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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111.

Silent Shout

The Knife

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

373 charts

Rank Score:

2,526

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

111

Overall Rank:

711

Average Rating:

79 (422 votes)

Comments:

130.

Blackwater Park

Opeth

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

306 charts

Rank Score:

2,147

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

130

Overall Rank:

825

Average Rating:

79 (419 votes)

Comments:

162.

Fever Ray

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

274 charts

Rank Score:

1,683

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

162

Overall Rank:

1,047

Average Rating:

78 (334 votes)

Comments:

240.

Night Falls Over Kortedala

Jens Lekman

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

169 charts

Rank Score:

1,152

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

240

Overall Rank:

1,506

Average Rating:

79 (179 votes)

Comments:

248.

Damnation

Opeth

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

1,119

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

248

Overall Rank:

1,546

Average Rating:

79 (257 votes)

Comments:

259.

Lesser Matters

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

1,041

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

259

Overall Rank:

1,641

Average Rating:

79 (127 votes)

Comments:

299.

Ghost Reveries

Opeth

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

908

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

299

Overall Rank:

1,854

Average Rating:

81 (211 votes)

Comments:

356.

From Here We Go Sublime

The Field

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

140 charts

Rank Score:

751

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

356

Overall Rank:

2,173

Average Rating:

78 (122 votes)

Comments:

391.

Shallow Grave

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

684

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

391

Overall Rank:

2,344

Average Rating:

78 (189 votes)

Comments:

425.

Veni Vidi Vicious

The Hives

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

158 charts

Rank Score:

604

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

425

Overall Rank:

2,578

Average Rating:

74 (224 votes)

Comments:

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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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2. Hospice by The Antlers
3. xx by The xx
4. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
6. The Resistance by Muse
7. Lungs by Florence + The Machine
8. Humbug by Arctic Monkeys
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11. Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons
12. Fever Ray by Fever Ray
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20. The Hazards Of Love by The Decemberists