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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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	4,378	228,978	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,312	215,242	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,363	209,356	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (53rd)by Wilco
2003	4,677	184,261	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,649	204,599	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,802	190,022	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,960	170,877	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,143	241,372	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,199	144,159	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,384	143,009	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,867	1,931,874

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:

2,864 charts

Rank Score:

49,337

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Average Rating:

90 (3,868 votes)

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,179 charts

Rank Score:

49,121

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Average Rating:

89 (4,392 votes)

Comments:

555

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

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,586 charts

Rank Score:

17,548

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83 (2,324 votes)

Comments:

198

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,318 charts

Rank Score:

12,791

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17.

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,325 charts

Rank Score:

11,204

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19.

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,081 charts

Rank Score:

10,778

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Overall Rank:

136

Average Rating:

82 (1,635 votes)

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Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,177 charts

Rank Score:

8,886

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33.

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

871 charts

Rank Score:

8,171

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Overall Rank:

198

Average Rating:

80 (1,099 votes)

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Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

934 charts

Rank Score:

8,076

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Muse

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

813 charts

Rank Score:

7,735

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214

Average Rating:

80 (1,424 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	113	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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