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 53,000 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	4,146	232,521	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,067	216,369	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,142	211,709	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	185,930	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,438	208,572	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,269	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,836	173,484	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,999	246,822	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,040	145,925	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,308	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,997	1,958,909

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

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21.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,005 charts

Rank Score:

10,689

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Overall Rank:

140

Average Rating:

83 (1,387 votes)

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22.

Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

972 charts

Rank Score:

10,646

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Overall Rank:

141

Average Rating:

82 (1,185 votes)

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23.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,009 charts

Rank Score:

10,322

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Overall Rank:

146

Average Rating:

84 (1,240 votes)

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Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,150 charts

Rank Score:

10,140

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25.

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

985 charts

Rank Score:

10,084

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Björk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

790 charts

Rank Score:

9,613

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Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

83 (971 votes)

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The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

869 charts

Rank Score:

9,307

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Overall Rank:

170

Average Rating:

83 (1,393 votes)

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28.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

749 charts

Rank Score:

9,289

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Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

82 (827 votes)

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29.

Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,161 charts

Rank Score:

9,064

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

806 charts

Rank Score:

8,822

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Overall Rank:

185

Average Rating:

82 (920 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	217	22%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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Best Artists of the 2000s
1. Radiohead
2. Arcade Fire
3. The Strokes
4. Coldplay
5. Sufjan Stevens
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Wilco
8. Animal Collective
9. Muse
10. The White Stripes
11. Kanye West
12. Phil Elverum
13. Interpol
14. Modest Mouse
15. Queens Of The Stone Age
16. Madvillain
17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
18. LCD Soundsystem
19. The National
20. The Flaming Lips