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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31.

The Glow Pt. 2

The Microphones

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

529 charts

Rank Score:

10,362

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

181

Average Rating:

84 (626 votes)

Comments:

32.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

702 charts

Rank Score:

10,299

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

183

Average Rating:

82 (792 votes)

Comments:

33.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

631 charts

Rank Score:

10,229

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

185

Average Rating:

83 (726 votes)

Comments:

34.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

697 charts

Rank Score:

10,074

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

188

Average Rating:

82 (1,160 votes)

Comments:

35.

Parachutes

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

831 charts

Rank Score:

9,521

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

199

Average Rating:

78 (1,513 votes)

Comments:

36.

Hospice

The Antlers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

574 charts

Rank Score:

9,458

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

202

Average Rating:

82 (748 votes)

Comments:

37.

Black Holes And Revelations

Muse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

670 charts

Rank Score:

8,960

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

213

Average Rating:

78 (1,294 votes)

Comments:

38.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

773 charts

Rank Score:

8,925

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

216

Average Rating:

81 (1,159 votes)

Comments:

39.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

655 charts

Rank Score:

8,729

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

223

Average Rating:

79 (891 votes)

Comments:

40.

Vespertine

Björk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

617 charts

Rank Score:

8,724

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

225

Average Rating:

83 (794 votes)

Comments:

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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%
Show all

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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