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 45,000 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	3,437	257,892	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,465	233,158	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,549	230,236	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	3,905	199,362	Elephant (105th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,795	229,156	Funeral (13th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,029	208,647	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,200	189,455	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (52nd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,248	274,604	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,414	156,257	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,485	158,989	Merriweather Post Pavilion (123rd)by Animal Collective
Total	39,527	2,137,757

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

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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,668 charts

Rank Score:

61,283

Rank in 2007:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (3,595 votes)

Comments:

365

11.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,060 charts

Rank Score:

16,273

Rank in 2007:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

84 (1,274 votes)

Comments:

13.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,108 charts

Rank Score:

15,479

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

83 (1,432 votes)

Comments:

105

23.

Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

904 charts

Rank Score:

12,007

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

143

Average Rating:

83 (1,129 votes)

Comments:

24.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,082 charts

Rank Score:

11,727

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

149

Average Rating:

82 (1,891 votes)

Comments:

143

42.

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

672 charts

Rank Score:

7,648

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

257

Average Rating:

80 (1,248 votes)

Comments:

50.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

761 charts

Rank Score:

6,136

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

316

Average Rating:

79 (1,173 votes)

Comments:

52.

Untrue

Burial

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

446 charts

Rank Score:

5,922

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

332

Average Rating:

81 (546 votes)

Comments:

56.

Strawberry Jam

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

487 charts

Rank Score:

5,652

Rank in 2007:

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Overall Rank:

346

Average Rating:

81 (727 votes)

Comments:

68.

Person Pitch

Panda Bear

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

446 charts

Rank Score:

4,859

Rank in 2007:

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Overall Rank:

400

Average Rating:

81 (602 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	113	11%
2004	89	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	103	10%
2007	99	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	96	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	563	56%
	213	21%
	56	6%
	33	3%
	21	2%
	19	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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

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

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