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 49,000 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	3,617	246,542	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,630	226,885	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,724	221,046	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,086	193,521	Elephant (112th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,975	219,759	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,239	199,544	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,391	182,589	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (60th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,466	260,473	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,585	151,669	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,671	150,990	Merriweather Post Pavilion (130th)by Animal Collective
Total	41,384	2,053,018

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

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Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,161 charts

Rank Score:

12,392

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

131

Average Rating:

83 (1,538 votes)

Comments:

38.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

859 charts

Rank Score:

7,965

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

229

Average Rating:

81 (1,250 votes)

Comments:

47.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

704 charts

Rank Score:

6,241

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

75 (1,428 votes)

Comments:

112

55.

Third

Portishead

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

588 charts

Rank Score:

5,432

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

346

Average Rating:

81 (789 votes)

Comments:

60.

Deathconsciousness

Have A Nice Life

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

333 charts

Rank Score:

5,036

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

374

Average Rating:

82 (399 votes)

Comments:

86.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

414 charts

Rank Score:

3,541

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

527

Average Rating:

78 (547 votes)

Comments:

93.

808s & Heartbreak

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

364 charts

Rank Score:

3,292

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

564

Average Rating:

76 (872 votes)

Comments:

95.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

463 charts

Rank Score:

3,152

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

586

Average Rating:

79 (619 votes)

Comments:

124.

Microcastle

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

347 charts

Rank Score:

2,419

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

124

Overall Rank:

761

Average Rating:

81 (449 votes)

Comments:

131.

Only By The Night

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

395 charts

Rank Score:

2,264

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

131

Overall Rank:

819

Average Rating:

72 (724 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	103	10%
2001	104	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	112	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	106	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	100	10%
2008	93	9%
2009	97	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	559	56%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	22	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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