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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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	4,378	228,978	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,312	215,242	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,363	209,356	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (53rd)by Wilco
2003	4,677	184,261	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,649	204,599	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,802	190,022	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,960	170,877	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,143	241,372	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,199	144,159	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,384	143,009	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,867	1,931,874

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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No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

234

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992.

Speak For Yourself

Imogen Heap

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

234

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993.

The Disintegration Loops II

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

A Beautiful Lie

30 Seconds To Mars

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

233

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996.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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997.

...Burn, Piano Island, Burn

The Blood Brothers

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

232

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998.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

28 charts

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232

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999.

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

21 charts

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232

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1000.

Push The Button

The Chemical Brothers

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2005

Appears in:

63 charts

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232

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	113	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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