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	4,145	232,583	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,067	216,401	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,141	211,750	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	185,958	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,431	208,555	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,660	193,281	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,834	173,515	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,999	246,869	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,039	145,823	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,317	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,986	1,959,054

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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Stankonia

OutKast

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

678 charts

Rank Score:

5,054

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

357

Average Rating:

80 (868 votes)

Comments:

59.

Deathconsciousness

Have A Nice Life

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

353 charts

Rank Score:

4,782

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

375

Average Rating:

81 (424 votes)

Comments:

63.

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Brand New

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

450 charts

Rank Score:

4,531

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

393

Average Rating:

81 (566 votes)

Comments:

64.

Strawberry Jam

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

515 charts

Rank Score:

4,528

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

394

Average Rating:

81 (770 votes)

Comments:

65.

Donuts

J Dilla

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

439 charts

Rank Score:

4,516

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

396

Average Rating:

81 (509 votes)

Comments:

66.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

527 charts

Rank Score:

4,486

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

400

Average Rating:

79 (744 votes)

Comments:

67.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

4,415

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

406

Average Rating:

78 (743 votes)

Comments:

68.

Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

4,379

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

409

Average Rating:

80 (949 votes)

Comments:

69.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

610 charts

Rank Score:

4,367

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

410

Average Rating:

79 (808 votes)

Comments:

70.

Graduation

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

529 charts

Rank Score:

4,278

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

421

Average Rating:

78 (1,095 votes)

Comments:

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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%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Show all

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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