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	229,559	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,164	214,861	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,223	209,627	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (50th)by Wilco
2003	4,559	184,128	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,537	205,877	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,759	190,970	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,897	171,742	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,084	243,333	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,145	144,993	Fleet Foxes (134th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,316	143,348	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,925	1,938,437

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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169.

Into The Wild
Soundtrack

Eddie Vedder

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

233 charts

Rank Score:

1,606

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

169

Overall Rank:

1,094

Average Rating:

78 (334 votes)

Comments:

427.

Silent Hill 2
Soundtrack

山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

603

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

427

Overall Rank:

2,586

Average Rating:

78 (64 votes)

Comments:

549.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

461

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

549

Overall Rank:

3,226

Average Rating:

76 (150 votes)

Comments:

567.

Amélie
Soundtrack

Yann Tiersen

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

441

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

567

Overall Rank:

3,329

Average Rating:

80 (131 votes)

Comments:

592.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Soundtrack

Howard Shore

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

423

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

592

Overall Rank:

3,466

Average Rating:

82 (73 votes)

Comments:

674.

The Virgin Suicides
Soundtrack

Air

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

674

Overall Rank:

3,878

Average Rating:

74 (204 votes)

Comments:

776.

Selmasongs
Soundtrack

Björk

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

314

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

776

Overall Rank:

4,476

Average Rating:

74 (161 votes)

Comments:

824.

Silent Hill 3
Soundtrack

山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

292

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

824

Overall Rank:

4,742

Average Rating:

78 (22 votes)

Comments:

878.

Spirited Away
Soundtrack

久石譲 [Joe Hisaishi]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

272

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

878

Overall Rank:

4,994

Average Rating:

83 (59 votes)

Comments:

925.

FLCL: Original Sound Track No. 3
Soundtrack compilation

The Pillows

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

252

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

925

Overall Rank:

5,299

Average Rating:

76 (19 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	86	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
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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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