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 45,000 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	3,437	257,892	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,465	233,158	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,549	230,236	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	3,905	199,362	Elephant (105th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,795	229,156	Funeral (13th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,029	208,647	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,200	189,455	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (52nd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,248	274,604	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,414	156,257	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,485	158,989	Merriweather Post Pavilion (123rd)by Animal Collective
Total	39,527	2,137,757

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

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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,694 charts

Rank Score:

52,495

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (3,426 votes)

Comments:

390

Madvillainy

Madvillain

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

935 charts

Rank Score:

17,813

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (1,053 votes)

Comments:

24.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,082 charts

Rank Score:

11,727

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

116.

Antony & The Johnsons

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

317 charts

Rank Score:

2,653

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

116

Overall Rank:

710

Average Rating:

78 (337 votes)

Comments:

137.

Kala

M.I.A.

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

333 charts

Rank Score:

2,224

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

137

Overall Rank:

835

Average Rating:

76 (475 votes)

Comments:

149.

Deltron 3030

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

2,076

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

149

Overall Rank:

907

Average Rating:

79 (241 votes)

Comments:

232.

Raising Sand

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

185 charts

Rank Score:

1,264

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

232

Overall Rank:

1,410

Average Rating:

75 (233 votes)

Comments:

256.

Arular

M.I.A.

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

189 charts

Rank Score:

1,140

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

256

Overall Rank:

1,546

Average Rating:

76 (248 votes)

Comments:

279.

Begin To Hope

Regina Spektor

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

1,035

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

279

Overall Rank:

1,667

Average Rating:

77 (219 votes)

Comments:

280.

With Teeth

Nine Inch Nails

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

137 charts

Rank Score:

1,031

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

280

Overall Rank:

1,676

Average Rating:

75 (286 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	113	11%
2004	89	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	103	10%
2007	99	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	96	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	563	56%
	213	21%
	56	6%
	33	3%
	21	2%
	19	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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

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

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