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 55,000 greatest album charts.

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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	4,491	225,680	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,410	212,880	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,413	206,666	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,758	183,461	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,732	202,069	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,943	189,496	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,129	170,323	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,346	239,197	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,445	144,874	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,633	142,714	Merriweather Post Pavilion (145th)by Animal Collective
Total	49,300	1,917,360

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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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,891 charts

Rank Score:

48,092

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Average Rating:

90 (3,889 votes)

Comments:

389

Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,196 charts

Rank Score:

47,316

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Average Rating:

89 (4,410 votes)

Comments:

556

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,604 charts

Rank Score:

17,170

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Average Rating:

83 (2,341 votes)

Comments:

198

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,328 charts

Rank Score:

12,618

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18.

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,327 charts

Rank Score:

10,727

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19.

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,091 charts

Rank Score:

10,512

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Overall Rank:

138

Average Rating:

82 (1,643 votes)

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Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,182 charts

Rank Score:

8,729

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32.

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

885 charts

Rank Score:

8,206

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Overall Rank:

192

Average Rating:

80 (1,112 votes)

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Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

941 charts

Rank Score:

8,170

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35.

Muse

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

821 charts

Rank Score:

7,777

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Overall Rank:

209

Average Rating:

79 (1,435 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	216	22%
	55	5%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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