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 51,000 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	3,986	237,489	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,918	219,629	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,004	214,428	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,345	188,647	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,277	211,691	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,556	196,282	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,707	176,625	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (63rd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,873	252,851	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,890	148,017	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,074	146,761	Merriweather Post Pavilion (137th)by Animal Collective
Total	44,630	1,992,420

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

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,558 charts

Rank Score:

19,268

Rank in 2006:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

83 (2,304 votes)

Comments:

197

29.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

739 charts

Rank Score:

9,268

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

178

Average Rating:

82 (821 votes)

Comments:

37.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

829 charts

Rank Score:

8,053

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

214

Average Rating:

80 (1,071 votes)

Comments:

42.

Black Holes And Revelations

Muse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

763 charts

Rank Score:

6,593

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

271

Average Rating:

78 (1,424 votes)

Comments:

50.

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

462 charts

Rank Score:

5,572

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

327

Average Rating:

74 (774 votes)

Comments:

62.

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Brand New

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

449 charts

Rank Score:

4,772

Rank in 2006:

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Overall Rank:

383

Average Rating:

81 (556 votes)

Comments:

66.

Donuts

J Dilla

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

431 charts

Rank Score:

4,579

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

396

Average Rating:

81 (500 votes)

Comments:

93.

Stadium Arcadium

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

448 charts

Rank Score:

3,143

Rank in 2006:

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Overall Rank:

570

Average Rating:

73 (913 votes)

Comments:

95.

10,000 Days

Tool

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

360 charts

Rank Score:

3,132

Rank in 2006:

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Overall Rank:

575

Average Rating:

79 (641 votes)

Comments:

104.

Sam's Town

The Killers (US)

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

416 charts

Rank Score:

2,753

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

104

Overall Rank:

659

Average Rating:

74 (801 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	112	11%
2004	88	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Radiohead	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	558	56%
	216	22%
	55	5%
	34	3%
	22	2%
	22	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

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