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 49,000 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	3,641	245,289	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,657	226,109	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,754	219,983	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,108	192,936	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,009	218,905	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,275	200,137	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,423	179,927	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (62nd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,501	259,372	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,601	150,426	Fleet Foxes (134th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,698	150,652	Merriweather Post Pavilion (131st)by Animal Collective
Total	41,667	2,043,737

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

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181.

Dear Catastrophe Waitress

Belle And Sebastian

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

236 charts

Rank Score:

1,586

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

181

Overall Rank:

1,142

Average Rating:

79 (262 votes)

Comments:

182.

† (Cross)

Justice

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

268 charts

Rank Score:

1,585

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

182

Overall Rank:

1,145

Average Rating:

77 (415 votes)

Comments:

183.

The Libertines

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

274 charts

Rank Score:

1,581

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,147

Average Rating:

75 (470 votes)

Comments:

184.

The Cold Vein

Cannibal Ox

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

1,564

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

184

Overall Rank:

1,156

Average Rating:

79 (221 votes)

Comments:

185.

We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

274 charts

Rank Score:

1,556

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

185

Overall Rank:

1,166

Average Rating:

77 (468 votes)

Comments:

186.

Blink-182

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

1,532

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

186

Overall Rank:

1,182

Average Rating:

69 (365 votes)

Comments:

187.

Supreme Clientele

Ghostface Killah

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

242 charts

Rank Score:

1,504

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

187

Overall Rank:

1,205

Average Rating:

80 (257 votes)

Comments:

188.

Flood

ボリス [Boris]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

1,499

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

188

Overall Rank:

1,210

Average Rating:

81 (137 votes)

Comments:

189.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

317 charts

Rank Score:

1,498

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

189

Overall Rank:

1,213

Average Rating:

76 (614 votes)

Comments:

190.

Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

1,470

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

190

Overall Rank:

1,224

Average Rating:

74 (303 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	104	10%
2002	99	10%
2003	112	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	102	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	98	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	559	56%
	220	22%
	55	6%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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