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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21.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

959 charts

Rank Score:

13,230

Rank in 2000:

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Overall Rank:

135

Average Rating:

84 (1,164 votes)

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22.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

912 charts

Rank Score:

12,692

Rank in 2001:

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Overall Rank:

138

Average Rating:

82 (1,257 votes)

Comments:

23.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,075 charts

Rank Score:

12,640

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

139

Average Rating:

82 (1,864 votes)

Comments:

138

24.

Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

880 charts

Rank Score:

12,575

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

141

Average Rating:

83 (1,110 votes)

Comments:

25.

American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

911 charts

Rank Score:

11,985

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26.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,078 charts

Rank Score:

11,084

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27.

Tool

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

686 charts

Rank Score:

10,747

Rank in 2001:

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Overall Rank:

172

Average Rating:

82 (957 votes)

Comments:

28.

Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

882 charts

Rank Score:

10,558

Rank in 2003:

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Overall Rank:

176

Average Rating:

79 (1,533 votes)

Comments:

29.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

745 charts

Rank Score:

10,555

Rank in 2000:

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Overall Rank:

177

Average Rating:

82 (836 votes)

Comments:

30.

Origin Of Symmetry

Muse

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

746 charts

Rank Score:

10,427

Rank in 2001:

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Overall Rank:

179

Average Rating:

80 (1,315 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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