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 46,000 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	3,317	266,799	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,336	240,565	Is This It (22nd)by The Strokes
2002	3,429	237,337	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	3,761	204,787	Elephant (101st)by The White Stripes
2004	3,689	238,040	Funeral (12th)by Arcade Fire
2005	3,913	214,578	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,071	197,563	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (53rd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,104	286,617	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,259	162,274	Fleet Foxes (129th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,356	165,401	Merriweather Post Pavilion (109th)by Animal Collective
Total	38,235	2,213,959

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

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11.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,220 charts

Rank Score:

16,899

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Average Rating:

79 (2,008 votes)

Comments:

164

12.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,038 charts

Rank Score:

16,840

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Average Rating:

84 (1,239 votes)

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13.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,100 charts

Rank Score:

16,803

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14.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,383 charts

Rank Score:

15,839

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15.

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,225 charts

Rank Score:

15,089

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Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

82 (2,335 votes)

Comments:

175

16.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,002 charts

Rank Score:

14,993

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Overall Rank:

109

Average Rating:

82 (1,471 votes)

Comments:

149

17.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,180 charts

Rank Score:

14,959

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18.

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

996 charts

Rank Score:

14,726

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Overall Rank:

118

Average Rating:

81 (1,488 votes)

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Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,102 charts

Rank Score:

13,605

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Overall Rank:

129

Average Rating:

83 (1,465 votes)

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20.

Songs For The Deaf

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

964 charts

Rank Score:

13,292

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Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

83 (1,362 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	102	10%
2003	111	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	104	10%
2006	103	10%
2007	100	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	99	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	563	56%
	212	21%
	57	6%
	28	3%
	21	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

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