Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 35,000 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	2,646	402,881	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,703	353,807	Safe Mode: On Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,770	359,953	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (46th) by Wilco
2003	3,135	309,640	Elephant (69th) by The White Stripes
2004	3,018	367,031	Funeral (7th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,283	320,328	Illinois (58th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,401	301,586	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (45th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,526	442,745	In Rainbows (13th) by Radiohead
2008	3,640	250,943	Fleet Foxes (111th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,766	263,343	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	31,888	3,372,259

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

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Album

Artist

11.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	934 charts
Rank in 2007:	2	Rank Score:	26,112
Rank in 2000s	11	Overall Rank:	93
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,184 votes)
Comments: 93 comments

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12.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,037 charts
Rank in 2002:	4	Rank Score:	25,962
Rank in 2000s	12	Overall Rank:	94
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,339 votes)
Comments: 87 comments

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13.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	875 charts
Rank in 2009:	1	Rank Score:	25,206
Rank in 2000s	13	Overall Rank:	98
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,286 votes)
Comments: 140 comments

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14.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	1,073 charts
Rank in 2001:	2	Rank Score:	25,023
Rank in 2000s	14	Overall Rank:	99
Average Rating: 82/100 (2,014 votes)
Comments: 165 comments

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15.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	967 charts
Rank in 2007:	3	Rank Score:	23,802
Rank in 2000s	15	Overall Rank:	104
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,670 votes)
Comments: 127 comments

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16.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	854 charts
Rank in 2000:	2	Rank Score:	23,235
Rank in 2000s	16	Overall Rank:	106
Average Rating: 84/100 (999 votes)
Comments: 80 comments

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17.

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	802 charts
Rank in 2000:	3	Rank Score:	22,981
Rank in 2000s	17	Overall Rank:	108
Average Rating: 86/100 (959 votes)
Comments: 82 comments

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18.

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	948 charts
Rank in 2008:	1	Rank Score:	22,614
Rank in 2000s	18	Overall Rank:	111
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,269 votes)
Comments: 73 comments

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19.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	834 charts
Rank in 2007:	4	Rank Score:	21,451
Rank in 2000s	19	Overall Rank:	116
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,049 votes)
Comments: 59 comments

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20.

Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	782 charts
Rank in 2003:	2	Rank Score:	21,007
Rank in 2000s	20	Overall Rank:	119
Average Rating: 79/100 (1,359 votes)
Comments: 91 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	93	9%
2001	96	10%
2002	104	10%
2003	108	11%
2004	89	9%
2005	101	10%
2006	101	10%
2007	106	11%
2008	100	10%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	562	56%
	230	23%
	54	5%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
	19	2%
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