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 53,000 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	4,241	229,504	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,164	214,893	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,223	209,583	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (50th)by Wilco
2003	4,560	184,092	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,538	205,831	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,758	190,904	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,899	171,736	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,084	243,305	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,145	144,965	Fleet Foxes (134th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,316	143,321	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,928	1,938,136

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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Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

10,649

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

139

Average Rating:

82 (1,563 votes)

Comments:

157

44.

Hospice

The Antlers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

632 charts

Rank Score:

6,135

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

287

Average Rating:

81 (832 votes)

Comments:

53.

The xx

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

748 charts

Rank Score:

5,164

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

344

Average Rating:

78 (1,109 votes)

Comments:

68.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

614 charts

Rank Score:

4,270

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

415

Average Rating:

79 (810 votes)

Comments:

76.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Phoenix

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

586 charts

Rank Score:

3,991

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

449

Average Rating:

79 (869 votes)

Comments:

110.

The Resistance

Muse

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

2,610

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

110

Overall Rank:

690

Average Rating:

70 (1,051 votes)

Comments:

116.

Lungs

Florence + The Machine

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

386 charts

Rank Score:

2,434

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

116

Overall Rank:

731

Average Rating:

76 (648 votes)

Comments:

126.

Humbug

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

385 charts

Rank Score:

2,241

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

126

Overall Rank:

796

Average Rating:

75 (929 votes)

Comments:

135.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

305 charts

Rank Score:

2,085

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

135

Overall Rank:

853

Average Rating:

78 (398 votes)

Comments:

150.

Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

Kid Cudi

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

228 charts

Rank Score:

1,909

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

150

Overall Rank:

942

Average Rating:

77 (332 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	112	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	217	22%
	55	5%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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