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 51,000 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	3,813	239,777	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,807	221,551	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	3,909	216,377	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,241	188,917	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,146	214,441	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,468	197,146	Illinois (44th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,592	177,678	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (60th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,781	254,646	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,829	148,322	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,019	147,999	Merriweather Post Pavilion (136th)by Animal Collective
Total	43,605	2,006,852

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

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11.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,100 charts

Rank Score:

14,148

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Average Rating:

84 (1,340 votes)

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12.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,292 charts

Rank Score:

13,926

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Overall Rank:

100

Average Rating:

79 (2,135 votes)

Comments:

181

13.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,168 charts

Rank Score:

13,526

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Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,440 charts

Rank Score:

12,954

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Overall Rank:

115

Average Rating:

83 (2,080 votes)

Comments:

127

15.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,252 charts

Rank Score:

12,669

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,283 charts

Rank Score:

12,336

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Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,184 charts

Rank Score:

11,889

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Overall Rank:

131

Average Rating:

83 (1,554 votes)

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18.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,048 charts

Rank Score:

11,761

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Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

82 (1,599 votes)

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19.

Songs For The Deaf

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,066 charts

Rank Score:

11,693

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Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

83 (1,463 votes)

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20.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,073 charts

Rank Score:

11,543

Rank in 2009:

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Overall Rank:

136

Average Rating:

82 (1,554 votes)

Comments:

156

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	87	9%
2005	110	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	100	10%
2008	88	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Radiohead	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	564	56%
	215	21%
	55	5%
	31	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	22	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	10	1%

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