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	4,458	227,696	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,383	213,716	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,385	207,969	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,710	183,652	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,701	203,114	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,912	190,205	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,083	170,847	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,307	240,000	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,345	144,739	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,415	142,024	Merriweather Post Pavilion (141st)by Animal Collective
Total	48,699	1,923,963

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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Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,025 charts

Rank Score:

10,286

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

142

Average Rating:

83 (1,401 votes)

Comments:

76.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Phoenix

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

588 charts

Rank Score:

3,885

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

457

Average Rating:

79 (875 votes)

Comments:

177.

† [Cross]

Justice (FR)

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

297 charts

Rank Score:

1,532

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

177

Overall Rank:

1,157

Average Rating:

77 (434 votes)

Comments:

207.

Alive 2007
Live

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

1,281

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

207

Overall Rank:

1,360

Average Rating:

79 (261 votes)

Comments:

272.

Talkie Walkie

Air

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

1,010

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

272

Overall Rank:

1,681

Average Rating:

76 (274 votes)

Comments:

383.

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

M83

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

181 charts

Rank Score:

700

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

383

Overall Rank:

2,303

Average Rating:

78 (238 votes)

Comments:

393.

From Mars To Sirius

Gojira

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

684

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

393

Overall Rank:

2,343

Average Rating:

81 (127 votes)

Comments:

402.

Saturdays = Youth

M83

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

179 charts

Rank Score:

670

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

402

Overall Rank:

2,383

Average Rating:

77 (238 votes)

Comments:

430.

The Dance Of The Moon And The Sun

Natural Snow Buildings

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

612

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

430

Overall Rank:

2,563

Average Rating:

78 (94 votes)

Comments:

440.

Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde

Alcest

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

590

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

440

Overall Rank:

2,630

Average Rating:

79 (121 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	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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