

Overall Rank:

2,235

Average Rating:

78 (248 votes)

Comments:

424.

Get Born

Jet

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

604

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

424

Overall Rank:

2,577

Average Rating:

69 (214 votes)

Comments:

485.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

532

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

485

Overall Rank:

2,867

Average Rating:

70 (212 votes)

Comments:

513.

Fever

Kylie Minogue

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

499

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

513

Overall Rank:

3,014

Average Rating:

72 (166 votes)

Comments:

516.

Diorama

Silverchair

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

498

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

516

Overall Rank:

3,022

Average Rating:

73 (113 votes)

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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%
Show all

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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