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	4,152	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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14.

Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,465 charts

Rank Score:

12,832

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Overall Rank:

113

Average Rating:

83 (2,104 votes)

Comments:

128

29.

Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,162 charts

Rank Score:

9,121

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33.

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

930 charts

Rank Score:

8,178

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39.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

711 charts

Rank Score:

6,572

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Overall Rank:

267

Average Rating:

80 (1,196 votes)

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54.

Chutes Too Narrow

The Shins

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

605 charts

Rank Score:

5,156

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Overall Rank:

349

Average Rating:

80 (760 votes)

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66.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

527 charts

Rank Score:

4,468

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Overall Rank:

402

Average Rating:

79 (745 votes)

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73.

Give Up

The Postal Service

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

521 charts

Rank Score:

4,148

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Overall Rank:

434

Average Rating:

79 (672 votes)

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78.

De-Loused In The Comatorium

The Mars Volta

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

453 charts

Rank Score:

3,705

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Overall Rank:

482

Average Rating:

78 (657 votes)

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87.

The Magnolia Electric Co.

Songs: Ohia

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

278 charts

Rank Score:

3,319

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Overall Rank:

544

Average Rating:

82 (270 votes)

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101.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

448 charts

Rank Score:

2,821

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101

Overall Rank:

632

Average Rating:

77 (643 votes)

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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%
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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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