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	402,751	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,702	353,532	Safe Mode: On Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,770	359,640	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (46th) by Wilco
2003	3,134	309,407	Elephant (69th) by The White Stripes
2004	3,017	366,558	Funeral (7th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,283	319,854	Illinois (57th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,397	301,301	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (45th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,526	442,185	In Rainbows (12th) by Radiohead
2008	3,639	250,893	Fleet Foxes (111th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,764	262,723	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	31,878	3,368,845

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

31.

Lateralus

Tool

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	539 charts
Rank in 2001:	5	Rank Score:	15,854
Rank in 2000s	31	Overall Rank:	167
Average Rating: 80/100 (737 votes)
Comments: 56 comments

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32.

Black Holes And Revelations

Muse

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	632 charts
Rank in 2006:	2	Rank Score:	15,766
Rank in 2000s	32	Overall Rank:	169
Average Rating: 78/100 (1,199 votes)
Comments: 78 comments

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33.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	620 charts
Rank in 2000:	5	Rank Score:	14,285
Rank in 2000s	33	Overall Rank:	187
Average Rating: 78/100 (1,047 votes)
Comments: 64 comments

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34.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	564 charts
Rank in 2006:	3	Rank Score:	13,720
Rank in 2000s	34	Overall Rank:	196
Average Rating: 82/100 (647 votes)
Comments: 68 comments

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35.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	619 charts
Rank in 2004:	5	Rank Score:	13,380
Rank in 2000s	35	Overall Rank:	198
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,010 votes)
Comments: 66 comments

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36.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	609 charts
Rank in 2000:	6	Rank Score:	13,360
Rank in 2000s	36	Overall Rank:	200
Average Rating: 82/100 (690 votes)
Comments: 54 comments

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37.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	695 charts
Rank in 2008:	2	Rank Score:	13,247
Rank in 2000s	37	Overall Rank:	204
Average Rating: 80/100 (1,053 votes)
Comments: 61 comments

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38.

Hospice

The Antlers

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	520 charts
Rank in 2009:	2	Rank Score:	13,090
Rank in 2000s	38	Overall Rank:	208
Average Rating: 83/100 (669 votes)
Comments: 67 comments

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39.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	705 charts
Rank in 2001:	6	Rank Score:	12,890
Rank in 2000s	39	Overall Rank:	211
Average Rating: 81/100 (1,102 votes)
Comments: 59 comments

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40.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	577 charts
Rank in 2008:	3	Rank Score:	12,708
Rank in 2000s	40	Overall Rank:	214
Average Rating: 75/100 (1,211 votes)
Comments: 98 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	97	10%
2002	104	10%
2003	108	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	100	10%
2006	101	10%
2007	106	11%
2008	100	10%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	561	56%
	231	23%
	54	5%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
	19	2%
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