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	232,177	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,084	216,061	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,151	211,314	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,463	185,612	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,457	208,057	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,664	192,843	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,845	173,110	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,006	246,170	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,051	145,481	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,224	144,092	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,097	1,954,916

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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171.

Picaresque

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

249 charts

Rank Score:

1,610

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

171

Overall Rank:

1,094

Average Rating:

78 (288 votes)

Comments:

172.

Drukqs

Aphex Twin

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

182 charts

Rank Score:

1,595

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

172

Overall Rank:

1,105

Average Rating:

77 (272 votes)

Comments:

173.

Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

177 charts

Rank Score:

1,587

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

173

Overall Rank:

1,112

Average Rating:

73 (316 votes)

Comments:

174.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

305 charts

Rank Score:

1,573

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

174

Overall Rank:

1,124

Average Rating:

78 (484 votes)

Comments:

175.

Our Endless Numbered Days

Iron & Wine

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

1,563

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

175

Overall Rank:

1,133

Average Rating:

77 (314 votes)

Comments:

176.

Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

249 charts

Rank Score:

1,557

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

176

Overall Rank:

1,139

Average Rating:

75 (327 votes)

Comments:

177.

Fallen

Evanescence

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

205 charts

Rank Score:

1,556

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

177

Overall Rank:

1,140

Average Rating:

65 (359 votes)

Comments:

178.

The '59 Sound

The Gaslight Anthem

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

182 charts

Rank Score:

1,547

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

178

Overall Rank:

1,148

Average Rating:

76 (219 votes)

Comments:

179.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

331 charts

Rank Score:

1,546

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

179

Overall Rank:

1,149

Average Rating:

76 (634 votes)

Comments:

180.

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

The Unicorns

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

215 charts

Rank Score:

1,523

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

180

Overall Rank:

1,163

Average Rating:

79 (298 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	97	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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