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 41,000 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	3,024	271,641	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,085	243,166	Is This It (21st)by The Strokes
2002	3,168	242,036	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (45th)by Wilco
2003	3,512	204,989	Elephant (92nd)by The White Stripes
2004	3,410	242,235	Funeral (11th)by Arcade Fire
2005	3,640	217,116	Illinois (46th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,824	200,080	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (50th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,846	294,818	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,009	165,865	Fleet Foxes (118th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,121	170,870	Merriweather Post Pavilion (103rd)by Animal Collective
Total	35,639	2,252,815

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

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11.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,153 charts

Rank Score:

17,366

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Average Rating:

79 (1,939 votes)

Comments:

153

12.

Madvillainy

Madvillain

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

807 charts

Rank Score:

16,962

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Average Rating:

86 (905 votes)

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13.

Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,298 charts

Rank Score:

16,907

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14.

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

945 charts

Rank Score:

16,870

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Average Rating:

84 (1,175 votes)

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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,132 charts

Rank Score:

15,985

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Average Rating:

83 (1,469 votes)

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Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

957 charts

Rank Score:

15,922

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,174 charts

Rank Score:

15,675

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18.

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,047 charts

Rank Score:

14,570

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Overall Rank:

118

Average Rating:

83 (1,398 votes)

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19.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

903 charts

Rank Score:

14,190

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Overall Rank:

122

Average Rating:

81 (1,401 votes)

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20.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

910 charts

Rank Score:

13,873

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Overall Rank:

125

Average Rating:

84 (1,106 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	112	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	108	11%
2006	102	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	94	9%
2009	99	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	212	21%
	61	6%
	22	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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