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	4,459	227,580	Kid A (8th)by Radiohead
2001	4,383	213,857	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,387	208,198	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,711	183,899	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,702	203,309	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,914	190,417	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,089	171,115	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,311	240,378	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,347	144,865	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,420	142,169	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,723	1,925,787

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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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,884 charts

Rank Score:

48,407

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Average Rating:

90 (3,881 votes)

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,189 charts

Rank Score:

48,144

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Average Rating:

89 (4,401 votes)

Comments:

556

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,860 charts

Rank Score:

38,669

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,437 charts

Rank Score:

31,292

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2005

Appears in:

1,633 charts

Rank Score:

22,295

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Average Rating:

86 (1,882 votes)

Comments:

167

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,656 charts

Rank Score:

19,146

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Average Rating:

85 (1,932 votes)

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172

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

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,596 charts

Rank Score:

17,338

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

1,044 charts

Rank Score:

15,585

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86 (1,182 votes)

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Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,270 charts

Rank Score:

14,289

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84 (1,596 votes)

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128

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,087 charts

Rank Score:

14,128

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86 (1,312 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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