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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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	3,024	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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21.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,033 charts

Rank Score:

13,597

Rank in 2007:

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Overall Rank:

129

Average Rating:

82 (1,798 votes)

Comments:

133

22.

Songs For The Deaf

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

897 charts

Rank Score:

13,411

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Overall Rank:

131

Average Rating:

83 (1,292 votes)

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23.

Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

832 charts

Rank Score:

13,089

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Overall Rank:

137

Average Rating:

83 (1,057 votes)

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24.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

834 charts

Rank Score:

12,428

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Overall Rank:

145

Average Rating:

82 (1,192 votes)

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25.

American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

12,128

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Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,030 charts

Rank Score:

11,878

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

847 charts

Rank Score:

11,130

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28.

Tool

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

633 charts

Rank Score:

11,012

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Overall Rank:

169

Average Rating:

81 (881 votes)

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29.

Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

829 charts

Rank Score:

10,985

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Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

79 (1,471 votes)

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30.

Origin Of Symmetry

Muse

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

721 charts

Rank Score:

10,751

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Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

79 (1,264 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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