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 54,000 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	4,359	229,085	Kid A (8th)by Radiohead
2001	4,298	215,437	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,336	209,779	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (52nd)by Wilco
2003	4,613	184,008	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,597	205,006	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,795	190,554	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,956	171,254	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,131	242,168	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,190	144,736	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,368	143,635	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,643	1,935,664

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

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11.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,140 charts

Rank Score:

13,201

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Average Rating:

84 (1,366 votes)

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12.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,317 charts

Rank Score:

12,863

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Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

79 (2,164 votes)

Comments:

182

13.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,187 charts

Rank Score:

12,407

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14.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,467 charts

Rank Score:

12,272

Rank in 2003:

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Overall Rank:

115

Average Rating:

83 (2,109 votes)

Comments:

128

15.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,285 charts

Rank Score:

11,842

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16.

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,115 charts

Rank Score:

11,271

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Overall Rank:

129

Average Rating:

83 (1,492 votes)

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17.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,326 charts

Rank Score:

11,259

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18.

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,219 charts

Rank Score:

11,139

Rank in 2008:

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Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

83 (1,580 votes)

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19.

Demon Days

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,082 charts

Rank Score:

10,851

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Overall Rank:

136

Average Rating:

82 (1,630 votes)

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20.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,020 charts

Rank Score:

10,530

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Overall Rank:

141

Average Rating:

83 (1,395 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	96	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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

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