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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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	4,378	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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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,617 charts

Rank Score:

22,492

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (1,870 votes)

Comments:

167

19.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,081 charts

Rank Score:

10,778

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

136

Average Rating:

82 (1,635 votes)

Comments:

41.

Late Registration

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

724 charts

Rank Score:

6,240

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

278

Average Rating:

83 (1,182 votes)

Comments:

58.

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

655 charts

Rank Score:

4,820

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

371

Average Rating:

77 (841 votes)

Comments:

60.

Takk...

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

571 charts

Rank Score:

4,771

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

375

Average Rating:

82 (829 votes)

Comments:

66.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

550 charts

Rank Score:

4,289

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

414

Average Rating:

78 (745 votes)

Comments:

76.

Alligator

The National

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

490 charts

Rank Score:

3,893

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

458

Average Rating:

80 (713 votes)

Comments:

87.

X&Y

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

535 charts

Rank Score:

3,363

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

538

Average Rating:

72 (1,180 votes)

Comments:

91.

Feels

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

3,205

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

556

Average Rating:

79 (584 votes)

Comments:

105.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

313 charts

Rank Score:

2,677

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

105

Overall Rank:

667

Average Rating:

81 (440 votes)

Comments:

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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%
Show all

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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