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 49,000 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	3,617	246,542	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,630	226,885	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,724	221,046	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,086	193,521	Elephant (112th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,975	219,759	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,239	199,544	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,391	182,589	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (60th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,466	260,473	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,585	151,669	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,671	150,990	Merriweather Post Pavilion (130th)by Animal Collective
Total	41,384	2,053,018

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

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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,760 charts

Rank Score:

47,247

Rank in 2004:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (3,528 votes)

Comments:

396

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,035 charts

Rank Score:

16,619

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24.

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,105 charts

Rank Score:

10,776

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

156

Average Rating:

82 (1,937 votes)

Comments:

146

45.

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

591 charts

Rank Score:

6,602

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

285

Average Rating:

83 (673 votes)

Comments:

165.

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

The Unicorns

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

212 charts

Rank Score:

1,738

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

165

Overall Rank:

1,058

Average Rating:

79 (284 votes)

Comments:

178.

Crystal Castles

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

1,631

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

178

Overall Rank:

1,118

Average Rating:

77 (339 votes)

Comments:

212.

Apologies To The Queen Mary

Wolf Parade

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

206 charts

Rank Score:

1,343

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

212

Overall Rank:

1,323

Average Rating:

80 (225 votes)

Comments:

229.

Yanqui U.X.O.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

197 charts

Rank Score:

1,244

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

229

Overall Rank:

1,424

Average Rating:

80 (281 votes)

Comments:

258.

Twin Cinema

The New Pornographers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

1,077

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

258

Overall Rank:

1,606

Average Rating:

80 (212 votes)

Comments:

261.

You're A Woman, I'm A Machine

Death From Above 1979

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

186 charts

Rank Score:

1,069

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

261

Overall Rank:

1,616

Average Rating:

76 (246 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	103	10%
2001	104	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	112	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	106	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	100	10%
2008	93	9%
2009	97	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	559	56%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	22	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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