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	4,330	229,185	Kid A (8th)by Radiohead
2001	4,192	214,247	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,255	208,903	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (50th)by Wilco
2003	4,593	183,570	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,574	205,449	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,781	190,278	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,930	171,457	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,123	242,292	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,180	144,476	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,359	142,984	Merriweather Post Pavilion (140th)by Animal Collective
Total	47,317	1,932,840

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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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,644 charts

Rank Score:

19,799

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Average Rating:

85 (1,919 votes)

Comments:

172

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,258 charts

Rank Score:

14,540

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Average Rating:

84 (1,590 votes)

Comments:

127

12.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,310 charts

Rank Score:

12,819

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Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

79 (2,163 votes)

Comments:

182

15.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,276 charts

Rank Score:

11,860

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Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,108 charts

Rank Score:

11,316

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Overall Rank:

128

Average Rating:

83 (1,491 votes)

Comments:

47.

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

621 charts

Rank Score:

6,024

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Overall Rank:

292

Average Rating:

83 (694 votes)

Comments:

52.

Sea Change

Beck

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

705 charts

Rank Score:

5,221

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Overall Rank:

342

Average Rating:

80 (956 votes)

Comments:

61.

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Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

641 charts

Rank Score:

4,734

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Overall Rank:

378

Average Rating:

82 (849 votes)

Comments:

73.

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By The Way

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

583 charts

Rank Score:

4,066

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Overall Rank:

441

Average Rating:

76 (1,060 votes)

Comments:

80.

In Absentia

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

401 charts

Rank Score:

3,561

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Overall Rank:

503

Average Rating:

81 (581 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	110	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	217	22%
	54	5%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

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