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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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	4,152	232,155	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,082	216,119	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,150	211,374	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,461	185,679	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,455	208,145	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,660	192,900	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,842	173,129	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,005	246,281	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,044	145,583	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,223	144,143	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,074	1,955,509

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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354.

White Pepper

Ween

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

763

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

354

Overall Rank:

2,153

Average Rating:

81 (171 votes)

Comments:

365.

Black Market Music

Placebo

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

736

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

365

Overall Rank:

2,209

Average Rating:

76 (194 votes)

Comments:

378.

Music

Madonna

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

711

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

378

Overall Rank:

2,267

Average Rating:

73 (251 votes)

Comments:

381.

Warning

Green Day

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

708

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

381

Overall Rank:

2,272

Average Rating:

71 (341 votes)

Comments:

386.

Machina/The Machines Of God

The Smashing Pumpkins

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

693

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

386

Overall Rank:

2,319

Average Rating:

71 (285 votes)

Comments:

416.

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

629

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

416

Overall Rank:

2,508

Average Rating:

76 (93 votes)

Comments:

424.

Veni Vidi Vicious

The Hives

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

158 charts

Rank Score:

610

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

424

Overall Rank:

2,565

Average Rating:

74 (224 votes)

Comments:

443.

Nixon

Lambchop

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

584

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

443

Overall Rank:

2,652

Average Rating:

78 (114 votes)

Comments:

463.

Mass Romantic

The New Pornographers

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

561

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

463

Overall Rank:

2,756

Average Rating:

78 (171 votes)

Comments:

477.

The Unseen

Quasimoto

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

546

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

477

Overall Rank:

2,813

Average Rating:

77 (123 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	115	12%
2004	84	8%
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 Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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