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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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	4,241	229,504	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,164	214,893	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,223	209,583	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (50th)by Wilco
2003	4,560	184,092	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,538	205,831	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,758	190,904	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,899	171,736	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,084	243,305	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,145	144,965	Fleet Foxes (134th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,316	143,321	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,928	1,938,136

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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Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992.

Indestructible

Disturbed

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992

Overall Rank:

5,687

Average Rating:

65 (79 votes)

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993.

Supermodified

Amon Tobin

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

Up!

Shania Twain

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

Friend And Foe

Menomena

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

231

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995

Overall Rank:

5,709

Average Rating:

76 (57 votes)

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996.

Echo Park

Feeder

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

...For The Whole World To See

Death (Protopunk)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

229

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999.

Phantoms

Acceptance

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

229

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1000.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

61 charts

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229

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	112	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	553	55%
	217	22%
	55	5%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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Best Albums of the 2000s
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Kid A by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
14. Elephant by The White Stripes
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Amnesiac by Radiohead
17. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
18. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
19. Demon Days by Gorillaz
20. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective