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 49,000 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	3,617	246,542	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,630	226,885	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,724	221,046	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,086	193,521	Elephant (112th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,975	219,759	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,239	199,544	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,391	182,589	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (60th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,466	260,473	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,585	151,669	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,671	150,990	Merriweather Post Pavilion (130th)by Animal Collective
Total	41,384	2,053,018

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

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Is This It

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,311 charts

Rank Score:

36,739

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Average Rating:

86 (2,891 votes)

Comments:

272

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,535 charts

Rank Score:

24,654

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Average Rating:

86 (1,798 votes)

Comments:

165

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,597 charts

Rank Score:

23,120

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Average Rating:

85 (1,864 votes)

Comments:

169

10.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,208 charts

Rank Score:

16,377

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11.

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,076 charts

Rank Score:

14,806

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Average Rating:

84 (1,321 votes)

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13.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,141 charts

Rank Score:

14,339

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14.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,424 charts

Rank Score:

13,719

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Overall Rank:

112

Average Rating:

83 (2,062 votes)

Comments:

123

15.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,241 charts

Rank Score:

13,426

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Overall Rank:

116

Average Rating:

83 (1,604 votes)

Comments:

105

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Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,053 charts

Rank Score:

12,443

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18.

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,161 charts

Rank Score:

12,392

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Overall Rank:

131

Average Rating:

83 (1,538 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	103	10%
2001	104	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	112	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	106	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	100	10%
2008	93	9%
2009	97	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	559	56%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	22	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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